Preston North End will have Robbie Brady back with the squad

Preston North End will have Robbie Brady back with the squad for Wednesday night’s trip to Cardiff City.

The Lilywhites head to south Wales on the back of four consecutive draws. PNE were left frustrated, once again, to not take all three points in their previous outing at Sheffield Wednesday. North End have five games left of the calendar year, to try and pick up more wins than so far managed.

While that has been a gripe for boss Paul Heckingbottom, one positive at the moment is that his squad is in good shape. Liam Lindsay and Mads Frokjaer were back in the match day squad at Hillsborough, and Brady - who has been out since late October - now looks set to add to that.

“Same available and Robbie has added to that now as well,” said Heckingbottom, in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “So yeah, we are taking a big squad down there. Especially when you are playing Wednesday night and early Saturday, it is good. And, the first time while I have been here, where I’ve felt we’ve got that whole squad available, virtually.”