Leicester vs Preston
Ref: B. SpeedieKing Power Stadium, Leicester, Leicestershire · 34,310 cap
Match recap
Leicester and Preston drew 2–2 in their Championship fixture. Daka and Daka scored for Leicester; Moran and Whiteman replied for Preston. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 2.01 for Leicester versus 0.41 for Preston. Leicester sit 23rd in the Championship table while Preston are 14th.
First Half
⚽
Daka
15'
Moran
Yellow Card
21'
Hughes
Yellow Card
38'
⚽
Moran
Assist: Dobbin
45'
⚽
Whiteman
Assist: Devine
Second Half
57'
Lindsay
Yellow Card
64'
Storey
Yellow Card
67'
⇄
Lindsay
67'
⇄
Moran
67'
⇄
Osmajić
⇄
Lascelles
⇄
Skipp
80'
⇄
Dobbin
⚽
Daka
85'
⇄
Small
⇄
Daka
⇄
Mavididi
⇄
Mukasa
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 13 |  Sheffield Utd | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 60 |
| 14 |  Preston | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | -7 | 60 |
| 15 |  QPR | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 58 |
| 22 |  Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | -14 | 47 |
| 23 |  Leicester | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | -10 | 46 |
| 24 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 2 | 12 | 32 | -60 | 0 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
LeicesterPreston
13Won
Statistical edge
13–2
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
2.01VS0.41
Attack6 · 0 won
28
Shots
8
10
Shots on target
3
9
Shots in the box
5
19
Shots outside box
3
13
Shots off goal
3
7
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
59%
Possession
41%
432
Total passes
296
350
Accurate passes
199
81%
Pass accuracy
67%
Discipline2 · 1 won
4
Fouls
12
0
Yellow cards
4
3
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
8
5
Blocked shots
2
0.68
Goals prevented
0.68
Leicester
4-2-3-1
Preston
5-3-2Leicester
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1J. StolarczykG
- 5C. OkoliD
- 7A. FatawuM
- 8H. WinksM
- 10S. MavididiM
- 20P. DakaF
- 21Ricardo PereiraD
- 22O. SkippM
- 24J. LascellesD
- 29D. MukasaM
- 33L. ThomasD
Substitutes
- 4B. NelsonD
- 9J. AyewF
- 12D. RichardsF
- 14B. De Cordova-ReidF
- 17H. ChoudhuryM
- 18J. AriboM
- 23J. VestergaardD
- 28J. MongaM
- 31A. BegovićG
Preston
5-3-2Starting XI
- 1D. IversenG
- 2Pol ValentínD
- 4B. WhitemanM
- 6L. LindsayD
- 14J. StoreyD
- 16A. HughesD
- 17L. DobbinF
- 21A. DevineM
- 23A. MoranM
- 26T. SmallD
- 28M. OsmajićF
Substitutes
- 3A. VukčevićD
- 9D. JebbisonF
- 13D. CornellG
- 19L. GibsonD
- 22M. LukovićF
- 24M. SmithF
- 34K. NelsonM
- 42O. OffiahD
- 44B. PottsM
Leicester
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patson Daka | F | 88 | 8.9 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2/2 |
| Abdul Fatawu Issahaku | M | 98 | 7.2 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5/10 |
| Divine Mukasa | M | 94 | 7.2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5/5 |
| Luke Thomas | D | 98 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Oliver Skipp | M | 74 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Harry Winks | M | 98 | 6.9 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 |
| Stephy Mavididi | M | 88 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3/6 |
| Jamaal Lascelles | D | 74 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Jakub Stolarczyk | G | 98 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ricardo Pereira(C) | D | 98 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0/1 |
| Caleb Okoli | D | 98 | 6.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Dujuan Richards | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hamza Choudhury | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Asmir Begović | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jannik Vestergaard | D | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Aribo | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeremy Monga | M | 10 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Benjamin Nelson | D | 24 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bobby Decordova-Reid | F | 24 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jordan Ayew | F | 10 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
Preston
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Iversen | G | 98 | 8.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Benjamin Whiteman(C) | M | 98 | 7.9 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0/1 |
| Andrew Moran | M | 67 | 6.7 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Andrew Hughes | D | 98 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Jordan Storey | D | 98 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Alfie Devine | M | 98 | 6.3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Liam Lindsay | D | 67 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pol Valentín | D | 98 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Lewis Dobbin | F | 80 | 6.2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/4 |
| Milutin Osmajić | F | 67 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thierry Small | D | 85 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Odeluga Offiah | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Cornell | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kitt Nelson | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miloš Luković | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Smith | F | 18 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Andrija Vukčević | D | 13 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Daniel Jebbison | F | 31 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Brad Potts | M | 31 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Lewis Gibson | D | 31 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |