Leeds United 2-1 Preston North End: result and report
Championship · Sunday 21 January 2024
Result
Leeds United 2-1 Preston North End
Championship · Sunday 21 January 2024, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leeds United 2-1 Preston North End: match report
Leeds United won against Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Sunday 21 January 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Will Keane opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Leeds United's goals came from Daniel James (6') and Joël Piroe (90+4', penalty). Preston North End scored through Will Keane (2').
Discipline: Leeds United received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leeds United were 4th on 51 points from 27 and Preston North End 12th on 38 points from 27. Leeds United went on to finish that season 3rd with 94 points, and Preston North End 10th with 63.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Junior Firpo of Leeds United (8.1), level with Daniel James (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leeds United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Preston North End.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Will Keane
- 6'Goal · Daniel James
- 8'Yellow card · Ben Whiteman
- 34'Yellow card · Ali McCann
- 38'Yellow card · Crysencio Summerville
- 62'Yellow card · Liam Lindsay
- 67'Yellow card · Georginio Rutter
- 76'Yellow card · Junior Firpo
- 83'Yellow card · David Cornell
- 85'Yellow card · Patrick Bamford
- 85'Yellow card · Ryan Ledson
- 86'Yellow card · Layton Stewart
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Joël Piroe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Illan Meslier, Archie Gray, Joe Rodon, Ethan Ampadu, Junior Firpo, Ilia Gruev, Glen Kamara, Daniel James, Georginio Rutter, Crysencio Summerville, Patrick Bamford
Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)
David Cornell, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Liam Millar, Will Keane, Emil Riis