Preston North End 1-4 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Monday 26 December 2016

Result

Preston North End 1-4 Leeds United

Championship · Monday 26 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Preston North End 1-4 Leeds United: match report

Preston North End lost to Leeds United 1-4 in the Championship on Monday 26 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-3.

Kemar Roofe opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Preston North End's goal came from M. Vermijl (27'). Leeds United scored through Kemar Roofe (17'), H. Sacko (23'), Souleymane Doukara (31') and Pablo Hernández (88').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Leeds United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 10th on 33 points from 22 and Leeds United 4th on 38 points from 22. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Leeds United 7th with 75.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kemar Roofe of Leeds United (8.7), ahead of Pablo Hernández (7.7).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Kemar RoofeLeeds United · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · H. SackoLeeds United · 0-2
  • 27'Goal · M. VermijlPreston North End · 1-2
  • 31'Goal · Souleymane DoukaraLeeds United · 1-3
  • 43'Yellow card · Kalvin PhillipsLeeds United
  • 50'Yellow card · Kyle BartleyLeeds United
  • 61'Yellow card · L. AylingLeeds United
  • 69'Red card · J. BeckfordPreston North End
  • 69'Red card · Jermaine BeckfordPreston North End
  • 72'Yellow card · Tom ClarkePreston North End
  • 86'Yellow card · A. BaptistePreston North End
  • 88'Goal · Pablo HernándezLeeds United · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 3, Leeds United 4.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-4-1-1)

Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Paul Huntington, G. Cunningham, Marnick Vermijl, Daniel Johnson, Alan Browne, Callum Robinson, Ben Pearson, Simon Makienok

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Green, Luke Ayling, Kyle Bartley, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Liam Bridcutt, Kalvin Phillips, Hadi Sacko, Kemar Roofe, Stuart Dallas, Souleymane Doukara