Preston North End 2-1 Leeds United highlights: Meslier sent off as Whites falter at Deepdale

Leeds United visit Preston North End this afternoon in a second successive lunchtime kick-off during the Championship's Christmas fixture schedule.

Daniel Farke's men were back to winning ways with their 4-0 demolition of Kieran McKenna's Ipswich Town three days ago but there has been no time for celebration or resting on laurels as Leeds have been squarely focused on their preparations for today's Boxing Day fixture.

The Whites' boss stated he is unlikely to have a day off during the festive period which sees Leeds take on Preston, West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City over the next week. Farke is also likely to rotate his squad in these matches as he looks to keep as many players as fresh as possible during what will be a demanding couple of days.

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Preston have just one win in their last seven Championship outings and have fallen to 13th in the table despite a promising start to the campaign. Lilywhites boss Ryan Lowe has admitted the team 'lack quality' and is hopeful his team can compete with Leeds' Premier League players and resources at Deepdale this afternoon.

Kick-off is at 12:30pm. We will have all the build-up, player arrivals, team news, goal and score updates right here throughout the day.

Preston North End vs Leeds United

FT: Preston North End 2-1 Leeds United

Three days after taking apart Ipswich, Leeds falter at Preston. Self-inflicted in more ways than one.

90+6' Browne off; Ledson on

90+5' Leeds have a free-kick. Pascal Struijk is playing left-wing. Gnonto delivers straight into Woodman's grasp.

90+1' EIGHT added minutes.

90' Bamford on; Ampadu off.

89' It had been coming all afternoon. Liam Millar cuts infield from the left and gets a shot away which curls beyond Darlow's reach. Gut punch for Leeds.

88' Browne booked for hauling down James.

86' Darlow down well to save a Lindsay header.

84' Frokjaer on; Holmes off

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL STRUIJK 1-1

83' Struijk levels it from the spot. Cool as you like, slots it into the bottom right-hand corner. Keeper goes wrong way.

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