Top-drawer Stoke City land at Preston North End after their 2-0-result versus Hull City. Check out our broad preview!
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 and Stoke City.
Preston North End form and stats
2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Preston North End have to build on here at Deepdale in the Championship. Preston are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
Preston shared the glory with Birmingham City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Defender Jordan Storey got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Storey won 11 of 17 duels.
Before that, Preston had a Carabao Cup home game versus Cheltenham Town which ended with a victory 4-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Preston as they are travelling to their away game against Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from Preston in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Stoke City form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Stoke City in their Championship matches away. Stoke has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The supporters enjoyed Stoke's previous game versus Hull City (placed 23rd), a Championship 2-0 win played at home. Adam Davies (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.02. Davies stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Watford at their stadium, the result 3-1.After this away game Stoke return home for a Championship game against West Bromwich Albion. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Stoke City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. Stoke struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Preston, three draws and two wins for Stoke City. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Riis Jakobsen 3 goals |   N. Powell 3 goals |  D. Johnson 2 goals |
Preston North End missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Preston North End | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 22% |
| 5.3 | 3.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | 5.7 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.8 | 5.8 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 10.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.2 | 11 |
| 3.6 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 32% |
- Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Preston North End have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Preston North End have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 3 | Coventry City | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Fulham | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Stoke City | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Reading | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Queens Park Rangers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Cardiff City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Swansea City | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 19 | Millwall | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 20 | Barnsley | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 21 | Peterborough United | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -10 | 7 |
| 22 | Nottingham Forest | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 23 | Hull City | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 24 | Derby County | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | -2 |
- Preston North End
- Lancashire Post - (local newspaper)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)