Leicester City 1-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2009

Result

Leicester City 1-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Leicester City 1-2 Preston North End: match report

Leicester City were beaten by Preston North End 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 September 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Neil Mellor opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Leicester City's goal came from Bruno Berner (90'). Preston North End scored through Neil Mellor (41') and R. Chaplow (66').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 9th on 13 points from 8 and Preston North End 4th on 15 points from 8. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Preston North End 18th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 2 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read D-D-W-L-W and Preston North End's W-L-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · R. NeilsonLeicester City
  • 41'Goal · Neil MellorPreston North End · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Steve HowardLeicester City
  • 66'Goal · R. ChaplowPreston North End · 0-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Martyn WaghornLeicester City
  • 90'Goal · Bruno BernerLeicester City · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 2, Preston North End 4.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, Ben Thatcher, Nikos Dabizas, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Steffen Freund, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, Billy McKinlay, Matt Heath