Leeds v Preston result

Full-time · Leeds 0–2 Preston

League Cup · Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:45 BST · Elland Road

Updated 13 May 2026, 04:48 UK · refreshed continuously

Leeds 0–2 Preston — Preston won this League Cup match.

Next for Leeds: Bournemouth v Leeds, Saturday 31 October — the preview. Next for Preston: Preston v Sheffield Utd, Tuesday 3 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Leeds 0–2 Preston · League Cup
Venue: Elland Road · Leeds, West Yorkshire
Head-to-head (last 2): Leeds 0 · draws 1 · Preston 1 · 2 goals/game
Recent form: Leeds 4W 1D 0L · Preston 1W 1D 3L

Leeds 0–2 Preston (League Cup): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 13 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.38 / 1.13

Goals

against 0.88 / 1.13 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.25 / 4.57

Corners

against 4.75 / 7.29 · 1 of the last 2 over 9.5

over 4 matches

4.75 / 4.29

Shots on target

against 3 / 4.14 · 0 of the last 2 over 8.5

over 4 matches

2.25 / 1.86

Cards

against 1 / 2.43 · 1 of the last 2 over 3.5

over 4 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 25 August 2018. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 25 August 2018. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Leeds for / against	Line	Preston for / against
Goals scored	2.38 for · 0.88 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.13 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.25 for · 4.75 against n 4 Last 5	9.5standard	4.57 for · 7.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	11.5 for · 9.5 against n 4 Last 5	19.5standard	11.71 for · 13 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	4.75 for · 3 against n 4 Last 5	8.5standard	4.29 for · 4.14 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	16.5 for · 11.5 against n 4 Last 5	21.5standard	13.14 for · 13.86 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.25 for · 1 against n 4 Last 5	3.5standard	1.86 for · 2.43 against n 7 Last 5

Leeds

Leeds Goalkeeper

Leeds — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
B. Peacock-Farrell	5	90450 min	153 /90	40.8 /90	00 /90

Leeds — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Leeds before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
B. Peacock-Farrell n 8	90	2.8 7/5

Leeds Defensive

Leeds — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
G. Berardi	5	90450 min	71.4 /90	81.6 /90	20.4 /90	316.2 /90	40.8 /90	10.2 /90
L. Ayling	5	90450 min	81.6 /90	122.4 /90	00 /90	448.8 /90	51 /90	10.2 /90
L. Cooper	3	90270 min	31 /90	51.7 /90	20.7 /90	206.7 /90	62 /90	00 /90
P. Jansson	1	9090 min	22 /90	11 /90	11 /90	66 /90	22 /90	00 /90
B. Douglas	5	90450 min	61.2 /90	81.6 /90	10.2 /90	336.6 /90	91.8 /90	00 /90
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Leeds — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Leeds before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
B. Douglas n 5	90	1.8 4/3	1.4 4/2	—
L. Ayling n 8	82	1.1 5/3	1.2 5/3	—
G. Berardi n 8	89.9	0.9 5/2	0.6 4/1	—
B. Peacock-Farrell n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
Pablo Hernández n 8	88.6	0.8 5/1	0.4 3/0	—
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Leeds — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Leeds before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Ayling n 8	82	1.6 4/1
G. Berardi n 8	89.9	1.4 4/2
B. Douglas n 5	90	1.2 4/2
Pablo Hernández n 8	88.6	2.1 5/3
Samu Sáiz n 8	81.5	1 3/2
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Leeds Attacking

