Preston North End vs Stoke City Result, Stats, Lineups &amp; H2H

Goals

8.6

84'Substitution

Odeluga Offiah· In

Pol Valentín· Out

Preston North End

84'Substitution

Michael Smith· In

Lewis Dobbin· Out

Preston North End

77'Substitution

Daniel Jebbison· In

Milutin Osmajic· Out

Preston North End

77'Substitution

Brad Potts· In

Andrew Moran· Out

Preston North End

65'Substitution

Divin Mubama· In

Million Manhoef· Out

Stoke City

63'Substitution

Thierry Small· In

Andrija Vukcevic· Out

Preston North End

Goal!

3-1

60'·Preston North End

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Goal!

2-1

Milutin Osmajic

57'·Preston North End

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48'Substitution

Jun-ho Bae· In

Steven N'Zonzi· Out

Stoke City

46'Substitution

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi· In

Junior Tchamadeu· Out

Stoke City

46'Substitution

Sam Gallagher· In

Milan Smit· Out

Stoke City

39'Yellow Card

Million Manhoef

Stoke City

34'Yellow Card

Ben Whiteman

Preston North End

26'Yellow Card

Preston North End

Goal!

1-1

15'·Preston North End

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Goal!

0-1

Sorba Thomas

4'·Stoke City

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Statistics of the Game

Preston North End

Stoke City

46%Ball Possession54%

13Shots Total12

3Shots On Target2

7Corners9

12Fouls7

2Yellow Cards1

3Offsides0

1Saves0

333Passes390

5Shots Off Target3

110Attacks101

52Dangerous Attacks36

12Shots Inside Box4

1Shots Outside Box8

3Goals1

7Free Kicks12

5Shots Blocked7

5Substitutions4

15Tackles16

3Assists1

218Accurate Passes268

20Total Crosses23

7Accurate Crosses4

14Interceptions18

4Big Chances Created1

1Big Chances Missed0

Manager: Paul Heckingbottom

Starting XI

6.8

6.8

7.7

7.6

6.7

6.8

8.0

8.6

6.5

7.8

7.3

Substitutes

6.4

6.5

6.7

6.4

6.4

Manager: Mark Robins

Starting XI

5.8

6.9

6.5

7.0

6.0

7.0

6.7

5.8

7.1

7.1

6.3

Substitutes

6.5

7.2

6.8

6.3

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Alfie Devine MF	8.6	90'	2	0	2/3	34(82%)	1	1/5
Andrew Moran MF	8.0	77'	0	1	-	31(58%)	4	12/19
Milutin Osmajic FW	7.8	77'	1	1	1/2	8(71%)	-	4/11
Liam Lindsay DF	7.7	90'	0	0	0/2	29(50%)	1	15/19
Andrew Hughes DF	7.6	90'	0	0	0/1	29(56%)	6	10/12
Lewis Dobbin FW	7.3	84'	0	1	0/3	21(62%)	-	3/9
Daniel Iversen GK	6.8	90'	0	0	-	25(60%)	-	2/2
Pol Valentín MF	6.8	84'	0	0	-	28(63%)	2	5/9
Jordan Storey DF	6.8	90'	0	0	-	42(66%)	1	7/12
Ben Whiteman MF	6.7	90'	0	0	0/1	45(75%)	-	3/9
Thierry Small DF	6.7	27'	0	0	-	9(67%)	-	2/4
Michael Smith FW	6.5	6'	0	0	-	4(75%)	-	-
Andrija Vukcevic MF	6.5	63'	0	0	0/1	13(54%)	-	5/9
Odeluga Offiah DF	6.4	6'	0	0	-	3(100%)	-	1/3
Daniel Jebbison FW	6.4	13'	0	0	-	2(100%)	-	0/3
Brad Potts MF	6.4	13'	0	0	-	10(80%)	-	0/3

Preston North End vs Stoke City — computed insights

This win ended Preston North End's 7-match winless run in the Championship (England).(Run from 2026-02-14: 2D 5L; league matches of this season only.)
Preston North End moved from 17th to 12th in the Championship (England) table with this result.(5 places up. Before kickoff: 17th, 49 points from 38 matches. After: 12th, 52 points from 39 matches; 24 teams.)
Preston North End won 3-1 after trailing 0-1.(Score by goal: 4' 0-1, 15' 1-1, 57' 2-1, 60' 3-1.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Preston North End	15	L4	0	7	0	7	1/15	2-11
Stoke City	15	W1	2	0	2	8	7/15	9-9

Preston North End — last 5 games

D1-1 @ Swansea City2026-02-24
L0-2 vs Millwall2026-02-28
L1-3 vs Oxford United2026-03-06
L0-3 @ Coventry City2026-03-11
L0-2 @ Norwich City2026-03-14

Stoke City — last 5 games

W2-1 vs Oxford United2026-02-25
L1-2 @ Coventry City2026-02-28
L0-2 @ Swansea City2026-03-07
D3-3 vs Ipswich Town2026-03-10
W3-1 vs Watford2026-03-14

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 15
Period covered: 2018-08-18 – 2025-12-26
Preston North End wins: 6
Draws: 6
Stoke City wins: 3
Avg goals per meeting: 1.87
Over 2.5 goals: 27%
Both teams scored: 40%
Home side won: 7%share of all meetings won by whichever club hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 3D 1L (Preston North End view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 1.4 vs 1.87

Most recent meetings (5 of 15)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2025-12-26	Stoke City	0-0	Preston North End
2025-04-05	Preston North End	1-1	Stoke City
2024-11-26	Stoke City	0-0	Preston North End
2024-03-09	Preston North End	1-2	Stoke City
2023-09-02	Stoke City	0-2	Preston North End

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 455 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Preston North End	17	38	49	-6	DLLLL	22	-5
Stoke City	13	38	51	5	WLLDW	11	+2

Table context

Points gap: 2 ptsPreston North End 49 · Stoke City 51
Positions: #17 vs #13
Goals per game: 1.11/1.26 vs 1.18/1.05scored/conceded per game · league average 1.29

How we calculate this

Standings

Championship · 2025/2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Coventry City	46	28	11	7	+52	95	DDWWW
···
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	0	62	DLDLW
13	Sheffield United	46	18	6	22	0	60	WWLLW
14	Preston North EndH	46	15	15	16	-7	60	WLLWL
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	-12	58	DLLLL
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	-12	57	LLLLL
17	Stoke CityA	46	15	10	21	-5	55	DLLLL
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	-15	55	WWLWD
19	Charlton Athletic	46	13	14	19	-14	53	LDLWL
···
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	-60	0	DDLLW

10 / 24Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Championship

Preston North End46 matches

WLLWL

Championship•Dec 26, 2025

46 matches

DLLLL

#14Position#17

60Points55

15Wins15

15Draws10

16Losses21

55Goals51

1.20Goals per game1.11

62Goals conceded56

1.35Goals per game conceded1.22

Previous Meetings

Last 15 matches

Won 40%

(6/15)

Draw 40%

(6/15)

Won 20%

(3/15)

Goals

17-11

Total matches

Recent matches (5/15)

Championship•Apr 5, 2025

1-1

Championship•Nov 26, 2024

Championship•Mar 9, 2024

1-2

Championship•Sep 2, 2023

0-2

Dec 26, 2025 • Championship

Head to Head

Last 15 matches

Preston North End wins

Draws

Stoke City wins

Goals Scored

17 - 11

Apr 5, 2025 • Championship

1-1

Nov 26, 2024 • Championship