📏 Form Guide

Leeds United

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Leeds United will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 0-1 Championship victory vs Middlesbrough.

In that game, Leeds United managed 47% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Leeds United was Daniel James (2'). On the other side, Middlesbrough had 17 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

It’s not been often in recent times that Leeds United have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Leeds United have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 7 goals along the way. That trend won’t necessarily follow through here, however.

Their prior results show that Leeds United:

• have not lost a league tie with Preston North End in their previous 2 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 17 home league matches. An amazing run.

Preston North End

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In the game prior to this, Preston North End drew 2-2 in the Championship match with Cardiff City.

In that match, Preston North End managed 49% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Preston North End, the scorers were Milutin Osmajić (19') and Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (72'). For their opponents, Cardiff City had 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Will Alves (52') and Yakou Meïté (94') scored for Cardiff City.

Looking at their form, and Preston North End have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in total. In defence, Preston North End can certainly do much better.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Preston North End:

• haven't beaten Leeds United when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 09/04/2019 shows us that Leeds United have won 2 of these and Preston North End 1, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 8 from The Whites and 6 coming from The Lilywhites. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.

The last league game featuring the two was Championship match day 21 on 14/12/2024 when it finished Preston North End 1-1 Leeds United.

That time, Preston North End had 35% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The goals were scored by Brad Potts (23') and Jack Whatmough (93' Own goal).

For their opponents, Leeds United had 18 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was John Busby.

📋 Team News: Leeds United

Maximilian Wöber (unknown injury) and Ethan Ampadu (Knee injury) will be missing for Leeds United gaffer Daniel Farke.

📰 Team News: Preston North End

From a largely healthy group, there is only a single fitness problem for the Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom to be concerned about. Josh Seary (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

It’s looking like Preston North End will have a difficult task to put one past a Leeds United team who will more than likely boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.

We’re tipping a 3-0 margin for Leeds United at the end of the game.

Lucas Pereira, 11:03 12/04/2025