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  • Match Ended
  • 90'
    Yellow Card
    • Robert Bozenik

    Robert Bozenik (Stoke) has received a yellow card from Thomas Kirk.

  • 90'
    Yellow Card
    • Ben Gibson

    At bet365 Stadium, Ben Gibson has been yellow-carded for the home team.

  • 86'
    Substitution
    • Bae Joon-ho
    • Sam Gallagher

    Sam Gallagher is replacing Bae Joon-ho for the home team.

  • 84'
    Substitution
    • Thierry Small
    • Jamal Lewis

    Jamal Lewis is replacing Thierry Small for Preston at bet365 Stadium.

  • 76'
    Substitution
    • Divin Mubama
    • Robert Bozenik

    Mark Robins is making the team's second substitution at bet365 Stadium with Robert Bozenik replacing Divin Mubama.

  • 72'
    Substitution
    • Daniel Jebbison
    • Alfie Devine

    Paul Heckingbottom (Preston) is making a third substitution, with Alfie Devine replacing Daniel Jebbison.

  • 72'
    Substitution
    • Harrison Armstrong
    • Mads Frokjaer-Jensen

    The away team have replaced Harrison Armstrong with Mads Frokjaer-Jensen. This is the second substitution made today by Paul Heckingbottom.

  • 67'
    Substitution
    • Ali McCann
    • Jordan Thompson

    Jordan Thompson is replacing Ali McCann for Preston at bet365 Stadium.

  • 62'
    Yellow Card
    • Ali McCann

    Ali McCann (Preston) has received a first yellow card.

  • 54'
    Yellow Card
    • Ben Wilmot

    Ben Wilmot is booked for the home team.

  • 40'
    Substitution
    • Aaron Cresswell
    • Ben Gibson

    Ben Gibson (Stoke) has replaced the possibly injured Aaron Cresswell.

  • 16'
    Yellow Card
    • Pol Valentín

    Preston's Pol Valentín has been booked in Stoke.

  • Match Started

Line-ups

Stoke Stoke
(4-2-3-1)
(3-5-2)
Preston Preston
1Johansson18Lawal26Phillips16Wilmot3Cresswell12Seko4Pearson42Manhoef10Joon-ho7Thomas9Mubama1Iversen42Offiah14Storey16Hughes2Valentín8McCann4Whiteman5Armstrong26Small24Smith9Jebbison
1Johansson18Lawal26Phillips16Wilmot3Cresswell12Seko4Pearson42Manhoef10Joon-ho7Thomas9Mubama
Stoke Stoke
(4-2-3-1)
1Iversen42Offiah14Storey16Hughes2Valentín8McCann4Whiteman5Armstrong26Small24Smith9Jebbison
(3-5-2)
Preston Preston
Stoke Stoke
Robins, Mark
Coach
Substitutes
Ben Gibson 23
40' Out: Aaron Cresswell

Robert Bozenik 11
76' Out: Divin Mubama

Sam Gallagher 20
86' Out: Bae Joon-ho
Preston Preston
Heckingbottom, Paul
Coach
Substitutes
Jordan Thompson 15
67' Out: Ali McCann

Mads Frokjaer-Jensen 10
72' Out: Harrison Armstrong

Alfie Devine 21
72' Out: Daniel Jebbison

Jamal Lewis 18
84' Out: Thierry Small

Statistics

Ball possession
Stoke61%
39% Preston
Shots
5Off goal13On goal4

1
Shots blocked
3
10
Corner kicks
2
0
Offsides
1
4
Saves
3
8
Fouls
8
4
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0

Stoke vs Preston Betting tips

Did you know that Preston North End scores 30% of their goals between the minutes 76-90?
Preston North End haven't lost in their last 6 games.
Junior Tchamadeu has more yellow cards (10) than any other player at Stoke City. Andrew Hughes has collected 8 for Preston North End.
Preston North End have conceded a goal in each of their last 9 matches.
Preston North End have scored at least one goal for 11 consecutive matches.
If Thierry Small receives a yellow card in today's match, he will be suspended after collecting 5 yellow cards so far this season.
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Head to head

Stoke City and Preston North End have met five times in the Championship in this period, with Preston winning three matches, Stoke winning one, and one draw, and an aggregate score of 7–4 in Preston’s favour. Stoke’s sole victory came away at Deepdale (2–1 on 9 March 2024), while Preston recorded all three of their wins at the bet365 Stadium (1–0, 2–0 and 2–0 including the latest 1–1 draw at Deepdale on 5 April 2025).

Stoke
Matches:  13
Preston
23%
Wins: 3
38%
Draws: 5
38%
Wins: 5
Recent meetings
  1. Flag ENGChampionship
    26 Dec 2025
    StokeStoke
    0 : 0
    PrestonPreston
  2. Flag ENGChampionship
    5 Apr 2025
    PrestonPreston
    1 : 1
    StokeStoke
  3. Flag ENGChampionship
    26 Nov 2024
    StokeStoke
    0 : 0
    PrestonPreston
  4. Flag ENGChampionship
    9 Mar 2024
    PrestonPreston
    1 : 2
    StokeStoke
  5. Flag ENGChampionship
    2 Sep 2023
    StokeStoke
    0 : 2
    PrestonPreston

Form

StokeStoke
  1. Flag ENGChampionship
    1 Jan 2026
    Hull
    0 : 1
    Stoke
  2. Flag ENGChampionship
    29 Dec 2025
    Stoke
    1 : 2
    Sheff Utd
  3. Flag ENGChampionship
    26 Dec 2025
    Stoke
    0 : 0
    Preston
  4. Flag ENGChampionship
    20 Dec 2025
    Watford
    1 : 0
    Stoke
  5. Flag ENGChampionship
    13 Dec 2025
    Stoke
    2 : 1
    Swansea
PrestonPreston
  1. Flag ENGChampionship
    1 Jan 2026
    Preston
    3 : 0
    Sheff Wed
  2. Flag ENGChampionship
    29 Dec 2025
    Wrexham
    2 : 1
    Preston
  3. Flag ENGChampionship
    26 Dec 2025
    Stoke
    0 : 0
    Preston
  4. Flag ENGChampionship
    20 Dec 2025
    Preston
    1 : 1
    Norwich
  5. Flag ENGChampionship
    13 Dec 2025
    Oxford Utd
    1 : 2
    Preston

Stoke vs Preston Standings

Stoke City are 8th with 33 points from 22 matches, having 10 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, scoring 28 goals and conceding 21. Preston North End are 5th with 36 points from 22 matches, with 9 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, scoring 30 goals and conceding 23, giving them a three-point advantage over Stoke City.

PosTeamWDLMPts
3Ipswich12852544
4Preston111052643
5Millwall12772643
...
7Hull12582541
8Stoke124102640
9Wrexham101062640

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