Leeds — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
K. Roofe	5	79397 min	40.9 /90	20.5 /90	143.2 /90	71.6 /90	51.1 /90	20.5 /90
P. Bamford	1	2626 min	00 /90	13.5 /90	00 /90	00 /90	13.5 /90	00 /90
B. Douglas	5	90450 min	00 /90	20.4 /90	10.2 /90	10.2 /90	61.2 /90	30.6 /90
Pablo Hernández	5	88439 min	30.6 /90	20.4 /90	40.8 /90	40.8 /90	142.9 /90	20.4 /90
Samu Sáiz	5	87433 min	00 /90	10.2 /90	112.3 /90	30.6 /90	71.5 /90	142.9 /90
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Leeds — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Leeds before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
L. Ayling n 8	82	1 3/2	0.3 2/0
G. Berardi n 8	89.9	0.5 4/0	0.1 1/0
B. Douglas n 5	90	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
B. Peacock-Farrell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Pablo Hernández n 8	88.6	1 6/1	0.5 4/0
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Leeds — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Leeds before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
B. Douglas n 5	90	0 0/0	0.4 2/0
L. Ayling n 8	82	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
B. Peacock-Farrell n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
G. Berardi n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
Pablo Hernández n 8	88.6	0.4 3/0	0.3 1/1
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Preston

Preston Goalkeeper

Preston — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
D. Rudd	5	90450 min	122.4 /90	71.4 /90	00 /90

Preston — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
D. Rudd n 8	90	2.5 5/3

Preston Defensive

Preston — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Hughes	5	90450 min	20.4 /90	61.2 /90	00 /90	459 /90	40.8 /90	00 /90
D. Fisher	5	90450 min	102 /90	51 /90	10.2 /90	428.4 /90	91.8 /90	10.2 /90
B. Davies	4	90360 min	82 /90	92.3 /90	41 /90	338.3 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90
T. Clarke	4	90359 min	10.3 /90	61.5 /90	00 /90	297.3 /90	82 /90	00 /90
P. Huntington	2	90180 min	00 /90	21 /90	21 /90	126 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90
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Preston — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
D. Fisher n 8	90	2.1 8/5	2.6 8/6	—
B. Pearson n 8	90	1.4 6/5	1.1 6/2	—
A. Hughes n 5	90	0.8 3/1	0.8 3/1	—
D. Rudd n 8	90	0 0/0	0.8 3/1	—
C. Robinson n 8	88.8	0.6 2/2	0.9 5/2	—
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Preston — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
B. Pearson n 8	90	2.2 5/4
D. Fisher n 8	90	2 5/3
A. Hughes n 5	90	0.4 2/0
C. Robinson n 8	88.8	0.2 1/0
T. Barkhuizen n 8	48	1 2/1
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Preston Attacking

Preston — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
L. Nmecha	4	76304 min	00 /90	00 /90	82.4 /90	51.5 /90	10.3 /90	51.5 /90
L. Moult	3	57171 min	00 /90	00 /90	21.1 /90	21.1 /90	52.6 /90	10.5 /90
Graham Burke	3	54163 min	10.6 /90	00 /90	52.8 /90	31.7 /90	21.1 /90	00 /90
B. Pearson	5	90450 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.2 /90	00 /90	20.4 /90	71.4 /90
C. Robinson	5	88440 min	00 /90	10.2 /90	142.9 /90	40.8 /90	91.8 /90	91.8 /90
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Preston — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Hughes n 5	90	0.4 2/0	0 0/0
D. Fisher n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
B. Pearson n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
D. Rudd n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Robinson n 8	88.8	3 8/7	1 4/3
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Preston — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 25 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
B. Pearson n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
A. Hughes n 5	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Rudd n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Fisher n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Robinson n 8	88.8	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

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Recent form

LeedsWWWDW

Last 5: 4W 1D 0L · 2.6 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

PrestonLWDLL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 2

Leeds 0 · 1 draw · Preston 1 · 2 goals/game

2018-04-10 Preston 3–1 Leeds
2017-08-12 Leeds 0–0 Preston

Goals per game

Leeds scored2.6

Preston scored1

Leeds conceded0.8

Preston conceded1.6

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What is the head-to-head record between Leeds and Preston?: In their last 2 meetings, Leeds won 0, Preston won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2 goals per game.
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