Preston - Stoke City

Preston

Championship Season 2025 - Round 39

Friday 20 March 2026 20:00

3 - 1

Finished

Referee: F. Hallam

Stoke City

Result

Timeline

0-1

Sorba Thomas

Alfie Devine

1-1

15'

Alfie Devine

26'

Benjamin Whiteman

34'

39'

Million Manhoef

46'

Milan Smit (out)
Sam Gallagher (in)

46'

Junior Tchamadeu (out)
Jesuran Rak-Sakyi (in)

48'

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi (out)
Joon-Ho Bae (in)

Milutin Osmajić

2-1

57'

Alfie Devine

3-1

60'

Andrija Vukčević (out)
Thierr Small (in)

63'

65'

Million Manhoef (out)
Divin Mubama (in)

Andrew Moran (out)
Brad Potts (in)

76'

Milutin Osmajić (out)
Daniel Jebbison (in)

77'

Pol Valentín Sancho (out)
Odeluga Offiah (in)

84'

Lewis Norman Dobbin (out)
Michael Smith (in)

84'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Unibet	William Hill
1 Preston	2.55	2.50	2.57	2.45	2.55	2.62	2.60	2.55	2.57	2.66	2.47	2.48	2.50
X Draw	3.25	3.25	3.15	3.20	3.20	3.25	3.30	3.30	3.15	3.33	3.17	3.25	3.10
2 Stoke City	2.70	2.70	2.73	2.75	2.75	2.77	2.75	2.75	2.73	2.81	2.70	2.80	2.70

Previous confrontations (H2H)

6 Preston

6 Draw

3 Stoke City

27% Over 2.5 goals

40% Both teams scored

1.9 Goals per match

7 | 5 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Stoke City 0-2 Preston (2023)

Most goals: Preston 3-1 Stoke City (2019)

Goals scored all matches

1.13

0.73

Goals in home matches

1.14

0.13

Goals in away matches

1.13

1.43

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-12-26 Friday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Stoke City 4

Preston 2

2025-04-05 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Preston 4

Stoke City 3 P

2024-11-26 Tuesday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Stoke City

Preston 2

2024-03-09 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Preston 2

Stoke City 2

2023-09-02 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Stoke City 3

Preston 4 P

2023-01-02 Monday 15:00

Won 😎

Stoke City 4

Preston 4

2022-10-15 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Preston

Stoke City

2022-01-03 Monday 15:00

Won 😎

Stoke City 3

Preston 3

2021-09-28 Tuesday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Preston 2

Stoke City 3

2021-04-17 Saturday 12:30

Draw 🤔

Stoke City 2

Preston

2020-09-26 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Preston

Stoke City 3

2020-02-12 Wednesday 20:00

Won 😎

Stoke City 3

Preston 2

2019-08-21 Wednesday 19:45

Won 😎

Preston 3

Stoke City 2

2019-01-26 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Stoke City 2

Preston

2018-08-18 Saturday 17:30

Draw 🤔

Preston 2 P

Stoke City 3

Stadion

Stadion name

Deepdale

Capacity

23408

Address

Deepdale Road
Preston

table 2025

Championship

Team	Pts
Coventry	95
Ipswich	84
Millwall	83
Southampton	80
Middlesbrough	80
Hull City	73
Wrexham	71
Derby	69
Norwich	65
Birmingham	64
Swansea	64
Bristol City	62
Sheffield Utd	60
Preston	60
QPR	58
Watford	57
Stoke City	55
Portsmouth	55
Charlton	53
Blackburn	52
West Brom	51
Oxford United	47
Leicester	46
Sheffield Wednesday	0

