Stoke City supporters put their faith in manager Neil to deliver victory against Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City duel Preston North End for honour and triumph.

Insights:
  • Stoke City have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Championship
  • Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Championship

The hosts Stoke City saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Carabao Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Rotherham United, was also a home game here at Bet365 Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Stoke City form and stats

As mentioned below, Stoke City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.

Stoke City's previous match was a Carabao Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 6-1 against Rotherham United. The home side hope to to continue in that form. Laurent (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.12/10. Laurent scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Millwall.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stoke handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Stoke City's 2 home games: {5 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End are still undefeated on their travels in the Championship. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Impressive finishing from Hughes and Holmes secured the home win 2-1 against Swansea City in their previous game. Defender Hughes was the best team player with a rating of 8.34. Hughes scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 12 of 16 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sheffield Wednesday at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Preston North End are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Preston North End has managed {2 goals} and let in 1 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Stoke CityA. Cunha Vidigal
A. Cunha Vidigal
3 goals
Preston North EndW. Keane
W. Keane
2 goals
Stoke CityK. Hoever
K. Hoever
1 goals

Stoke City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Preston North End
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 3
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 5 0 Scored S 1 2 6
4 1 0 Conceded C 1 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 75%
25% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 75%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.8 8.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 4.5
4.2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 1 4.5
3.8 4.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 8 9.5
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 2.5
42% 62% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 40% 60%
 
13.8 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.5 9.2
5.8 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Championship
  • Stoke City have the the best goal difference (+4) at home in Championship
Stoke City Last season Preston North End
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 6   Won W   10 17
11 5   Drew D   5 12
21 12   Lost L   8 17
55 25   Scored S   25 45
54 27   Conceded C   31 59
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   78% 80%
67% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 63%
43% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 43%
28% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 20%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   22% 13%
41% 35%   BTTS BTTS   39% 41%
28% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   43% 37%
39% 48%   Failed to Score F T   39% 41%
 
5.7 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.1
4.9 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5.4
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.7 12.5   Shots (avg) S (   9 10.5
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.5
26% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 28%
 
9.8 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.6 12.9
3.4 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leicester City 4 4 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 Norwich City 4 3 1 0 13 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 8 4 7 10
3 Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
4 Southampton 4 3 1 0 10 7 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
5 Preston North End 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 10
6 Ipswich Town 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
7 West Bromwich Albion 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
8 Hull City 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
9 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
10 Stoke City 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 6
11 Millwall 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
12 Coventry City 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Leeds United 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
14 Bristol City 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
15 Watford 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
17 Cardiff City 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 4
18 Sunderland 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
19 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 7 -5 3
20 Swansea City 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 2
21 Rotherham United 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 1
22 Middlesbrough 4 0 1 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -6 1
23 Huddersfield Town 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -7 1
24 Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 0 4 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leicester City 4 4 0 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 12
2 Norwich City 4 3 1 0 13 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 8 4 7 10
3 Birmingham City 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 10
4 Southampton 4 3 1 0 10 7 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
5 Preston North End 4 3 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 10
6 Ipswich Town 4 3 0 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 9
7 West Bromwich Albion 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
8 Hull City 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
9 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
10 Stoke City 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 6
11 Millwall 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 6
12 Coventry City 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Leeds United 4 1 2 1 7 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
14 Bristol City 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 5
15 Watford 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 4
16 Plymouth Argyle 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
17 Cardiff City 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 4
18 Sunderland 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
19 Queens Park Rangers 4 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 3 7 -5 3
20 Swansea City 4 0 2 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 5 -2 2
21 Rotherham United 4 0 1 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 1
22 Middlesbrough 4 0 1 3 3 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 7 -6 1
23 Huddersfield Town 4 0 1 3 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -7 1
24 Sheffield Wednesday 4 0 0 4 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0

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