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Leicester City v Preston North End : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 3rd Apr, 15:00 BST, King Power Stadium, Leicester

Leicester City and their manager Gary Rowett will be hoping for victory against Paul Heckingbottom and his Preston North End side on Friday afternoon, as the pair go head to head at the King Power Stadium in the Championship. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every statistics you could realistically need to make a well-informed wager is shown below. Go between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds for it all.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a narrow 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Leicester and Preston will score a minimum of a couple of between them during 90 mins. It's a tip based on each side's recent form stats, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 77%. The bookmakers have it at 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Leicester are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 47% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.75.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Leicester 47%	3/4	-
Draw 25%	13/5	-
Preston 29%	10/3	-
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	-
Leicester 1-0 10%	7/1	-
Leicester 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Leicester 2-0 8%	8/1	-
Preston 1-0 7%	12/1	-
Preston 2-1 7%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1	-
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	-
Leicester 3-1 5%	12/1	-
Preston 2-0 4%	22/1	-
Leicester 3-0 4%	14/1	-
Leicester 3-2 3%	22/1	-
Preston 3-1 3%	33/1	-
Preston 3-2 2%	40/1	-
Leicester 4-1 2%	25/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	4/5	-
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	1/1	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	4/7	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	6/4	-
No 1st Goal 4%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	8/11	-
BTTS - No 44%	1/1	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	13/5	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	7/1	-
Home/draw 71%	1/5	-
Away/draw 53%	1/1	-
Home/away 75%	2/7	-
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/4	-
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	3/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 31%	2/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 69%	2/5	-
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	9/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	1/7	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	10/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/20	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	11/1	-
Home DNB 64%	1/3	-
Away DNB 46%	9/4	-
Leicester win to nil 24%	9/4	-
Preston win to nil 14%	7/1	-
Leicester / Leicester 30%	7/4	-
Leicester / Preston 2%	33/1	-
Leicester / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Leicester 17%	15/4	-
Draw / Preston 9%	8/1	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1	-
Preston / Leicester 4%	20/1	-
Preston / Preston 12%	6/1	-
Preston / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Leicester have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

36 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 11 and won 10. Leicester have conceded 55 goals, scored 46, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 5 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Leicester have played 19 games at home, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 28 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Preston lay in 13th place on 52 points in the Championship league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 3 and losing 5 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 18 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 19 away games, winning 5, drawing 7 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Leicester Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	39	24	8	7	41	80	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F	d 1-1A	l 3-0A
2	M'Boro	39	20	11	8	22	71	d 1-1F	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	l 4-0A
3	Ipswich	38	19	12	7	28	69	w 3-1F	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
4	Millwall	39	20	9	10	9	69	Apr 25	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
5	Hull	39	20	6	13	5	66	Apr 22	l 2-1A	l 0-3A	d 2-2F
6	Southampton	39	17	12	10	15	63	l 3-4F	l 3-0A	May 2	w 0-2F
7	Wrexham	39	17	12	10	9	63	d 1-1F	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
8	Derby	39	17	9	13	8	60	w 2-1F	w 1-3F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
9	Watford	39	14	14	11	4	56	l 1-2F	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F	d 1-1F
10	Norwich	39	16	6	17	6	54	l 0-2A	w 1-2A	d 1-1A	l 2-0A
11	Birmingham	39	14	11	14	-1	53	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	l 0-1A	Apr 22
12	QPR	39	15	8	16	-6	53	l 1-3F	l 4-1A	Apr 6	d 1-1A
13	Preston	39	13	13	13	-4	52	Apr 3	l 2-1A	-	-
14	Swansea	39	15	7	17	-5	52	Apr 11	w 1-3F	w 2-1F	d 1-1F
15	Stoke	39	14	9	16	3	51	w 2-1F	d 2-2A	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0
16	Bristol C	39	14	9	16	-1	51	w 2-0F	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
17	Sheff Utd	39	15	5	19	0	50	l 2-3A	l 3-1A	w 3-2A	Apr 25
18	Charlton	39	12	12	15	-10	48	l 0-2A	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	Apr 11
19	Blackburn	39	11	10	18	-13	43	l 0-2A	May 2	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
20	West Brom	39	11	10	18	-14	43	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
21	Portsmouth	38	10	10	18	-17	40	d 1-1F	Apr 18	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
22	Leicester	39	11	12	16	-9	39	-	-	w 2-1F	Apr 3
23	Oxford Utd	39	9	12	18	-15	39	l 1-2A	d 2-2A	l 1-3A	w 1-2F
24	Sheff Wed	39	1	9	29	-55	-6	w 2-1A	Apr 6	w 3-0F	w 2-3A

