Open game expected at Deepdale Stadium: Preston North End vs Stoke City preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 21.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Deepdale Stadium (23408 seats)

The Preston North End manager A. Neil attacks this game with the team placed 16th so far. In the visitors dressing room Stoke City and their manager N. Jones are in 24th place before this match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Preston North End and Stoke City.

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Preston North End form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Deepdale Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Preston North End last season were 8 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses from 23 games.

The fans are hoping that Preston North End will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Championship game against Swansea City. In the game before, an away victory in the Carabao Cup match versus Bradford City with a 4-0 scoreline.

This is expected to be a close game, with Preston North End perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Preston North End as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Preston North End has won 4 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Preston North End as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Sheffield Wednesday are visiting.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Preston North End at home. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Stoke City form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Stoke City had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 3, drew 13 and lost 7.

Stoke City's last game was the home draw against Derby County (2-2). Preceding that game was the away Carabao Cup victory against Wigan Athletic with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Stoke City playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 1 Stoke City win, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Stoke City are hosting Leeds United in the Championship only three days away.

It's early days yet, but Stoke City has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 3 - 4 - 2 (Preston North End wins - draws - Stoke City wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

J. Rafferty
1 goals
P. Gallagher
1 goals / 1 assists
D. Johnson
1 goals / 2 assists

Preston North End missing players

Stoke City missing players

Preston North End Stoke City
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
3 1 1 Played 0 1 3
1 1 1 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
2 0 0 Lost 0 1 2
5 3 3 Scored 0 1 4
4 0 0 Conceded 0 3 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 100% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
8 8 8 Corners For (avg) 0 4 7
6.3 7 7 Corners Against (avg) 0 1 2
1.7 1 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 1.3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Preston North End Last season Stoke City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
46 23 7 Played 7 23 46
16 8 2 Won 1 3 11
13 10 4 Drew 3 13 22
17 5 1 Lost 3 7 13
67 41 15 Scored 7 19 45
67 30 12 Conceded 12 28 52
96% 91% 86% Over 0.5 86% 74% 80%
78% 78% 86% Over 1.5 71% 57% 63%
52% 52% 71% Over 2.5 57% 39% 37%
35% 48% 57% Over 3.5 57% 35% 28%
22% 26% 43% Over 4.5 0% 0% 2%
57% 65% 86% BTTS 57% 48% 43%
22% 26% 14% Clean Sheets 29% 39% 39%
26% 17% 14% Failed To Score 29% 39% 37%
 
5.1 5.3 4.3 Corners For (avg) 4.3 5 5.5
5.6 5 4.9 Corners Against (avg) 5 5.4 4.9
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.7 1.6
7 3 1 Red Cards 2 3 5
Key stats last season:
  • Preston North End have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stoke City have scored away.
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Preston North End
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
26-07-19 CF Fleetwood Town 1 - 0 Preston North End
03-08-19 CH Millwall 1 - 0 Preston North End
10-08-19 CH Preston North End 3 - 0 Wigan Athletic
13-08-19 CC Bradford City 0 - 4 Preston North End
17-08-19 CH Swansea City 3 - 2 Preston North End
21-08-19 CH Preston North End 18:45 Stoke City
24-08-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Sheffield Wednesday
27-08-19 CC Preston North End 18:45 Hull City
31-08-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Preston North End
14-09-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Brentford
Stoke City
All Championship Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Stoke City 2 - 2 Leicester City
03-08-19 CH Stoke City 1 - 2 Queens Park Rangers
10-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 3 - 1 Stoke City
13-08-19 CC Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Stoke City
17-08-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 2 Derby County
21-08-19 CH Preston North End 18:45 Stoke City
24-08-19 CH Stoke City 14:00 Leeds United
27-08-19 CC Leeds United 18:45 Stoke City
31-08-19 CH Birmingham City 14:00 Stoke City
14-09-19 CH Stoke City 14:00 Bristol City

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
2 Charlton Athletic 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 7
3 Swansea City 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
4 West Bromwich Albion 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
5 Millwall 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
6 Sheffield Wednesday 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 6
7 Fulham 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
8 Derby County 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 5
9 Nottingham Forest 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
10 Bristol City 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
11 Hull City 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
12 Brentford 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
13 Barnsley 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
14 Queens Park Rangers 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
15 Birmingham City 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 4
16 Preston North End 3 1 0 2 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 3
17 Reading 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
18 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
19 Cardiff City 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
20 Wigan Athletic 3 1 0 2 3 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 3
21 Luton Town 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
22 Huddersfield Town 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
23 Middlesbrough 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
24 Stoke City 3 0 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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