Leicester City 2:2 Preston North End: xG & match report · Championship

Friday, 03/04/2026 at 16:00

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Match report · Championship

Leicester City Home 2.01 xG · 28 shots

Preston North End Away 0.41 xG · 8 shots

22 Leicester City had the better chances, but it finished level

Goals

4' Patson Daka Leicester City · 0.08 xG chance 1–0
38' Andrew Moran Preston North End · 0.12 xG chance 1–1
45' Ben Whiteman Preston North End · 0.02 xG chance 1–2
81' Patson Daka Leicester City · 0.20 xG chance 2–2

The shots behind it

Leicester City Preston North End

Shots: 28; 8
On target: 10; 3
Inside the box: 9; 5
xG per shot: 0.07; 0.05
Open play xG: 1.41; 0.20
Set-piece xG: 0.61; 0.23
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 2.02 for Leicester City and 0.42 for Preston North End.

Shot map

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All shots

36 shots · 2.44 xG

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Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

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Last 6 · xG per match

Leicester City

0.88 xG created 1.24 xGA

D 0.89 created, 1.19 conceded against Middlesbrough
L 0.46 created, 1.54 conceded against Norwich City
D 0.18 created, 1.85 conceded against Ipswich Town
W 1.23 created, 1.06 conceded against Bristol City
L 0.42 created, 1.54 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
D 2.13 created, 0.27 conceded against Watford

Preston North End

1.48 xG created 1.80 xGA

D 1.77 created, 1.55 conceded against Swansea City
L 0.43 created, 1.66 conceded against Millwall
L 0.93 created, 1.74 conceded against Oxford United
L 0.44 created, 4.00 conceded against Coventry City
L 2.52 created, 0.88 conceded against Norwich City
W 2.81 created, 0.99 conceded against Stoke City

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Leicester City: 0 won · 0 drawn · 1 lost

Preston North End 2:1 Leicester City 16/08/2025 xG 2.48 – 0.92

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