Championship · Match preview
Stoke City 2–0 
Preston North End
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Bet365 Stadium
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Match overview
Final score: Stoke City 2–0 Preston North End.
Stoke City are 4th in the Championship table with 26 points from 14 matches; Preston North End are 24th with 5 points from 14.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Stoke City D W L W W; Preston North End D L L L D.
In their last 5 settled matches Stoke City scored 1.4 and conceded 1.0 goals per game; Preston North End scored 0.8 and conceded 2.4 in their last 5.
The Championship averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 2.8. Over 2.5 landed in 60% and both teams scored in 60% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Stoke City to win at 56% probability, and it came in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Stoke City to win
- Probability
- 56%
- Outcome
- Came in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Championship record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke City | 5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 60% | 60% | 40% |
| Preston North End | 5 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 60% | 60% | 0% |
Championship average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Championship table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | Stoke City | 14 | 8-2-4 | 22:17 | 26 |
| 24. | Preston North End | 14 | 1-2-11 | 12:30 | 5 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Stoke City
Preston North End
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
