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Preston North End v Stoke City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 5th Apr, 15:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Saturday afternoon at the Deepdale, and it’s a Championship clash between Preston North End and Stoke City. Paul Heckingbottom and Mark Warburton will be doing all they can to claim victory. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers across 17 of the biggest betting markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Preston and Stoke combined during a standard 90 mins. Recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to this conclusion, and we think there's a 78% chance of it being right on the money. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.25.

There’s absolutely nothing to pick between these sides, and our predictive algorithm gives Preston and Stoke an equal chance of claiming victory. The home win and the away win are both at 50% probability.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 50%	27/20	-
Draw 26%	12/5	-
Stoke 23%	19/10	-
Preston 1-0 13%	6/1	-
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	-
Preston 2-0 10%	9/1	-
Draw 0-0 9%	7/1 6%	-
Preston 2-1 9%	17/2	-
Stoke 1-0 8%	7/1	-
Stoke 2-1 6%	10/1	-
Preston 3-0 5%	22/1	-
Preston 3-1 5%	20/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	-
Stoke 2-0 4%	12/1	-
Preston 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Preston 4-0 2%	50/1	-
Stoke 3-1 2%	25/1	-
Preston 4-1 2%	40/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	13/10 5%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	8/13 3%	-
Home 1st Goal 53%	4/5	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	13/10	-
No 1st Goal 6%	7/1 6%	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	1/1 4%	-
BTTS - No 54%	8/11 2%	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	9/2	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	11/2	-
Home/draw 77%	2/5	-
Away/draw 50%	4/7	-
Home/away 74%	3/10	-
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	2/5	-
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	2/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	10/3 8%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	2/9 2%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	8/1 13%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/14 1%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	18/1 12%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/50	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/12 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	7/1 11%	-
Home DNB 69%	4/6 3%	-
Away DNB 42%	11/10 5%	-
Preston win to nil 31%	11/4	-
Stoke win to nil 14%	7/2	-
Preston / Preston 22%	3/1 6%	-
Preston / Stoke 2%	33/1	-
Preston / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Preston 15%	9/2	-
Draw / Stoke 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Draw 17%	7/2	-
Stoke / Preston 3%	28/1	-
Stoke / Stoke 17%	4/1	-
Stoke / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 6 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 40 goals to 39 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 19 games at home winning 7, drawing 10 and losing 2 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Stoke are in 18th position in the Championship on 42 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

12 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 30 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 14 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

30 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 14 games, drawn 9 and won 7. Stoke have conceded 42 goals, scored 31, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Preston Stoke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	39	26	7	6	27	83	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	Apr 26	l 2-0A
2	Leeds	39	23	12	4	51	81	d 1-1F	Apr 12	l 0-2A	Apr 21
3	Burnley	39	22	15	2	42	81	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 0-2A	d 0-00-0
4	Sunderland	39	20	12	7	19	72	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
5	Coventry	39	17	8	14	5	59	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	l 3-2A
6	West Brom	39	13	18	8	13	57	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
7	M'Boro	39	16	9	14	10	57	w 2-1F	d 1-1A	l 1-3A	l 2-0A
8	Bristol C	39	14	15	10	7	57	l 1-3A	May 3	d 2-2F	l 2-0A
9	Watford	39	15	8	16	-4	53	w 3-0F	w 1-2F	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A
10	Norwich	39	13	13	13	7	52	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	l 4-2A
11	Blackburn	39	15	7	17	1	52	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
12	Sheff Wed	39	14	10	15	-6	52	w 3-1F	d 1-1F	Apr 18	l 2-0A
13	Millwall	39	13	12	14	-3	51	d 1-1A	l 3-1A	d 1-1A	l 1-0A
14	Preston Home	39	10	17	12	-7	47	-	-	d 0-00-0	Apr 5
15	QPR	39	11	12	16	-8	45	Apr 18	l 2-1F	w 3-1F	d 1-1F
16	Swansea	39	12	9	18	-11	45	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	w 3-1A	d 0-00-0
17	Portsmouth	39	12	9	18	-14	45	w 2-1F	l 3-1A	w 6-1F	l 3-1A
18	Stoke Away	39	10	12	17	-12	42	Apr 5	d 0-00-0	-	-
19	Oxford Utd	39	10	12	17	-17	42	d 1-1A	l 3-1F	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A
20	Derby	39	11	8	20	-9	41	d 1-1F	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	May 3
21	Hull	39	10	11	18	-9	41	w 1-0F	Apr 21	l 1-3F	w 1-2A
22	Cardiff	39	9	13	17	-20	40	Apr 8	w 0-2F	d 2-2F	Apr 12
23	Luton	39	10	8	21	-25	38	w 1-0F	d 0-00-0	Apr 8	l 2-1F
24	Plymouth	39	7	13	19	-37	34	Apr 26	d 3-3F	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F

