Leicester City v Preston: survival fight meets mid-table push | OneFootball

Leicester City host Preston North End in the Championship on Friday, 3 April 2026 in Leicester, with the hosts battling to climb out of the relegation places and the visitors aiming to push up the table.

Preston North End won the reverse fixture 2-1 in August 2025, while Leicester City recorded back-to-back 3-0 league wins over the visitors in 2023-24. The game now pairs a survival bid with a stabilising mid-table campaign.

Foxes form is mixed: one win in five league matches, most recently a goalless draw at Watford. Preston halted a run of four straight defeats by beating Stoke City 3-1.

The Foxes list Asmir Begovic, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Kristiansen and Aaron Ramsey as injured. Preston are without Callum Lang, Lewis Gibson and Alistair McCann.

The Foxes have had 51% possession and an 81.71% passing accuracy this season, while the visitors have delivered 553 open-play crosses at 18.81% accuracy and won 816 aerial duels. Jordan James has 10 league goals and Abdul Fatawu has nine goals plus seven assists, while Preston's Lewis Norman Dobbin leads their supply with six assists. Crosses into the box could be a key route for the visitors against a defence that has conceded 60 league goals.

A win would take the Foxes to 42 points and could cut the gap to safety. A draw would move them to 40. Preston would move to 55 with victory and could edge towards the top half.