Preston North End v Lincoln City team news: Lewis Gibson and Caleb Wiley absent, Liam Gibbs makes first start
Team sheets from Deepdale.
Paul Heckingbottom has named his Preston North End side to take on Lincoln City at Deepdale this afternoon.
Lewis Gibson is absent from the squad, and so Jordan Thompson takes the captain’s armband. Chelsea loanee Caleb Wiley is also not in the 20. Liam Gibbs makes his first start, while Leo Leroy drops to the bench and Andrew Hughes is back in the squad and amongst the substitutes.
As for Lincoln City, former PNE men Adam Reach and Tom Bayliss are in the starting 11.
PNE starting XI: Iversen, Clarke, Offiah, Storey, Vukcevic, Thompson (c), Gibbs, Mills, Devine, Lang, Kenny. Subs: Nicholls, Valentin, Lindsay, Erabi, Small, Hughes, Moran, Leroy, Burgzorg.
Lincoln City starting XI: Wickens, Reach, Coubis, Elrewe, Bradley, McGrandles, Oyegoke, Bayliss, House, Hackett, Street. Subs: Gauci, Towler, Ladefoged, Jeffries, Olaofe, Varfolomeev, Konak, Ogbene, Draper