Cameron Jerome starts up-front in place of Elijah Adebayo, who misses out through injury, as does Luke Berry, who is replaced by Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu.
Returning from suspension, Kal Naismith starts in defence with Fred Onyedinma amongst the substitutes.
Danny Hylton is on the bench for the first time since rescuing a late point against Bristol City and could be called upon at some point this afternoon.
Town: Sluga; Bree, Lockyer, Naismith, Bradley (C), Bell; Rea, Mpanzu, Clark; Cornick, Jerome.
Substitutes: Shea, Hylton, Burke, Campbell, Lansbury, Onyedinma, Muskwe.
Preston: Iversen; Van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes, Earl; Whiteman, McCann, Browne (C); Barkhuizen Maguire, Jakobsen
Substitutes: Rudd, Cunningham, Johnson, Storey, Ledson, Sinclair, Potts.
Referee: Dean Whitestone