Stoke City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Stoke City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship .
- Stoke City FC 46 games · 55 pts (2025/26)
- Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Thomas Kirk (England)
26 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Dec Preston North End FC H 0–0 D 20 Dec Watford FC A 0–1 L 13 Dec Swansea City AFC H 2–1 W 10 Dec Ipswich Town FC A 0–1 L 06 Dec Sheffield United FC A 0–4 L 29 Nov Hull City AFC H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Dec Stoke City FC A 0–0 D 20 Dec Norwich City FC H 1–1 D 13 Dec Oxford United FC A 2–1 W 09 Dec Coventry City FC H 1–1 D 06 Dec Wrexham AFC H 1–1 D 29 Nov Sheffield Wednesday FC A 3–2 W Season Stats
Stoke City FC Preston North End FC #17 Position #14 55 Points 60 46 Played 46 15 / 10 / 21 W / D / L 15 / 15 / 16 51 Scored 55 56 Conceded 62 -5 GD -7 1.20 PPG 1.30 33% Win % 33% Key Stats
44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)31% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history28% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this season20% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this seasonStoke City FC are 17th (55 pts). Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Stoke City FC0-15–/116-30–/231-451/346-603/261-75–/276+–/3■ Scored ■ ConcededPreston North End FC0-151/416-303/231-452/–46-602/161-751/176+1/4■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Stoke City FCSorba Thomas 10 G 10 A Preston North End FCLewis Dobbin 10 G 7 A Alfie Devine 8 G 6 A Milutin Osmajic 8 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Stoke City FC and Preston North End FC.
- The final score is 0-0.
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Lineups
Stoke City FC Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brad Potts 3 Nick Powell 2 Alan Browne 2 Will Keane 2 Peter Crouch 1 Ben Whiteman 1 Lewis Baker 1 Paul Gallagher 1 Head to Head
Stoke City FC Form
Preston North End FC Form
2025-12-26 Stoke City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2025-12-20 Preston North End FC 1–1 Norwich City FC D 2025-12-13 Oxford United FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2025-12-09 Preston North End FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2025-12-06 Preston North End FC 1–1 Wrexham AFC D 2025-11-29 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–3 Preston North End FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.04 Stoke City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.03 Preston North End FC xGI would bet for: Stoke City FC or Preston North End FC 68% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.07Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Stoke City FC or Draw 67%Draw or Preston North End FC 65%Stoke City FC or Preston North End FC 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.5%1 – 0 11.8%0 – 1 11.6%2 – 1 6.8%1 – 2 6.7%2 – 0 6.6%0 – 2 6.4%2 – 2 3.7%3 – 1 2.4%1 – 3 2.4%3 – 0 2.3%Asian Handicap — Stoke City FC
Handicap Stoke City FC covers Push Preston North End FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 20% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 20% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 9% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.