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History of the Leicester City v Preston North End fixture

Preston N.E. face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon,

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2003, the Foxes carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division One match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sat 15 Mar	Leicester City	2 - 1	Preston N.E.	CHMP
2002/2003	Tue 26 Nov	Preston N.E.	2 - 0	Leicester City	CHMP
1981/1982	Wed 28 Oct	Leicester City	4 - 0	Preston N.E.	LC
1981/1982	Tue 06 Oct	Preston N.E.	1 - 0	Leicester City	LC
1979/1980	Sat 29 Mar	Leicester City	1 - 2	Preston N.E.	CHMP
1979/1980	Sat 17 Nov	Preston N.E.	1 - 1	Leicester City	CHMP
1978/1979	Tue 17 Apr	Preston N.E.	4 - 0	Leicester City	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Leicester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.

The away form of Preston N.E. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The North End's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Leicester City's 15 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Preston N.E.'s 14 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Leicester City	6	3	1	2	9	6	10
Preston N.E.	6	3	1	2	11	7	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Foxes, as the North End have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Leicester City	No sequences of note
Preston N.E.	6 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat.