Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored twice as Leicester City made it nine wins in 10 Championship games by beating Preston North End to return to the top of the Championship.
Pushed down to second by Ipswich's victory over Hull on Tuesday, they overcame third-placed Preston's resistance with Dewsbury-Hall netting either side of Kelechi Iheanacho's side-footed effort from six yards.
The midfielder slotted past Freddie Woodman with his left foot to break the deadlock after Ali McCann slid in to intercept a Wilfred Ndidi pass across the box but diverted it into his path.
And Dewsbury-Hall sealed only the second home victory in the last 13 league meetings between the two sides by firing into the roof of the net after Woodman kept out Iheanacho's initial effort.