Match starts at 20.45
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Second leg of the play-off semi-final. First match was played at Elland Road and ended without winners (1-1). Leeds were better team in the match but Preston scored first (David Nugent in second half). Home team had few good chances and the ball much of the time, however they gain only one goal.

Tonight Preston will be in full squad with three players in front, what means attacking football from the beginning (David Nugent - Danny Dichio - Brett Ormerod). David Nugent was the scorer in the fisrt match after he returned to fitness a lot earlier than everyone expected. His come back is really importance for the Preston, he is extremely talneted what he showed at Elland Road when he ran through the Leeds defence and put the ball behind Neil Sullivan (Leeds GK). Before that match he was injured for seven weeks. On the other side Leeds can't count on their captain Paul Butler (he didn't play also in the first match), what presents really big loss to Kevin Blackwell's team.

In the last pick I wrote about Preston and Leeds form. Leeds didn't play well in the end of the season and have won only one of the last 11 games. Preston have lost one of 13 and they are unbeaten in last 9 (six wins and three draws). This season Leeds and Preston played 3 times and Leeds succeeded to score only one goal, while Preston scored three.

I decided to pick home team. Main reason is that Leeds didn't manage to take a win in last three matches against Preston and they scored only one goal. I think that Preston just don't fit Leeds. They got their best striker back in the team (David Nugent) and playing in front of their supporters where they lost two games. Also a big handicap for Leeds is that their captain and great defender (Paul Butler) won't be able for tonights match.

Pick lost. Final result 0:2