Timeline
- 2' Brad Potts Yellow Card
- 29' Ben Wilmot assist Jack McGlynn
- 43' Luca Bombino Yellow Card
- 45' Thierry Small for Brad Potts
- 53' Jack McGlynn assist Ethan Galbraith
- 63' Andy Moran for Delano Burgzorg
- 63' Jusef Erabi for Callum Lang
- 73' Junior Tchamadeu for Luca Bombino
- 73' George Hirst for Róbert Bozeník
- 76' Ethan Galbraith Yellow Card
- 81' Million Manhoef for Justin Devenny
- 81' Svante Ingelsson for Djibril Soumaré
- 86' Maksym Taloverov for Bosun Lawal
- 86' Stanley Mills for Johnny Kenny
- 90' Jusef Erabi Yellow Card
Match stats
60.2%
Possession
39.8%
18
Shots
3
6
On target
0
11
Fouls
15
2
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0
2
Offsides
1
0
Saves
4
365
Accurate passes
204
Lineups
Stoke City
3-4-3
1
Johansson
5
Graham
18
Lawal
16
Wilmot
21
Bombino
8
Galbraith
27
Soumaré
2
Johnson
13
Devenny
9
Bozeník
7
McGlynn
Preston North End
3-4-3
1
Iversen
16
Hughes
14
Storey
24
Offiah
3
Vukcevic
15
Thompson
27
Leroy
44
Potts
37
Burgzorg
38
Kenny
10
Lang
Stoke City
3-4-3
- 1 Viktor Johansson G
- 18 Bosun Lawal ▼ CD
- 5 Luke Graham CD-L
- 16 Ben Wilmot CD-R
- 8 Ethan Galbraith CM-L
- 27 Djibril Soumaré ▼ CM-R
- 21 Luca Bombino ▼ LM
- 2 Ben Johnson RM
- 9 Róbert Bozeník ▼ F
- 13 Justin Devenny ▼ CF-L
- 7 Jack McGlynn CF-R
Came on
- 6 Svante Ingelsson ▲ SUB
- 15 George Hirst ▲ SUB
- 40 Maksym Taloverov ▲ SUB
- 22 Junior Tchamadeu ▲ SUB
- 42 Million Manhoef ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 19 Tomás Rigo SUB
- 4 Ben Pearson SUB
- 24 Joshua Griffiths SUB
- 10 Bae Jun-Ho SUB
Preston North End
3-4-3
- 1 Daniel Iversen G
- 14 Jordan Storey CD
- 16 Andrew Hughes CD-L
- 24 Odeluga Offiah CD-R
- 15 Jordan Thompson CM-L
- 27 Leo Leroy CM-R
- 3 Andrija Vukcevic LM
- 44 Brad Potts ▼ RM
- 38 Johnny Kenny ▼ F
- 37 Delano Burgzorg ▼ CF-L
- 10 Callum Lang ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 17 Stanley Mills ▲ SUB
- 9 Jusef Erabi ▲ SUB
- 11 Thierry Small ▲ SUB
- 23 Andy Moran ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
- 7 Alfie Devine SUB
- 21 Lee Nicholls SUB
- 6 Liam Lindsay SUB
- 12 Caleb Wiley SUB
- 32 Ed Nolan SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Stoke City 2, Preston North End 0.
- 90'+5' Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Preston North End 0.
- 90'+3' Junior Tchamadeu (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+3' Foul by Thierry Small (Preston North End).
- 90'+3' Attempt saved. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Daniel Iversen (Preston North End). Assisted by Svante Ingelsson.
- 90'+1' Attempt blocked. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Svante Ingelsson.
- 90' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90' Jusef Erabi (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90' Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90' Foul by Jusef Erabi (Preston North End).
- 89' Attempt blocked. Ethan Galbraith (Stoke City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Svante Ingelsson.
- 87' Attempt missed. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Johnson.
Recent form
Stoke City
D
W
L
W
W
- W Sheffield United 2-1 EFL Championship
- W at Bolton Wanderers 2-1 EFL Championship
- L Middlesbrough 3-2 EFL Championship
- W at Derby County 1-0 EFL Championship
- D Bristol City 0-0 EFL Championship
Preston North End
D
L
L
L
D
- D at Queens Park Rangers 2-2 EFL Championship
- L Millwall 1-0 EFL Championship
- L at Birmingham City 4-0 EFL Championship
- L at Wrexham 4-1 EFL Championship
- D West Bromwich Albion 1-1 EFL Championship
Head to head
Series tied 1-1-3
- 20 Mar 2026 Preston North End 3–1 Stoke City 2025-26 English League Championship
- 26 Dec 2025 Stoke City 0–0 Preston North End 2025-26 English League Championship
- 5 Apr 2025 Preston North End 1–1 Stoke City 2024-25 English League Championship
- 26 Nov 2024 Stoke City 0–0 Preston North End 2024-25 English League Championship
- 9 Mar 2024 Preston North End 1–2 Stoke City 2023-24 English League Championship
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