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

Tue 26th Nov, 19:45 BST, bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Tuesday evening at the bet365 Stadium, and it’s a Championship showdown between Stoke City and Preston North End. Steven Schumacher and Paul Heckingbottom going all-out to guide their side to the win. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all statistics are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall performance can be explored, while there's also head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Stoke
55%
--
Draw
22%
--
Preston
23%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Stoke 2-1
10%
--
Stoke 1-0
9%
--
Stoke 2-0
8%
--
Stoke 3-1
6%
--
Preston 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Preston 1-0
5%
--
Stoke 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Stoke 3-2
4%
--
Preston 2-0
3%
--
Stoke 4-1
3%
--
Stoke 4-0
3%
--
Preston 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
28%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
77%
--
Away/draw
45%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
70%
--
Away DNB
39%
--
Stoke win to nil
27%
--
Preston win to nil
10%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Stoke have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Stoke have outscored their opponents by 18 goals to 15 goals.

Home League Performance

Stoke have played 8 games at home winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 15 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 11 goals at home.

Preston are in 20th position in the Championship on 15 points having played 15 matches so far this season. Preston are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Preston have conceded 20 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Stoke
Preston
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sunderland159421431 
Dec 29
Dec 7
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 11
2
Sheff Utd1510321231 
Apr 26
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
3
Leeds158521529 
Dec 26
Apr 21
Dec 14
Apr 12
4
Burnley157621227 
Nov 30
Jan 1
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
5
Watford16826126 
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
w
 
3-0F
Jan 21
6
West Brom15672725 
l
 
1-2A
Jan 18
Nov 30
Jan 1
7
M'Boro15735624 
Feb 7
l
 
2-0A
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
8
Millwall15654523 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 15
Feb 8
l
 
3-1A
9
Blackburn15645222 
Mar 11
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 31
10
Bristol C15573122 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 11
l
 
1-3A
May 3
11
Swansea15546119 
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
12
Derby15546019 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
Nov 23
Mar 29
13
Stoke 15546-119 
-
-
Apr 5
Nov 26
14
Norwich15465118 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 22
d
 
2-2F
Feb 11
15
Sheff Wed15537-818 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Dec 29
Dec 7
16
Oxford Utd15456-117 
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
Jan 4
l
 
3-1F
17
Plymouth16457-1117 
Jan 4
w
 
0-1F
Apr 26
d
 
3-3F
18
Coventry15447-116 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
19
Hull15366-415 
l
 
1-3F
Feb 1
Dec 26
Apr 21
20
Preston 15366-815 
Nov 26
Apr 5
-
-
21
Luton15438-915 
Apr 8
Dec 10
w
 
1-0F
Jan 18
22
Cardiff15438-915 
Dec 14
Apr 12
Apr 8
Dec 11
23
Portsmouth15267-1212 
w
 
