Championship

Championship | Gameweek 40

Apr 5, 2025 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
1 - 1
Stoke

Kesler (10')
Brady (15'), Osmajic (39'), Lindsay (74'), Ledson (81')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Baker (75' pen.)
Gallagher (55'), Baker (76'), Thompson (81')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Stoke City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Derby 2-0 Preston
Wednesday, April 2 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Stoke City

All competitions

Last Game: Stoke 3-1 QPR
Saturday, March 29 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats, suggests the most likely outcome of this match is a Preston North End win with a probability of 44.31%. A win for Stoke City has a probability of 27.93% and a draw has a probability of 27.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win is 1-0 with a probability of 13.08%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome are 2-0 (8.66%) and 2-1 (8.58%). The likeliest Stoke City win is 0-1 (9.78%), while for a drawn scoreline it is 1-1 (12.95%).

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Stoke City
44.31% ( -0.31)	27.75% ( 0.3)	27.93% ( 0)

Both teams to score 46.15% (

-0.82)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.8% (

-1.05)

59.2% (

1.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.37% (

-0.82)

79.62% (

0.81)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.41% (

-0.64)

26.58% (

0.64)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.19% (

-0.85)

61.8% (

0.85)

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.86% (

-0.57)

37.14% (

0.56)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.08% (

-0.57)

73.92% (

0.56)

Score Analysis

Preston North End 44.31%

Stoke City 27.93%

Draw 27.75%

Preston North End	Draw	Stoke City
1-0 @ 13.08% ( 0.28) 2-0 @ 8.66% ( 0.03) 2-1 @ 8.58% ( -0.1) 3-0 @ 3.83% ( -0.06) 3-1 @ 3.79% ( -0.12) 3-2 @ 1.88% ( -0.09) 4-0 @ 1.27% ( -0.04) 4-1 @ 1.26% ( -0.06) Other @ 1.97% Total : 44.31%	1-1 @ 12.95% ( 0.08) 0-0 @ 9.87% ( 0.38) 2-2 @ 4.25% ( -0.12) Other @ 0.67% Total : 27.75%	0-1 @ 9.78% ( 0.23) 1-2 @ 6.42% ( -0.06) 0-2 @ 4.84% ( 0.04) 1-3 @ 2.12% ( -0.05) 0-3 @ 1.6% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 1.4% ( -0.06) Other @ 1.77% Total : 27.93%

How you voted: Preston vs Stoke

Preston North End

71.4%

Draw

10.7%

Stoke City

17.9%

Head to Head

Nov 26, 2024 7.45pm

Gameweek 17

Stoke

0-0

Preston

Burger (48')

Woodman (53'), Riis Jakobsen (90+7')
Woodman (90')

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Mar 9, 2024 3pm

Gameweek 37

Preston

1-2

Stoke

Osmajic (68')
Whiteman (21'), McCann (53')

Hughes (64' og.), McNally (87')
Burger (21'), Hoever (90+3')

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Sep 2, 2023 3pm

Gameweek 5

Stoke

0-2

Preston

Pearson (1'), Stevens (63'), Laurent (90+6')

Keane (51' pen., 57')
Lindsay (24'), Frokjaer-Jensen (45+1'), Holmes (63'), Browne (67')

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Jan 2, 2023 3.15pm

Gameweek 26

Stoke

0-1

Preston

Evans (90+3')

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Oct 15, 2022 3pm

Gameweek 15

Preston

0-2

Stoke

Smallbone (58'), Campbell (66')

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Form Guide

Derby 2-0 Preston

Preston 0-3 Aston Villa

Preston 2-1 Portsmouth

Sunderland 1-1 Preston

Sheff Utd 1-0 Preston

Stoke 1-3 Middlesbrough

Nations League

International Friendlies

International Friendlies

International Friendlies

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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