Stoke City FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Stoke City FC

0 – 0

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Preston North End FC

Fri 26 Dec 2025 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Stoke City FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship .

Stoke City FC 15 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 15 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Thomas Kirk (England)

5 games this season 🟨 4.8/game ⚽ 14.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

Head-to-Head

Stoke City FC 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-26 Stoke City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2025-04-05 Preston North End FC 1–1 Stoke City FC 2024-11-26 Stoke City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2024-03-09 Preston North End FC 1–2 Stoke City FC 2023-09-02 Stoke City FC 0–2 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Stoke City FC

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

Preston North End FC

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
#3	Position	#24
29	Points	8
15	Played	15
9 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 11
24	Scored	13
18	Conceded	30
+6	GD	-17
1.93	PPG	0.53
60%	Win %	13%

Key Stats

41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this season

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Stoke City FC are 3rd (29 pts). Preston North End FC are 24th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Stoke City FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/3

31-45

4/–

46-60

4/3

61-75

1/3

76+

4/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Preston North End FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

–/4

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Stoke City FC

Jack McGlynn	5 G	2 A
Ethan Galbraith	4 G	4 A
Eric Bocat	2 G	2 A
Sam Gallagher	2 G	1 A
Justin Devenny	2 G

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	4 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Stoke City FC welcome Preston North End FC for this crunch clash at .
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Stoke City FC 0-0 Preston North End FC.

Lineups

Stoke City FC Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brad Potts	3
Nick Powell	2
Ben Wilmot	2
Alan Browne	2
Will Keane	2
Peter Crouch	1
Tom Barkhuizen	1
Luke McNally	1

Head to Head

Stoke City FC Form

2025-12-26 Stoke City FC 0–0 Preston North End FC D 2025-12-20 Watford FC 1–0 Stoke City FC L 2025-12-13 Stoke City FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC W 2025-12-10 Ipswich Town FC 1–0 Stoke City FC L 2025-12-06 Sheffield United FC 4–0 Stoke City FC L 2025-11-29 Stoke City FC 1–2 Hull City AFC L

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 accuracy

3 / 4

1.63 Stoke City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.83 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Stoke City FC50% Draw28% Preston North End FC22%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.46

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Stoke City FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Preston North End FC

50%

Stoke City FC or Preston North End FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Stoke City FC38% Draw48% Preston North End FC14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

13%

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 0

11%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 1

6.1%

3 – 0

5.9%

3 – 1

1 – 2

4.6%

2 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

2.8%

4 – 0

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Stoke City FC

Handicap	Stoke City FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	17%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	25%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.