6-1F
Jan 22
Mar 15
l
 
3-1A
24
QPR15177-1310 
Mar 29
Nov 23
Apr 18
Dec 21
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
5
Stoke have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games
12
Preston have not won in 12 consecutive away league games
Stoke 13TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke1 - 1Millwall
Stoke2 - 1Derby
Stoke2 - 2Bristol C
Stoke1 - 1Norwich
Stoke6 - 1Portsmouth
Stoke1 - 3Hull
Stoke1 - 2West Brom
Stoke1 - 0Coventry
Stoke4 - 0Bristol C
Stoke3 - 0Plymouth
Stoke2 - 2West Brom
Stoke1 - 1Huddersfield
Stoke0 - 3Norwich
Stoke2 - 0M'Boro
Stoke0 - 1Coventry
Stoke1 - 0QPR
Stoke0 - 5Leicester
Stoke1 - 2Birmingham
Stoke0 - 0Ipswich
Stoke0 - 0Millwall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HStoke1 - 1Millwall
AStoke2 - 0Blackburn
HStoke2 - 1Derby
AStoke0 - 2Sheff Utd
HStoke2 - 2Bristol C
HStoke1 - 1Norwich
AStoke0 - 0Swansea
HStoke6 - 1Portsmouth
AStoke0 - 2M'Boro
HStoke1 - 3Hull
AStoke0 - 1Oxford Utd
AStoke1 - 0Plymouth
HStoke1 - 2West Brom
AStoke0 - 3Watford
HStoke1 - 0Coventry
HStoke4 - 0Bristol C
AStoke1 - 0Southampton
HStoke3 - 0Plymouth
AStoke1 - 1Sheff Wed
AStoke0 - 3Swansea
Preston 20TH
20 league games
Away
12
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth3 - 1Preston
Plymouth3 - 3Preston
Burnley0 - 0Preston
Millwall3 - 1Preston
M'Boro1 - 1Preston
Oxford Utd3 - 1Preston
Swansea3 - 0Preston
West Brom3 - 0Preston
QPR1 - 0Preston
Southampton3 - 0Preston
Watford0 - 0Preston
Birmingham1 - 0Preston
Plymouth0 - 1Preston
Coventry0 - 3Preston
Cardiff0 - 2Preston
Millwall1 - 1Preston
Leeds2 - 1Preston
Sunderland2 - 0Preston
Swansea2 - 1Preston
Huddersfield1 - 3Preston
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APreston1 - 3Portsmouth
HPreston0 - 0Sunderland
HPreston1 - 3Bristol C
APreston3 - 3Plymouth
HPreston2 - 2Norwich
HPreston1 - 0Coventry
APreston0 - 0Burnley
HPreston3 - 0Watford
APreston1 - 3Millwall
HPreston0 - 0Blackburn
APreston1 - 1M'Boro
APreston1 - 3Oxford Utd
HPreston1 - 0Luton
APreston0 - 3Swansea
HPreston0 - 2Sheff Utd
APreston0 - 3West Brom
HPreston0 - 3Leicester
APreston0 - 1QPR
APreston0 - 3Southampton
HPreston0 - 1Norwich
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Preston have beaten Stoke in 3 consecutive away league meetings
6
Preston have not lost to Stoke in 6 consecutive away league meetings
League games at Stoke since 2003
Stoke
Preston
Goals: Scored
8
13
Games: Scored
5 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
7 / 12
STK
2
D
5
PNE
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Stoke
0 - 2Preston
0 - 1Preston
1 - 2Preston
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Preston
0 - 2Preston
Stoke3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Stoke2 - 1
League games at Preston since 2002
Preston
Stoke
Goals: Scored
20
15
Games: Scored
9 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
3 / 12
STK
4
D
2
PNE
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
1 - 2Stoke
0 - 2Stoke
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Stoke
Preston3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Preston2 - 0
Preston3 - 2
0 - 1Stoke
Preston3 - 0
Preston1 - 0
Preston4 - 3
Goal Statistics
Stoke 13th Preston 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Stoke will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Stoke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-12
Preston have scored 12% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Stoke
PG (predicted goals)
Preston
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
7%
better
STK
PNE
view stats
Games scored10
10
Failed to score5
5
Scored first7
6
Goals scored18
15
Avg. goals scored1.2
1
Avg. shots per game8
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.2
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
2%
better
STK
PNE
view stats
Games conceded11
9
Clean sheets4
6
Conceded first7
6
Goals conceded19
23
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
5
Conversion rate against11%
19%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.3
KickOff rating
+2%

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

Stoke Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15655
V JohanssonT CannonJ. BaeW Burger
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
V Johansson GLK15
-
B Gibson DEF152
4
-
J Tchamadeu DEF14
3
-
J. Bae MID145
2
-
W Burger MID14
5
-
L. Koumas FWD1421
2
-
M Manhoef FWD1432
1
-
B Wilmot DEF131
4
-
E Bocat DEF13
1
-
A Moran MID1321
4
-
J Thompson MID11
3
-
T Cannon FWD1161
1
-
M Rose DEF8
1
-
A Vidigal FWD8
-
E Stevens DEF72
1
-
N Ennis FWD7
-
T Seko MID6
-
E Tezgel FWD6
1
-
L Gooch FWD5
-
S. Sidibe MID41
-
S Gallagher FWD311
1
-
R Mmaee FWD3
-
Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15327
F WoodmanE RiisE RiisB Whiteman
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Woodman GLK15
3
-
A Hughes DEF15
4
-
E Riis FWD1532
1
-
J Storey DEF1411
2
-
D Holmes MID141
2
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID142
3
-
B Whiteman MID141
7
-
B Potts DEF1311
3
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF132
2
-
L Lindsay DEF13
3
1
A McCann MID121
3
-
S Thórdarson MID12
-
S Greenwood MID1231
3
1
R Brady MID101
3
-
R Ledson MID71
3
-
M Osmajic FWD72
1
-
J Okkels FWD6
-
J Whatmough DEF5
1
-
J Bowler FWD5
-
W Keane FWD41
-
K. Best DEF1
-