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Win / draw / win form

Preston have not won in 6 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Leicester	1 - 3	QPR
Leicester	2 - 0	Bristol C
Leicester	0 - 2	Norwich
Leicester	3 - 4	Southampton
Leicester	0 - 2	Charlton
Leicester	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
Leicester	2 - 1	West Brom
Leicester	2 - 1	Derby
Leicester	1 - 2	Watford
Leicester	3 - 1	Ipswich
Leicester	2 - 3	Sheff Utd
Leicester	2 - 1	Stoke
Leicester	1 - 1	M'Boro
Leicester	0 - 2	Blackburn
Leicester	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Leicester	1 - 1	Wrexham
Leicester	0 - 0	Coventry
Leicester	2 - 0	Birmingham
Leicester	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
Leicester	2 - 0	Ipswich

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Leicester	0 - 0	Watford
H	Leicester	1 - 3	QPR
H	Leicester	2 - 0	Bristol C
A	Leicester	1 - 1	Ipswich
H	Leicester	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Leicester	1 - 1	M'Boro
A	Leicester	2 - 2	Stoke
H	Leicester	3 - 4	Southampton
A	Leicester	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Leicester	0 - 2	Charlton
H	Leicester	1 - 2	Oxford Utd
A	Leicester	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Leicester	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Leicester	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Leicester	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
H	Leicester	2 - 1	Derby
H	Leicester	1 - 2	Watford
A	Leicester	1 - 4	QPR
H	Leicester	3 - 1	Ipswich
A	Leicester	2 - 2	Bristol C

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich	2 - 0	Preston
Coventry	3 - 0	Preston
Swansea	1 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
Ipswich	1 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	4 - 0	Preston
Bristol C	0 - 2	Preston
Wrexham	2 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Southampton	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 1	Preston
Hull	2 - 2	Preston
Derby	0 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 1	Preston
Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	3 - 1	Stoke
A	Preston	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Preston	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	0 - 2	Millwall
A	Preston	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 2	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Preston	0 - 4	M'Boro
H	Preston	0 - 3	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 2	Wrexham
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Preston	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	1 - 1	Coventry

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Leicester

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

LEI

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Leicester
Leicester	3 - 0
Leicester	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Preston
	0 - 1	Preston
	0 - 1	Preston
	1 - 2	Preston
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Leicester	2 - 1

Preston

Leicester

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

4 / 9

LEI

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Preston	2 - 1
	0 - 3	Leicester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Leicester
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Leicester
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Leicester City's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday afternoon, not least because Preston North End have conceded in each of their last 7 Championship outings. A PG of 1.6 for G. Rowett's side suggests that run should continue.

Goals have been difficult to come by for Preston North End of late. It has been 6 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Friday afternoon against Leicester City.

	Leicester 22nd	Preston 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Leicester will score 1 or more goals	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-4 Leicester’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-3 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

14%

better

LEI

PNE

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Games scored	32		28
Failed to score	6		11
Scored first	19		18
Goals scored	51		45
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	17		15
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.1
KickOff rating		+14%

LEI

PNE

17%

better

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Games conceded	34		30
Clean sheets	4		9
Conceded first	18		19
Goals conceded	60		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.6
KickOff rating		+17%

Leicester v Preston Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Leicester Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	10	7	9
I Fatawu	J James	I Fatawu	L Thomas

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
I Fatawu FWD	38	9	7	7 -
L Thomas DEF	36		5	9 -
J Ayew FWD	36	5	3	4 -
S Mavididi FWD	35	2	1	4 -
P Daka FWD	34	3	3	1 -
R Pereira DEF	32	2	1	6 -
J Stolarczyk GLK	31			1 -
B Cordova-Reid MID	30	5	2	3 1
J James MID	29	10	4	6 -
O Skipp MID	29	1		4 -
C Okoli DEF	27	1	1	2 1
H Winks MID	27	1	2	2 -
H Choudhury MID	25			5 -
J Vestergaard DEF	24	3		4 -
B Nelson DEF	23	1	1	3 -
J. Monga FWD	22	1	2	2 -
L. Page MID	16		1	-
A Begovic GLK	9			2 -
D. Mukasa MID	9	2	3	1 -
A Ramsey MID	8	2		1
J Aribo MID	6			1 -
V Kristiansen DEF	5			-
O. Aluko DEF	5			1 1
J Lascelles DEF	4			-
D Richards FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	26	7	9
J James	I Fatawu	I Fatawu	I Fatawu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J James MID	10	18	4	5
I Fatawu FWD	9	26	7	9
J Ayew FWD	5	17	3	5
B Cordova-Reid MID	5	11	2	5
P Daka FWD	3	12	3	1
J Vestergaard DEF	3	5
S Mavididi FWD	2	14	1	1
R Pereira DEF	2	6	1	1
D. Mukasa MID	2	3	3	5
A Ramsey MID	2	6
O Skipp MID	1	1
C Okoli DEF	1	2	1	2
H Winks MID	1	5	2	1
B Nelson DEF	1	3	1
J. Monga FWD	1	2	2	1
L Thomas DEF		2	5	5
H Choudhury MID				3
L. Page MID		1	1
J Aribo MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1475	87	229
J Vestergaard	R Pereira	I Fatawu

