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Championship 25/26 · 3 Apr 2026

Leicester City 2–2 Preston North End

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Mar 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.8
Actual xG
2.2 – 0.4
Goals
2 – 2

Footybot made Leicester City favourites at 53%.

Leicester City deserved more from the draw, creating 2.2 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Daniel Iversen, 64.6 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Patson Daka +17.3, Daniel Iversen +12.5, Ben Whiteman +9.1.

Well below it: Luke Thomas −20.7, Liam Lindsay −16.9, Jakub Stolarczyk −12.5.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Leicester City

21 Mar 2026D 0–0at Watford Championship
14 Mar 2026L 1–3v Queens Park Rangers Championship
10 Mar 2026W 2–0v Bristol City Championship
7 Mar 2026D 1–1at Ipswich Town Championship
28 Feb 2026L 0–2v Norwich City Championship

Preston North End

20 Mar 2026W 3–1v Stoke City Championship
14 Mar 2026L 0–2at Norwich City Championship
11 Mar 2026L 0–3at Coventry City Championship
6 Mar 2026L 1–3v Oxford United Championship
28 Feb 2026L 0–2v Millwall Championship

Head to head

16 Aug 2025Preston North End 2–1 Leicester City Championship

Leicester City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Patson Daka Forward88200.5357.0+17.3
Divine Mukasa Midfielder89000.5144.5+5.8
Jannik Vestergaard Defender100–43.9–
Jeremy Monga Midfielder1000–42.3–
Jamaal Lascelles Defender74000.0837.4–
Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper9000–37.1−12.5
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder8800–36.9+6.8
Bobby De Cordova-Reid Midfielder1500–35.9–
Benjamin Nelson Defender1600–35.3–
Harry Winks Midfielder90000.1933.7−5.9
Oliver Skipp Midfielder75000.3530.3−6.2
Caleb Okoli Defender90000.2230.2−11.4
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Midfielder90000.2529.2−0.1
Ricardo Pereira Defender9000–28.7−2.9
Jordan Ayew Forward1000–13.1–
Luke Thomas Defender90000.0810.3−20.7

Preston North End

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Daniel Iversen Goalkeeper9000–64.6+12.5
Lewis Gibson Defender2300–56.3–
Ben Whiteman Midfielder90100.0244.4+9.1
Jordan Storey Defender9000–42.1+4.5
Andrew Moran Midfielder67100.1640.4–
Milutin Osmajić Forward6700–35.8−2.9
Alfie Devine Midfielder90010.0235.6−1.6
Brad Potts Midfielder2300–32.7–
Andrija Vukčević Defender1300–32.4–
Michael Smith Forward10000.0832.2–
Andrew Hughes Defender9000–32.1+0.3
Thierry Small Midfielder85000.0231.5+0.3
Liam Lindsay Defender6700–30.3−16.9
Pol Valentín Defender9000–30.0+1.1
Lewis Dobbin Forward80010.1129.3−5.6
Daniel Jebbison Forward2300–26.8–