4-2-3-1

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Freddie Woodman

GK
23
Bambo Diaby

DF
6
Liam Lindsay

DF
16
Andrew Hughes

DF
11
Robbie Brady

DF
13
Ali McCann

MF
4
Ben Whiteman

MF
10
Daniel Johnson

MF
18
Ryan Ledson

MF
8
Alan Browne

MF
19
Emil Riis

FW

Substitutes

25
Dai Cornell

SUB
3
Greg Cunningham

SUB
5
Patrick Bauer

SUB
9
Ched Evans

SUB
14
Jordan Storey

SUB
20
Ben Woodburn

SUB
34
Lewis Coulton

SUB
39
Mikey O'Neill

SUB
44
Brad Potts

SUB

Manager

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Ryan Lowe

4-4-2

1
Kasper Schmeichel

GK
2
James Justin

DF
3
Wesley Fofana

DF
6
Jonny Evans

DF
7
Harvey Barnes

MF
9
Jamie Vardy

FW
10
James Maddison

MF
11
Marc Albrighton

MF
21
Ricardo Pereira

DF
22
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

MF
42
Boubakary Soumare

MF

Substitutes

31
Daniel Iversen

SUB
44
Sammy Braybrooke

SUB
45
Ben Nelson

SUB
46
Oliver Ewing

SUB
47
Kasey McAteer

SUB
53
Iestyn Hughes

SUB
56
Paul Appiah

SUB
17
Ayoze Perez

SUB

Manager

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Brendan Rodgers

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Match Previews

Match Preview: Leicester City (H)

22 July 2022

PNE will conclude their pre-season schedule on Saturday afternoon with a home tie against Premier League side Leicester City.

North End will welcome the Foxes to Deepdale for a 3pm kick-off in their sixth and final friendly, before Championship action kicks off against Wigan Athletic on Saturday 30^th July.

Supporter Information

Tickets for this fixture will be on sale right up until kick-off, either in person from the ticket office, over the phone on 0344 856 1966 or online from www.mypne.com. Ticket prices are also discounted for Ambassadors.

Please be aware that tickets for Wigan Athletic will go off sale from the ticket office at 1pm on the day of the game.

Our fan zone will once again be open to home supporters from 12 noon, with drinks, food, live music and family activities all on offer. It will also reopen to fans after full-time, with last orders at approximately 5.45pm.

Match Coverage

Leicester City will be live streaming the game free of charge both on their official website and on their YouTube channel.

We will be providing our usual coverage across our social media channels before, during and after the game, with reaction to follow on PNE.Com.

Matchday Programme

Our double header programme for the Hearts and Leicester friendlies will once again be available on Saturday afternoon from around the ground.

Supporters can buy the 32-page issue – which includes an interview with Ben Woodburn and a detailed insight on the Leicester team – for £2 at Deepdale, or you can order one to arrive straight to your home.

Find more details on the programme and how you can order one here.

PNE Team News

Sean Maguire will miss out once more through an Achilles problem, while Matthew Olosunde is a doubt due to a calf issue which ruled him out of the midweek Hearts friendly.

Speaking after that game, manager Ryan Lowe admitted he hadn’t decided what his plan was going to be in terms of giving minutes to his players on Saturday afternoon.

Lowe’s main priority is that he comes out of the weekend with at least a 20-man squad to pick from when it comes to the opening game of the Championship season against Wigan Athletic next Saturday.

The Opposition

Leicester City – who finished eighth in the Premier League last term – have played three games so far in pre-season, with their most recent outing ending in a 4-0 victory over Championship side Hull City.

While the Foxes also have a friendly scheduled for 1pm against Derby County on Saturday, there will be a strong squad heading to Deepdale, including North End's 2021/22 Player of the Year Daniel Iversen.

Leicester are yet to welcome any new faces to the side this summer, but there’s certainly no shortage of quality in their side, with the likes of Jamie Vardy and James Maddison just two attacking threats for PNE to be wary of.

Match Reports

Match Report: PNE 1 Leicester City 2

23 July 2022

Preston North End were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Premier League side Leicester City in the final game of pre-season.

The visitors had a two-goal lead inside 18 minutes through Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes, before Ali McCann got one back for PNE early in the second half.

It was a strong display from the home side in the second 45, but North End couldn’t quite find an equaliser.

The Foxes were the side on top in the early stages and they took the lead on 12 minutes, with Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall’s through ball finding Vardy, and the experienced forward calmly rounded Freddie Woodman before slotting home.

Six minutes later it was two, as Barnes cut in from the left to take aim, seeing his effort sneak in off the inside of the post.

Marc Albrighton could have made it three for the Foxes just after the half-hour mark, but he blazed his effort from just inside the area over the bar, and McCann produced a crucial block a few minutes later to deny Barnes at the back post.

McCann – who lined up at right wing back – then came up with the goods in an attacking sense early in the second half, getting himself on the end of a lovely floated cross from Andrew Hughes to head into the top corner.

There was a standing ovation on 63 minutes from the North End faithful as last season’s Player of the Year, Daniel Iversen came on for the visitors, and one of his first actions was to dive to his right to keep out a Jordan Storey volley.

It looked as though Barnes had doubled his tally for the afternoon ten minutes later, as he beat Woodman after being played in by Maddison, but he was denied by the post.

Riis had the ball in the back of the net at the other end on 75 minutes as he brilliantly controlled Browne’s missing volley and thumped the ball home, but the linesman’s flag was up for offside.

Goalscorer Barnes had the final chance of the game, seeing his close-range shot well kept out by Woodman, and the score ended 2-1 to the visitors in the final game of pre-season, with attention now turning to next weekend's Championship opener against Wigan Athletic.

PNE line-up: Woodman; Diaby (Storey, 45), Lindsay, Hughes; McCann (Woodburn, 70), Whiteman, Ledson, Brady; Browne, Johnson (Evans, 45); Riis. Subs not used: Cornell, Cunningham, Bauer, Coulton, O’Neill, Potts.

Leicester City line-up: Schmeichel (Iversen, 63); Pereira, Fofana, Evans, Justin; Soumare, Dewsbury-Hall; Albrighton (Perez, 63), Maddison, Barnes; Vardy. Subs not used: Braybrooke, Nelson, Ewing, McAtee, Hughes, Appiah.

Attendance: 4,553 (470 Leicester fans).

Referee: Mr J Gillett.

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