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Vestergaard DEF	1475	35	150
H Winks MID	1434	35	83
R Pereira DEF	1373	87	141
C Okoli DEF	1330	39	145
L Thomas DEF	1279	63	145
B Nelson DEF	967	39	110
J Stolarczyk GLK	939		17
O Skipp MID	917	44	96
I Fatawu FWD	890	39	229
H Choudhury MID	753	42	76
J James MID	719	35	69
S Mavididi FWD	658	50	133
B Cordova-Reid MID	546	18	47
J Ayew FWD	481	26	141
P Daka FWD	264	14	82
A Begovic GLK	251		5
D. Mukasa MID	223	12	31
L. Page MID	213	6	15
J. Monga FWD	183	11	48
J Lascelles DEF	107	2	17
A Ramsey MID	90	6	9
V Kristiansen DEF	87	7	10
O. Aluko DEF	61	1	8
J Aribo MID	45	2	7
D Richards FWD	11	1	3

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	8	6	9
B Whiteman	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Devine MID	38	8	2	4 -
B Whiteman MID	38	1	5	9 -
O Offiah DEF	37			4 -
J Storey DEF	37	2	2	7 1
T Small DEF	36	3	2	5 -
M Smith FWD	33	3	1	2 -
A Hughes DEF	32			9 -
L Dobbin FWD	32	7	6	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	31	6	2	2 -
D Iversen GLK	29		1	1 -
P Valentín DEF	29		2	2 -
A McCann MID	26	1	1	5 -
A Vukcevic DEF	23		2	-
L Gibson DEF	22	1		2 -
M Osmajic FWD	22	8	1	3 1
L Lindsay DEF	21			4 1
J Thompson MID	15		2	4 -
J Lewis DEF	14		1	1 -
B Potts DEF	9		1	1 -
D Cornell GLK	7			1 -
C Lang FWD	5		2	2 -
A Moran MID	4		1	-
J Walton GLK	3			-
R Brady MID	2			-
M. Luković FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	19	6	9
A Devine	A Devine	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Devine MID	8	19	2	7
M Osmajic FWD	8	18	1	2
L Dobbin FWD	7	16	6	3
D Jebbison FWD	6	12	2	4
T Small DEF	3	17	2	3
M Smith FWD	3	7	1
J Storey DEF	2	8	2	2
B Whiteman MID	1	9	5	9
A McCann MID	1	5	1	2
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
A Hughes DEF		4		2
D Iversen GLK			1	1
P Valentín DEF			2	2
A Vukcevic DEF			2	1
L Lindsay DEF		2		1
J Thompson MID		3	2	3
J Lewis DEF			1	1
B Potts DEF		3	1	1
C Lang FWD		2	2	1
A Moran MID		1	1	1
R Brady MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1755	88	245
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1755	69	134
A Hughes DEF	1332	51	197
J Storey DEF	1325	42	245
A Devine MID	1003	45	98
L Gibson DEF	983	25	103
D Iversen GLK	955		11
O Offiah DEF	810	88	165
A McCann MID	672	71	115
L Lindsay DEF	485	18	100
P Valentín DEF	450	64	113
L Dobbin FWD	422	16	78
T Small DEF	405	31	84
J Thompson MID	324	8	33
M Smith FWD	320	14	124
D Jebbison FWD	271	18	100
A Vukcevic DEF	244	16	42
D Cornell GLK	232		5
J Lewis DEF	195	9	19
M Osmajic FWD	169	9	57
B Potts DEF	102	5	20
J Walton GLK	72
A Moran MID	65	10	18
C Lang FWD	46	4	15
R Brady MID	19		5
M. Luković FWD	1

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Leicester have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Preston lay in 13th place on 52 points in the Championship league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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