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Win / draw / win form

Stoke have lost 4 consecutive away league games

Preston have not lost in 12 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
Preston	1 - 0	Hull
Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
Preston	1 - 1	Derby
Preston	0 - 0	Sunderland
Preston	1 - 3	Bristol C
Preston	2 - 2	Norwich
Preston	1 - 0	Coventry
Preston	3 - 0	Watford
Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	1 - 0	Luton
Preston	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Preston	0 - 3	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Preston	0 - 2	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sunderland
A	Preston	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 0	Swansea
A	Preston	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
A	Preston	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Preston	2 - 1	Watford
A	Preston	0 - 0	Luton
H	Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Preston	1 - 3	West Brom
H	Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 0	Hull
A	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
H	Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
A	Preston	2 - 0	Cardiff

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Millwall	1 - 0	Stoke
Coventry	3 - 2	Stoke
Norwich	4 - 2	Stoke
Bristol C	2 - 0	Stoke
Hull	1 - 2	Stoke
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Stoke
West Brom	1 - 1	Stoke
Burnley	0 - 0	Stoke
Sheff Wed	2 - 0	Stoke
Luton	2 - 1	Stoke
Sunderland	2 - 1	Stoke
QPR	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	0 - 2	Stoke
Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Stoke
Swansea	0 - 0	Stoke
M'Boro	2 - 0	Stoke
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Stoke
Plymouth	0 - 1	Stoke
Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
Southampton	0 - 1	Stoke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Stoke	3 - 1	QPR
A	Stoke	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Stoke	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Stoke	2 - 3	Coventry
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
H	Stoke	1 - 3	M'Boro
A	Stoke	2 - 4	Norwich
H	Stoke	3 - 1	Swansea
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Bristol C
A	Stoke	2 - 1	Hull
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Stoke	1 - 3	Portsmouth
A	Stoke	1 - 1	West Brom
H	Stoke	0 - 0	Plymouth
A	Stoke	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Stoke	1 - 0	Sunderland
H	Stoke	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Stoke	0 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Stoke	2 - 2	Cardiff
A	Stoke	1 - 2	Luton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston

Stoke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 12

Clean sheets

3 / 12

PNE

STK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
	1 - 2	Stoke
	0 - 2	Stoke
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 1	Stoke
Preston	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Preston	2 - 0
Preston	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Stoke
Preston	3 - 0
Preston	1 - 0
Preston	4 - 3

Stoke

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 13

9 / 13

Clean sheets

4 / 13

8 / 13

PNE

STK

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Preston
	0 - 1	Preston
	1 - 2	Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Preston
	0 - 2	Preston
Stoke	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Stoke	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Preston 14th	Stoke 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Preston will score 1 or more goals	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Stoke scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-17 Preston have scored 17% fewer goals at home than predicted	-25 Stoke have scored 25% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	0.8 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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PNE

STK

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Games scored	28		24
Failed to score	10		15
Scored first	18		15
Goals scored	39		40
Avg. goals scored	1		1
Avg. shots per game	7		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	14		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+7%

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STK

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Games conceded	25		28
Clean sheets	13		11
Conceded first	13		18
Goals conceded	44		52
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	14%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+10%

Preston v Stoke Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	10	4	11
F Woodman	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	L Lindsay

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Riis FWD	38	10	2	2 -
F Woodman GLK	37			6 1
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	37		3	5 -
A Hughes DEF	34		1	7 -
S Greenwood MID	34	5	2	8 2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	33	2	4	7 -
S Thórdarson MID	32	2	2	4 -
J Storey DEF	29	1	1	6 -
B Potts DEF	29	4	2	4 -
A McCann MID	29	1		9 -
D Holmes MID	29	1	1	3 -
L Lindsay DEF	28		1	8 3
B Whiteman MID	28		1	11 -
M Osmajic FWD	27	7	3	3 -
R Ledson MID	23	1	1	5 -
W Keane FWD	23	3		-
R Brady MID	22		2	4 -
J Whatmough DEF	16		1	5 -
L Gibson DEF	13			2 -
J. Meghoma DEF	10		1	1 -
R Porteous DEF	9	1		2 -
C Evans FWD	5		1	-
D Cornell GLK	3			-
P Bauer DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	28	4	23
E Riis	E Riis	M Frökjaer-Jensen	S Greenwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Riis FWD	10	28	2	13
M Osmajic FWD	7	15	3	3
S Greenwood MID	5	27	2	23
B Potts DEF	4	10	2	14
W Keane FWD	3	4		2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3	4	21
S Thórdarson MID	2	5	2	11
J Storey DEF	1	2	1	9
A McCann MID	1	4		13
D Holmes MID	1	2	1	8
R Porteous DEF	1	1
R Ledson MID	1	3	1	4
L Gibson DEF		2		1
C Evans FWD		3	1	2
J. Meghoma DEF		1	1	1
B Whiteman MID		4	1	13
J Whatmough DEF		1	1	3
R Brady MID		2	2	12
L Lindsay DEF		1	1	3
A Hughes DEF		2	1	10
K Kesler-Hayden DEF		8	3	14

