Championship news and pre-match guide: Stoke City modest favoured to overcome Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 03.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

The home team, Stoke City, should be front runners in this game, but Preston North End have proven both know-how and intrepidity. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Not a lot of time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Championship game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Bet365 Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Preston North End have had more rest.

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Stoke City form and stats

6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Stoke City so far this season.

Stoke's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Derby County (placed 24th). Allen (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Allen dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 58 total).

In the match before that, Stoke City hosted Middlesbrough and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Stoke have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

The Stoke fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Stoke City have conceded only 11 goals.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-3-6 (11 played).

Preston are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Championship against Barnsley (placed 23rd). Johnson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.25. Johnson scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Blackburn Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Preston are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Preston as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End - Stoke 1-1 was the scoreline in these sides' latest H2H match, played this season. Last ten meetings between these squads: Stoke City won two, Preston North End triumphed in four and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndE. Riis Jakobsen
E. Riis Jakobsen
8 goals
Stoke CityN. Powell
N. Powell
5 goals
StokeJ. Brown
J. Brown
5 goals

Stoke City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 1 Played P 5 11 22
10 6 1 Won W 2 2 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 7
8 3 0 Lost L 3 6 8
27 16 1 Scored S 6 9 24
23 11 0 Conceded C 7 16 28
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
61% 58% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 64% 73%
39% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 55% 50%
13% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 18%
9% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 9% 9%
43% 42% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 45% 59%
39% 42% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
26% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 55% 32%
 
5.4 5.1 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.6 4.7
5.6 5.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 5.3 5
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 10.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.6 10.1
3.9 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.4 3.2
30% 33% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 35% 34%
 
10.5 9.8 2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 11.3 11.8
3.1 2.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3.4 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End 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 25 14 7 4 41 20 12 7 3 2 26 13 13 7 4 2 15 7 21 49
2 Fulham 23 13 6 4 51 19 12 7 3 2 24 8 11 6 3 2 27 11 32 45
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 6 5 43 28 13 9 2 2 30 17 11 4 4 3 13 11 15 45
4 West Bromwich Albion 24 11 8 5 30 18 11 7 4 0 17 5 13 4 4 5 13 13 12 41
5 Middlesbrough 25 11 6 8 29 24 13 7 2 4 18 12 12 4 4 4 11 12 5 39
6 Huddersfield Town 25 11 6 8 32 29 12 7 2 3 18 14 13 4 4 5 14 15 3 39
7 Queens Park Rangers 23 11 5 7 35 29 12 6 3 3 16 11 11 5 2 4 19 18 6 38
8 Stoke City 23 10 5 8 27 23 12 6 3 3 16 11 11 4 2 5 11 12 4 35
9 Nottingham Forest 25 9 7 9 32 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 12 5 4 3 18 11 4 34
10 Coventry City 23 9 7 7 29 27 12 7 2 3 20 11 11 2 5 4 9 16 2 34
11 Millwall 23 8 9 6 25 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 12 3 5 4 11 13 1 33
12 Sheffield United 22 9 5 8 29 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 12 5 3 4 14 17 1 32
13 Blackpool 25 8 6 11 26 32 13 5 2 6 11 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -6 30
14 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
15 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Birmingham City 23 7 6 10 22 30 11 4 3 4 12 14 12 3 3 6 10 16 -8 27
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 27 37 13 3 5 5 12 15 11 4 1 6 15 22 -10 27
19 Hull City 23 6 5 12 20 28 11 3 3 5 11 14 12 3 2 7 9 14 -8 23
20 Cardiff City 23 6 4 13 25 42 11 2 1 8 9 18 12 4 3 5 16 24 -17 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 23 5 4 14 20 44 11 4 4 3 14 11 12 1 0 11 6 33 -24 19
23 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14
24 Derby County 24 7 10 7 21 22 12 5 5 2 14 11 12 2 5 5 7 11 -1 10

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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 AFC Bournemouth 25 14 7 4 41 20 12 7 3 2 26 13 13 7 4 2 15 7 21 49
2 Fulham 23 13 6 4 51 19 12 7 3 2 24 8 11 6 3 2 27 11 32 45
3 Blackburn Rovers 24 13 6 5 43 28 13 9 2 2 30 17 11 4 4 3 13 11 15 45
4 West Bromwich Albion 24 11 8 5 30 18 11 7 4 0 17 5 13 4 4 5 13 13 12 41
5 Middlesbrough 25 11 6 8 29 24 13 7 2 4 18 12 12 4 4 4 11 12 5 39
6 Huddersfield Town 25 11 6 8 32 29 12 7 2 3 18 14 13 4 4 5 14 15 3 39
7 Queens Park Rangers 23 11 5 7 35 29 12 6 3 3 16 11 11 5 2 4 19 18 6 38
8 Stoke City 23 10 5 8 27 23 12 6 3 3 16 11 11 4 2 5 11 12 4 35
9 Nottingham Forest 25 9 7 9 32 28 13 4 3 6 14 17 12 5 4 3 18 11 4 34
10 Coventry City 23 9 7 7 29 27 12 7 2 3 20 11 11 2 5 4 9 16 2 34
11 Millwall 23 8 9 6 25 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 12 3 5 4 11 13 1 33
12 Sheffield United 22 9 5 8 29 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 12 5 3 4 14 17 1 32
13 Blackpool 25 8 6 11 26 32 13 5 2 6 11 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -6 30
14 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
15 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Birmingham City 23 7 6 10 22 30 11 4 3 4 12 14 12 3 3 6 10 16 -8 27
18 Bristol City 24 7 6 11 27 37 13 3 5 5 12 15 11 4 1 6 15 22 -10 27
19 Hull City 23 6 5 12 20 28 11 3 3 5 11 14 12 3 2 7 9 14 -8 23
20 Cardiff City 23 6 4 13 25 42 11 2 1 8 9 18 12 4 3 5 16 24 -17 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 23 5 4 14 20 44 11 4 4 3 14 11 12 1 0 11 6 33 -24 19
23 Barnsley 24 2 8 14 16 36 12 2 4 6 8 15 12 0 4 8 8 21 -20 14
24 Derby County 24 7 10 7 21 22 12 5 5 2 14 11 12 2 5 5 7 11 -1 10

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