Preview: Preston North End vs Leeds United | OneFootball

Leeds United face Preston North End away from home in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday, with kick-off scheduled for 12:30pm.

The Whites will travel to Deepdale in search of three points, backed by over 5,000 travelling supporters, who are yet again set to pack out the away end in support of their side.

Daniel Farke’s team are currently second in the league standings and have won five out of their last six matches. PNE are unbeaten in their last five games, but with four of those games ending as draws, they will be keen to add more wins to their tally.

There have been plenty of meetings over the years, no fewer than 63 competitively, and you can see some of the action from that time below…

Defensively, the two teams both have strong records in the league so far this season. The hosts have kept eight clean sheets up to now from their 20 matches played, but offensively will want to add more, having only scored 20 times.

Leeds have also been strong in defence with 11 clean sheets up to this point. In attack though, they’ve been just as strong with a league high of 36 goals scored, having had 13 different scorers in that time.

Both teams have the possibility of moving up the league table at full-time, if they are to claim what would be a big three points.

The Whites could jump back above Sheffield United - even with a draw - but staying there would depend on results later on in the weekend.

North End are on the climb themselves and again, depending on results elsewhere, they could claw back the gap to the play-off places of which they are currently 10 points behind.

For those attending the game or watching from home, take a look further down the page for some key information prior to kick-off.

Last time out:

How to watch:

The match has been chosen for live broadcast coverage on ‘Sky Sports Football’.

For further information of how to watch the match in the rest of the world, please see our ‘How to Watch’ guide on leedsunited.com, ahead of kick-off!

Match passes include video build up, analysis and reaction at video.leedsunited.com. Buy your match pass HERE.

For supporters who are not in attendance and cannot stream the game, you can also follow all the updates live on leedsunited.com with our online blog throughout the match.

Important supporter information:

Discriminatory language or chanting is not acceptable and you could be breaking the law. The club condemns this behaviour and has a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination abuse of all kinds.

Tough measures and sanctions are in place across all English football leagues to tackle dangerous and illegal behaviours within football grounds, and this involves but is not limited to, discriminatory behaviour, tragedy chanting, fans entering the pitch, the use of pyros and throwing objects.

What has Daniel Farke said ahead of the match?

Head-to-head:

Wins: 23

Draws: 14

Losses: 26

League position

PNE: 14th

Leeds: 2nd

What has Willy Gnonto said ahead of the match?

Top scorer:

PNE: Emil Riis (5)

Leeds: Joel Piroe (7)

Officials:

Referee - John Busby

Assistant Referee - Mark Russell

Assistant Referee - Bhupinder Singh Gill

Fourth Official - Will Finnie