Preston vs Leicester Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th August 2025
Preston hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Leicester over to the Deepdale for a round 2 match.
Preston were most likely hoping for more from their opening match of the season, but nevertheless set off with a point in the table.
Preston failed to win their Championship opening match, when they settled for a single point on the board.
It is early days yet, anything can happen and both Preston and Leicester are still highly motivated of getting off to a good start. They both have talented squads, and we expect a cracking affair at Deepdale as the teams look to get one over each other.
Preston are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 12 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.2 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 17 goals, or an average of 1.7 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to zero clean sheets in this run.
Leicester scored 17 goals, conceded nine and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Leicester beat Preston twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 3-0 and 3-0, respectively.
Preston vs Leicester Prediction
Preston Form
In their last three matches, Preston drew 2-2 with Bristol City before recording another draw with Queens Park Rangers in a 1-1 match and beat Barrow with a 0-1 scoreline. Preston just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Championship matches at the Deepdale. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded eight goals.
Leicester Form
Leicester have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Bournemouth, they came out empty-handed in a 2-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 2-1 win against Sheffield Wednesday. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 2-2 draw against Huddersfield. In their last six away matches in the Championship, Leicester won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying five goals conceded and six scored.
Leicester and Preston are almost always cautious, when going toe-to-toe with each other, which makes under 2.5 goals the value bet on Saturday.
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Preston vs Leicester Stats
- In 20 of the last 22 Preston matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Preston home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Preston have lost the last 4 home matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 8 Preston home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Preston home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Leicester have won 5 of the last 6 matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 8 Leicester matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Leicester have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches in the Championship and the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Leicester have lost 3 of the last 4 away matches in the Championship while scoring less than 0.5 goals
- Leicester have won 5 of the last 6 matches and the sum of goals was under 3.5
Preston vs Leicester Squads
Preston Squad
The 48-year-old coach of the home team, Paul Heckingbottom, will select the lineup against Leicester from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Championship this season:
Daniel Iversen (0/1), David Cornell (0/0), Jack Walton (0/0), James Pradic (0/0), Andrew Hughes (0/1), Jordan Storey (0/1), Joshua Seary (0/0), Kacper Pasiek (0/0), Lewis Gibson (0/1), Liam Lindsay (0/1), Odel Offiah (0/1), Pol Valentin (0/1), Thierry Small (0/1), Alfie Devine (0/1), Alistair McCann (0/1), Andrija Vukcevic (0/1), Ben Whiteman (0/1), Brad Potts (0/0), Jordan Thompson (0/0), Mads Froekjaer-Jensen (0/1), Noah Mawene (0/0), Robert Brady (0/0), Stefan Thordarson (0/1), Daniel Jebbison (0/0), Jeppe Okkels (0/0), Michael Ayodele (0/0), Michael Smith (0/1), Milutin Osmajic (1/1), Will Keane (0/0).
Leicester Squad
Below is the full team squad of Leicester. The manager Cifuentes will pick his starting XI against Preston from these players:
Asmir Begovic (0/0), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/1), Ben Nelson (0/0), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (0/1), Jannik Vestergaard (1/1), Luke Thomas (0/1), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/1), Ricardo Pereira (0/0), Victor Kristiansen (0/0), Wout Faes (1/1), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannouss (0/1), Boubakary Soumare (0/1), Hamza Choudhury (0/0), Harry Winks (0/1), Jake Evans (0/0), Kasey McAteer (0/1), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/1), Will Alves (0/0), Abdul Fatawu (0/1), Bobby Reid (0/0), Jeremy Monga (0/1), Jordan Ayew (0/1), Patson Daka (0/1), Stephy Mavididi (0/1), Wanya Marcal-Madivadua (0/0).
Preston vs Leicester Team News
Leicester face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Preston. For instance, Leicester won't be able to field Asmir Begovic as he serves out a ban following too many cards.
Leicester need to do without Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira, who are not fit enough to travel to Deepdale.
Preston vs Leicester Lineups
Preston vs Leicester H2H
Leicester got the better of Preston in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-0 and 3-0, respectively. All in all, Leicester have a fine reading on Preston in previous seasons with a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Leicester to win this match at best price odds of 21/20.
Preston vs Leicester Results
Over 2.5 goals happened only three times in the last ten matches Preston took on Leicester. Under 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/11 with the bookies.
Preston vs Leicester Betting Tips
Milutin Osmajic is the most prolific Championship marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. The Foxes look to Abdul Fatawu, hoping he can add to his current total of three Championship goals in his latest games.
Preston claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing five. Leicester won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Preston on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Leicester in their last 10 league games away from home.
Both teams not to score was a winning bet seven times in the last ten encounters between Preston and Leicester as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Preston scored an average of 0.6 goals a game, with Leicester averaging 1.2 goals in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Preston, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Leicester, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.7 times goals per game.