Championship

Championship | Gameweek 42

Apr 12, 2025 at 12.30pm UK

Elland Road

Leeds
2 - 1
Preston

Solomon (4'), Bogle (13')
Darlow (72'), Ampadu (87')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Kesler (6')
Hughes (45+1')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Leeds United and Preston North End, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Leeds United

All competitions

Last Game: Middlesbrough 0-1 Leeds
Tuesday, April 8 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Preston 2-2 Cardiff
Tuesday, April 8 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Leeds United win with a probability of 77.63%. A draw had a probability of 15.2% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 7.16%.

The most likely scoreline for a Leeds United win was 2-0 with a probability of 14.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (12.47%) and 3-0 (11.71%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.14%), while for a Preston North End win it was 0-1 (3.01%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Leeds United would win this match.

Result
Leeds United	Draw	Preston North End
77.63% ( 0.01)	15.22% ( 0.04)	7.16% ( -0.04)

Both teams to score 39.52% (

-0.34)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.46% (

-0.34)

43.54% (

0.35)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

34.07% (

-0.33)

65.93% (

0.34)

Leeds United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

90.69% (

-0.08)

9.31% (

0.09)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

68.58% (

-0.19)

31.42% (

0.2)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

43.58% (

-0.34)

56.42% (

0.35)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

11.29% (

-0.19)

88.71% (

0.2)

Score Analysis

Leeds United 77.62%

Preston North End 7.16%

Draw 15.22%

Leeds United	Draw	Preston North End
2-0 @ 14.8% ( 0.11) 1-0 @ 12.47% ( 0.14) 3-0 @ 11.71% ( 0.05) 2-1 @ 8.47% ( -0.03) 4-0 @ 6.95% 3-1 @ 6.7% ( -0.05) 4-1 @ 3.98% ( -0.04) 5-0 @ 3.3% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 1.92% ( -0.03) 5-1 @ 1.89% ( -0.03) 6-0 @ 1.31% ( -0.01) 4-2 @ 1.14% ( -0.03) Other @ 2.98% Total : 77.62%	1-1 @ 7.14% ( 0) 0-0 @ 5.26% ( 0.08) 2-2 @ 2.43% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.4% Total : 15.22%	0-1 @ 3.01% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 2.04% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.11% Total : 7.16%

How you voted: Leeds vs Preston

Leeds United

81.1%

Draw

16.2%

Preston North End

2.7%

Head to Head

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Preston

1-1

Leeds

Potts (23')
Whiteman (32'), Osmajic (58'), Lindsay (88')

Whatmough (90+3' og.)
Farke (37'), James (39')

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Leeds

2-1

Preston

James (6'), Piroe (90+4' pen.)
Summerville (38'), Rutter (67'), Firpo (76'), Bamford (85')

Keane (2')
Whiteman (8'), McCann (34'), Lindsay (62'), Cornell (83'), Ledson (85'), Stewart (86')

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Gameweek 24

Preston

2-1

Leeds

Browne (57'), Millar (89')
Potts (22'), McCann (30'), Osmajic (54'), Holmes (80'), Browne (87')

Struijk (83' pen.)
Rodon (54')
Meslier (53')

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Gameweek 24

Oct 22, 2019 7.45pm

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Form Guide

Middlesbrough 0-1 Leeds

Preston 0-3 Aston Villa

Preston 2-1 Portsmouth

Sunderland 1-1 Preston

Nations League

Spain

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

Congo DR

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Australia

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

South Korea

Palestine

Jordan

Qatar

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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