Complete table

Line-ups

Preston — Formation: 3-1-4-2

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

Daniel Iversen

Jordan Storey

Liam Lindsay

Andrew Hughes

Benjamin Whiteman

Pol Valentín Sancho

Andrew Moran

Alfie Devine

Andrija Vukčević

Milutin Osmajić

Lewis Norman Dobbin

Milan Smit

Sorba Thomas

Tomáš Rigo

Million Manhoef

Ben Pearson

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi

Eric Junior Bocat

Ben Gibson

Ashley Famiwuya

Junior Tchamadeu

Tommy Simkim

Stoke City — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Stoke City

Coach: Mark Gordon Robins

Preston — Formation: 3-1-4-2

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

Stoke City — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Stoke City

Coach: Mark Gordon Robins

Daniel Iversen

Jordan Storey

Liam Lindsay

Andrew Hughes

Benjamin Whiteman

Pol Valentín Sancho

Andrew Moran

Alfie Devine

Andrija Vukčević

Milutin Osmajić

Lewis Norman Dobbin

Milan Smit

Sorba Thomas

Tomáš Rigo

Million Manhoef

Ben Pearson

Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi

Eric Junior Bocat

Ben Gibson

Ashley Famiwuya

Junior Tchamadeu

Tommy Simkim

Substitutes

Substitutes Preston

Name	Age	Position
Jack Walton	28	Goalkeeper
Odeluga Offiah	23	Defender
Thierr Small	-	Defender
Robbie Brady	34	Midfielder
Brad Potts	32	Midfielder
Daniel Jebbison	-	Midfielder
Miloš Luković	20	Midfielder
Michael Smith	34	Attacker
Kitt Edward Nelson	21	Attacker

Substitutes Stoke City

Name	Age	Position
Frank Fielding	38	Goalkeeper
Mohammed Bosun Lawal	23	Defender
Tatsuki Seko	28	Midfielder
Jesuran Rak-Sakyi	23	Midfielder
Joon-Ho Bae	22	Midfielder
Mohamed Lamine Cisse	23	Attacker
Sam Gallagher	30	Attacker
Divin Mubama	21	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
21	Alfie Devine	9.0	90	Midfielder	2	0	2	2	35	2	29	1	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	0	-
16	Andrew Hughes	8.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	31	2	17	4	2	2	9	7	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
28	Milutin Osmajić	7.6	77	Attacker	1	1	2	1	7	1	5	-	-	-	9	2	-	-	2	2	0	-	-	0	-
6	Liam Lindsay	7.5	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	35	-	18	1	1	5	17	13	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Lewis Norman Dobbin	7.5	84	Attacker	-	1	2	-	21	3	12	-	-	-	8	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	-	0	-
7	Sorba Thomas	7.3	90	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	41	2	28	-	-	-	8	2	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
10	Joon-Ho Bae (sub)	7.2	42	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	11	1	8	3	-	-	11	9	2	1	-	3	0	-	-	0	-
23	Andrew Moran	7.0	77	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	31	2	18	4	2	-	16	9	6	3	-	2	0	1	-	0	-
26	Thierr Small (sub)	7.0	27	Defender	-	0	-	-	9	-	6	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Junior Tchamadeu	6.9	45	Defender	-	1	-	-	20	1	15	2	1	-	6	3	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
15	Steven N'Kemboanza Mike Christ Nzonzi ©️	6.9	48	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	30	1	18	1	1	-	10	7	-	-	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
19	Tomáš Rigo	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	39	1	31	3	-	2	11	6	3	2	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
2	Pol Valentín Sancho	6.7	84	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	28	-	18	2	-	3	8	4	2	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
42	Odeluga Offiah (sub)	6.7	11	Defender	-	0	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
24	Michael Smith (sub)	6.7	11	Attacker	-	0	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Ben Gibson	6.7	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	43	1	35	2	-	3	7	5	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Ben Pearson	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	50	-	35	1	-	5	11	7	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
9	Divin Mubama (sub)	6.7	25	Attacker	-	0	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
14	Jordan Storey	6.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	41	-	27	1	2	1	12	7	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Andrija Vukčević	6.6	63	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	13	-	7	-	1	-	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
1	Daniel Iversen	6.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	25	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	1	1	0
4	Benjamin Whiteman ©️	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	44	2	33	-	-	2	9	3	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	0	-
44	Brad Potts (sub)	6.3	13	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	10	1	8	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Daniel Jebbison (sub)	6.3	13	Attacker	-	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
26	Ashley Famiwuya	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	49	-	35	-	1	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Jesuran Rak-Sakyi (sub)	6.3	45	Attacker	-	0	1	-	10	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Sam Gallagher (sub)	6.3	45	Attacker	-	0	-	-	9	1	3	1	-	1	10	6	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
42	Million Manhoef	6.0	65	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	14	-	11	2	-	1	8	3	3	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
49	Milan Smit	6.0	45	Attacker	-	0	-	-	5	-	3	1	-	1	12	2	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Eric Junior Bocat	5.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	43	1	24	1	2	-	7	1	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
25	Tommy Simkim	5.5	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	33	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	3	0
12	Jack Walton (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Robbie Brady (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
34	Kitt Edward Nelson (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Miloš Luković (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
34	Frank Fielding (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
18	Mohammed Bosun Lawal (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Tatsuki Seko (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
29	Mohamed Lamine Cisse (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-