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Match Previews

Match Preview: Leicester City (H)

29 April 2024

Preston North End round off their home campaign in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Monday night as the promoted Leicester City come to Deepdale.

Match Details

Date: Monday 29th April, 8pm kick-off
Venue: Deepdale
Competition: Sky Bet Championship
Kit: Home kit

Supporter Information

Tickets for this match will be on sale right up until kick-off in person from the ticket office, over the phone on 0344 856 1966, and online. Please note, only fans with a purchase history prior to and including the away match against Watford can buy tickets.

Both The Gentry Bar and The Bowler Hat will be open for this fixture, with full timings to be found in the Matchday Information article.

The club’s shuttle bus service will be running as usual from Leyland through Bamber Bridge, on its way to Deepdale. Return tickets can be bought on board for £6 and timings are as follows:

Leyland Tesco (Stop A – Car Park) – 6.20pm
The Railway Pub, Leyland – 6.30pm
Ye Olde Hob Inn, Bamber Bridge – 6.35pm
Beam and Brycg Pub, Bamber Bridge – 6.40pm
Arrive at Deepdale, Lowthorpe Road – 7pm

Supporters are reminded that the club has a zero-tolerance policy towards behaviours such as abuse, anti-social behaviour, pitch encroachment, and any form of language which may be deemed discriminatory, and these can lead to serious sanctions.

Fans are asked to stay in their seats, if possible, after the full-time whistle, with the team performing a lap of thanks to show their appreciation for your support this season.

Who’s Available?

Ryan Lowe expects to have the same squad who travelled to QPR last weekend available to him again on Monday night.

Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, and Brad Potts all remain sidelined and are not expected to feature again this season.

Striker Ched Evans could make his 400th career appearance in this fixture.

Opposition Focus

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Leicester City sat back on Friday night and no doubt enjoyed watching Queens Park Rangers' 4-0 demolition of Leeds United, which sealed an instant return to the Premier League for the Foxes.

Having had a huge lead at the top of the table earlier in the campaign, automatic promotion seemed an inevitability for Leicester City, but a mixed run earlier this year allowed the chasing pack to close the gap.

Enzo Maresca’s side, in their first campaign back in the Championship following relegation, have shown their quality though, and an incredible 5-0 victory over Southampton in the week saw them take a huge stride towards the top flight, and clinching the title will now be their main goal.

Follow The Action

Fans can watch this match live on Sky Sports, and because of the selection to be shown live on TV, the game cannot be streamed on iFollow in the majority of regions worldwide.

Live commentary is available as usual, though, and you can buy an audio match pass here.

Extensive coverage can also be followed across the club’s social media channels and here on the website.

Match Officials

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Referee: Sam Allison
Assistant Referee: Blake Antrobus and Alex James
Fourth Official: Josh Smith

Sam Allison will take charge of only the third PNE match of his career on Monday night, with the previous fixture being the 1-1 draw against Rotherham United in September 2023.

Allison has shown 115 yellow cards and one red in 32 matches so far this term.

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Match Reports

Match Report: PNE 0 Leicester City 3

29 April 2024

Preston North End were beaten 3-0 by Leicester City in the final home game of the season, as the visitors were crowned champions.

The Foxes, three days after their return to the Premier League was sealed, earned the victory courtesy of a Jamie Vardy brace and a header from Kasey McAteer.

Ryan Lowe opted to make three changes from the defeat to Queens Park Rangers nine days prior, with Jack Whatmough, Mads Frøkjær and Milutin Osmajić coming in to start.

Leicester were keeping the majority of possession in the game’s early stages and created the first chance of note in the 15th minute when Freddie Woodman came out to deny Vardy an opening goal.

McAteer was next to be denied by North End’s No.1, but the attacker should have then scored just before the half-hour mark when he somehow headed wide from just a few yards out.

There weren’t many chances being created by either side, but the Foxes did put themselves in front in the 37th minute when a ricochet fell for Vardy who scuffed a left-footed effort into the far corner.

The packed away end had another goal to cheer about after the break when the ball rebounded off the back of Woodman after Wout Faes’ effort struck the post, and it fell for Vardy to slam into the roof of the net.

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Woodman stopped Vardy making it three on 65 minutes with a good save one-on-one, but McAteer did extend the visitors’ advantage soon after when he headed home Abdul Fatawu’s cross.

Space opened up for Players’ Player of the Year, Liam Lindsay in the 73rd minute and he took aim from distance, however his strike was too high to trouble Jakub Stolarczyk.

Woodman’s right-hand post was rattling a minute later as Fatawu cut inside onto his left foot and his curling effort was denied by the woodwork.

North End’s best opportunity of the night came eight minutes from time when Jack Whatmough drove into midfield and played a brilliant lofted ball over for Emil Riis, whose volley couldn’t quite find the target.

There was a special moment at the end of the night for Theo Mawene as the teenager was handed his professional debut, coming on alongside his brother, Noah.

Layton Stewart, who came on as part of the triple change, could have scored his first senior goal in the second minute of stoppage-time, but Stolarczyk caught his attempted lob and the visitors won 3-0.

PNE line-up: Woodman; Whatmough, Lindsay, Hughes; Millar, Ledson (Holmes, 80), Browne (Stewart, 86), Brady; Keane (T.Mawene, 86), Frøkjær (N.Mawene, 86); Osmajić (Riis, 68). Subs not used: Cornell, Cunningham, Evans, Best.

Leicester City line-up: Stolarczyk; Pereira, Coady, Vestergaard, Faes; Akgün (Dewsbury-Hall, 75), Wiks, Ndidi (Choudhury, 70); Fatawu (Justin, 84), Vardy (Cannon, 75), McAteer (Mavididi, 70). Subs not used: Hermansen, Justin, Doyle, Daka, Praet.

Attendance: 19,641 (5,744 Leicester City fans).

Referee: Mr S Allison.

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