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Preston North End vs Stoke City
20 Mar 2026, 20:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Farai HallamChampionship 2025/2026 · 22 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Preston North EndMin
Stoke City- 4′⚽
Sorba Thomas 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Junior Tchamadeu
Right foot shot
- ⚽
Alfie Devine 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Andrew Moran
Left foot shot
15′ Alfie Devine
Yellowcard
Time wasting
26′Ben Whiteman
Yellowcard
Foul
34′- 39′
Million Manhoef
Yellowcard
Foul
- 46′⇄
Sam Gallagher
Substitution
Off: Milan Smit
- 46′⇄
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Substitution
Off: Junior Tchamadeu
- 48′⇄
Jun-ho Bae
Substitution
Off: Steven N'Zonzi
- ⚽
Milutin Osmajic 2-1
Goal · Header
With: Lewis Dobbin
Header
57′ - ⚽
Alfie Devine 3-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Milutin Osmajic
Right foot shot
60′ - ⇄
Thierry Small
Substitution
Off: Andrija Vukcevic
63′ - 65′⇄
Divin Mubama
Substitution
Off: Million Manhoef
- ⇄
Daniel Jebbison
Substitution
Off: Milutin Osmajic
77′ - ⇄
Brad Potts
Substitution
Off: Andrew Moran
77′ - ⇄
Odeluga Offiah
Substitution
Off: Pol Valentín
84′ - ⇄
Michael Smith
Substitution
Off: Lewis Dobbin
84′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.72 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | 7.57 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.68 | |
| 84 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 77 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 8.03 | |
| 90 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 8.63 | |
| 63 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.53 | |
| 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 7.83 | |
| 84 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 7.32 | |
| 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.65 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.42 | |
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| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.54 | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.43 | |
| 13 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.37 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2025/2026.
Preston North End
Latest: Oxford United · 1–3
Match stats
6 Mar 2026, 20:00 · Home vs Oxford United · 2025/2026
Stoke City
Latest: Swansea City · 0–2
Match stats
7 Mar 2026, 15:00 · Away vs Swansea City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Preston North End’s ground: 8 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Preston North End’s home games with Stoke City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Preston North End
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Stoke City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Preston North End
Stoke City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Preston North End
Stoke City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Preston North End
Stoke City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.