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1540	99	199
A Hughes	A McCann	K Kesler-Hayden

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hughes DEF	1540	57	192
F Woodman GLK	1256	1	20
J Storey DEF	1230	46	157
L Lindsay DEF	1129	29	160
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	1126	50	199
B Whiteman MID	981	47	73
A McCann MID	974	99	166
B Potts DEF	799	57	158
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	797	42	86
S Thórdarson MID	768	27	92
J Whatmough DEF	648	27	80
S Greenwood MID	589	41	114
L Gibson DEF	586	23	76
R Brady MID	453	26	69
R Ledson MID	383	30	72
E Riis FWD	382	20	96
R Porteous DEF	338	17	52
D Holmes MID	288	17	59
W Keane FWD	249	6	29
J. Meghoma DEF	173	17	21
M Osmajic FWD	151	7	36
D Cornell GLK	56
C Evans FWD	18	1	5
P Bauer DEF	1	1	1

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	4	5	12
V Johansson	A Moran	J. Bae	J Tchamadeu

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
V Johansson GLK	39			3 -
J. Bae MID	38	3	5	4 -
L. Koumas FWD	38	3	2	6 -
J Tchamadeu DEF	35	1	2	12 -
A Moran MID	34	4	3	9 -
B Wilmot DEF	32	2		7 -
W Burger MID	32	1	1	10 -
M Manhoef FWD	28	4	5	1 -
E Bocat DEF	26		1	1 -
T Seko MID	24			1 -
M Rose DEF	22			3 -
B Gibson DEF	22	3		6 -
J Thompson MID	19			7 -
E Stevens DEF	18		2	3 -
A Phillips DEF	17			3 -
S Gallagher FWD	16	3	1	4 -
L Gooch FWD	14		1	4 -
L Baker MID	12	4	2	2 -
E Tezgel FWD	12			1 -
A Vidigal FWD	10			-
N Lowe FWD	9	1		2 -
S. Sidibe MID	8		1	-
A Al-Hamadi FWD	8	2		-
B Pearson MID	7			3 -
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF	4		1	-
M Lawal DEF	3			-
R Mmaee FWD	3			-
J. Dixon DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	23	5	31
A Moran	M Manhoef	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Baker MID	4	6	2	4
A Moran MID	4	8	3	21
M Manhoef FWD	4	23	5	25
L. Koumas FWD	3	14	2	11
S Gallagher FWD	3	5	1	5
B Gibson DEF	3	4
J. Bae MID	3	12	5	31
A Al-Hamadi FWD	2	3		1
B Wilmot DEF	2	4		6
J Tchamadeu DEF	1	3	2	13
W Burger MID	1	5	1	10
N Lowe FWD	1	2
S. Sidibe MID			1	2
V Johansson GLK				1
B Pearson MID				1
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF		1	1	1
A Phillips DEF		1
A Vidigal FWD		1
E Tezgel FWD		3		2
L Gooch FWD		2	1	3
E Stevens DEF		2	2	9
J Thompson MID				1
M Rose DEF				1
T Seko MID		1		7
E Bocat DEF		3	1	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1469	70	184
B Wilmot	J. Bae	J. Bae

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Wilmot DEF	1469	51	129
B Gibson DEF	1379	13	73
V Johansson GLK	1276	1	30
W Burger MID	1076	61	138
J Tchamadeu DEF	904	37	94
J. Bae MID	900	70	184
A Moran MID	840	69	134
T Seko MID	824	45	87
M Rose DEF	767	14	59
E Bocat DEF	702	40	91
A Phillips DEF	678	14	60
E Stevens DEF	541	29	65
J Thompson MID	512	12	40
M Manhoef FWD	448	20	88
L Baker MID	330	5	24
L. Koumas FWD	312	51	102
L Gooch FWD	234	20	34
B Pearson MID	157	12	16
S. Sidibe MID	133	4	12
S Gallagher FWD	108	6	63
A Al-Hamadi FWD	101	5	34
J Wilson-Esbrand DEF	97	2	14
N Lowe FWD	77	5	22
E Tezgel FWD	60	4	10
A Vidigal FWD	29	4	10
R Mmaee FWD	19		6
M Lawal DEF	15	1	2
J. Dixon DEF	4

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Preston North End v Stoke City : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Preston have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 14th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Stoke are in 18th position in the Championship on 42 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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