Leicester City vs Preston Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th October 2023

Prices from the bookmakers reflect how much they expect Preston to pull away with 3 points this coming Wednesday. They face Leicester City in the Championship and the latter could be in for a whacking, as Preston look to add three valuable points.

Sitting top of the table, Leicester City have claimed 24 points after nine rounds, while Preston have amassed 20 points and presently rank as number 3 in the Championship.

Preston will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Leicester City. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win this coming Wednesday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Leicester City presents an average of just 1.9 goals per game in their last ten games. They scored a moderate 19times, while also conceding six. This amounts to an average of 0.6 per game in which, they kept their opponents from scoring in four matches.

Preston are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 13 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.3 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 13 goals, and while Preston claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.3 goals per match.

The most recent outing between Leicester City and Preston failed to produce a winner, with the score reading 1-1 after the final whistle. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 16/5.

Leicester City vs Preston Prediction

Leicester City Form

Leicester City added two wins to their account in their three most recent outings, as they beat Bristol City by 1-0. Their next match left them empty-handed in a 3-1 defeat against Liverpool, followed up by a 1-4 win against Blackburn. Leicester City have been in potent form at King Power Stadium, winning no less than five of the past six Championship matches here. They also hammered in seven goals, while letting in three as they also lost once.

Preston Form

Preston are difficult to read after taking four points in their last three matches, which kicked off with a 2-1 win against Birmingham. A 1-1 draw with Rotherham followed, before a 0-4 defeat against West Bromwich. In their last six away matches in the Championship, Preston won twice, while also recording two draws. They endured two defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying ten goals conceded and eight scored.

While we don't believe Preston are strong enough to prevent Leicester City from a home win, we believe they are capable of limiting the defeat to only a few goals.

Leicester City earned three points from their last two matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed one wins, following two goals scored while also conceding two. Preston won two games, picked up seven points, scored five and conceded seven goals in their last five games against teams from the top half of the Championship table. Leicester City are looking at a record of eight wins, zero draws and one defeat in the Championship this season. Preston are looking at six wins, two draws and one defeat in the Championship.

Leicester City vs Preston Squads

Leicester City Squad

The 43-year-old Maresca will select the starting eleven against Preston from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:

Alex Smithies (0/0), Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/0), Mads Hermansen (0/8), Callum Doyle (0/8), Conor Coady (0/0), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (0/5), Jannik Vestergaard (0/9), Ricardo Pereira (0/8), Wout Faes (1/8), Cesare Casadei (1/7), Dennis Praet (0/2), Hamza Choudhury (0/6), Harry Winks (0/9), Kasey McAteer (4/7), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (3/9), Marc Albrighton (0/2), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (1/2), Wilfred Ndidi (1/9), Abdul Issahaku (0/0), Jamie Vardy (3/9), Kelechi Iheanacho (2/9), Patson Daka (0/0), Stephy Mavididi (2/9), Thomas Cannon (0/0), Yunus Akgun (0/4).

Preston Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Preston players that the manager Ryan Lowe will choose from for the upcoming game:

David Cornell (0/0), Freddie Woodman (0/9), Andrew Hughes (1/9), Brad Potts (0/9), Calvin Ramsay (0/0), Gregory Cunningham (0/1), Jack Whatmough (0/6), Jordan Storey (0/9), Joshua Seary (0/0), Kian Best (0/4), Patrick Bauer (0/0), Alan Browne (0/9), Alistair McCann (0/8), Ben Whiteman (0/4), Duane Holmes (2/9), Kian Taylor (0/0), Kitt Nelson (0/0), Liam Lindsay (2/9), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (1/9), Milutin Osmajic (0/0), Noah Mawene (0/1), Robert Brady (0/4), Ryan Ledson (0/9), Benjamin Woodburn (0/5), Ched Evans (0/0), Emil Riis Jakobsen (0/0), Felipe (0/0), Layton Stewart (0/1), Liam Millar (0/0), Will Keane (4/6).

Leicester City vs Preston Team News

Leicester City could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Wednesday.

Thomas Cannon and Dennis Praet nurses various injuries and won't take part for Leicester City against Preston at King Power Stadium.

Preston are juggling with four absent players on on Wednesday when travelling to Leicester City.

Preston need to do without Will Keane, Calvin Ramsay, Ched Evans and Emil Riis Jakobsen, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.

Leicester City vs Preston Lineups

Leicester City vs Preston H2H

It finished all square when Leicester City last faced Preston. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 16/5. Trying to pick a winner from their h2h is a tough task as neither side have been able to fully dominate their coming opponent. Preston won three of the previous ten encounters, whereas Leicester City claimed three points four times in these ten matches. The bookies have Preston to win this match at best price odds of 13/2.

Leicester City vs Preston Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out four times in the last ten matches between Leicester City and Preston.

Leicester City vs Preston Betting Tips

Will Keane shows decent form right now for Preston, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Championship. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Leicester City, who are strong favourites this coming Wednesday. Siding with Kasey McAteer also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six Championship matches.

Leicester City did great recently at King Power Stadium, winning six of their last 10 home games across all tournaments. They also drew one while losing three. Preston won four of their last 10 away games, while drawing three and losing three in this streak. Preston came away from five of their last 10 away matches with a clean sheet. Leicester City did the same in one of their last 10 home games.

Over 2.5 goals came up two times in the previous ten encounters between Leicester City and Preston, as Leicester City scored 0.7 goals on average per game and Preston averaging 0.8 goals. Both teams scored in four times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Leicester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in six of the last ten matches that Preston played across all tournaments. They scored 1.5 times on average in the process.