Football betting preview: Stoke City vs Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Championship table so far. Here's the Stoke City - Preston North End latest:

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

Stoke City and Preston North End should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Preston are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Stoke City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 20 games.

The fans are hoping that Stoke City will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Championship game against Birmingham City (placed 18th). Ahead of that match, Stoke lost 1-2 at home to Millwall.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Stoke as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Coventry City are visiting.

Stoke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 27 goals in 20 games. On the other hand, Stoke have conceded 23 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

9-1-10 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Preston North End in their Championship matches away.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Brentford with 0-5 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Swansea City at their stadium, the result 1-0.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Brentford was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.

A new game in only three days for Preston, the Championship home match versus Derby County. Busy days.

Preston North End have scored 25 goals on their travels this season, from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Preston North End struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End - Stoke City 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stoke City victories, three draws and five Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

StokeN. Powell
N. Powell
12 goals
Stoke CityS. Fletcher
S. Fletcher
9 goals
Preston North EndS. Sinclair
S. Sinclair
9 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 mid Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 5 20 41
14 9 2 Won W 1 9 14
13 4 1 Drew D 0 1 6
14 7 2 Lost L 4 10 21
45 27 6 Scored S 3 25 41
46 23 5 Conceded C 9 31 55
83% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
63% 65% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 63%
37% 45% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 60% 46%
17% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 17%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 10%
39% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 45% 34%
46% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 25% 29%
32% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 30% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.2 1.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.1 10.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 8.6 9.6
2.9 3.5 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.1
38% 39% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 37% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 41 24 10 7 59 27 21 17 2 2 41 12 20 7 8 5 18 15 32 82
3 Brentford 40 20 13 7 71 40 19 10 7 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 73
4 Swansea City 40 21 9 10 48 31 20 11 5 4 23 12 20 10 4 6 25 19 17 72
5 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
6 AFC Bournemouth 40 19 11 10 64 39 21 13 3 5 40 21 19 6 8 5 24 18 25 68
7 Reading 41 19 9 13 56 45 20 12 1 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 66
8 Cardiff City 41 16 11 14 57 45 21 7 5 9 34 24 20 9 6 5 23 21 12 59
9 Millwall 41 14 16 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 20 8 6 6 22 21 1 58
10 Middlesbrough 41 16 9 16 48 45 20 10 4 6 26 19 21 6 5 10 22 26 3 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 40 15 11 14 47 47 21 10 4 7 28 23 19 5 7 7 19 24 0 56
12 Stoke City 41 14 13 14 45 46 20 9 4 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 55
13 Luton Town 40 15 8 17 35 46 19 7 6 6 23 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -11 53
14 Bristol City 41 15 5 21 40 55 21 7 3 11 15 24 20 8 2 10 25 31 -15 50
15 Nottingham Forest 41 12 13 16 34 39 20 6 7 7 19 19 21 6 6 9 15 20 -5 49
16 Preston North End 41 14 6 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 20 9 1 10 25 31 -14 48
17 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 11 18 52 47 20 6 7 7 25 23 21 6 4 11 27 24 5 47
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
19 Huddersfield Town 40 11 11 18 42 60 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 3 5 12 16 41 -18 44
20 Derby County 41 11 10 20 30 46 21 6 6 9 16 21 20 5 4 11 14 25 -16 43
21 Coventry City 40 10 12 18 36 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 20 2 5 13 14 36 -20 42
22 Rotherham United 37 10 6 21 38 51 18 4 3 11 21 29 19 6 3 10 17 22 -13 36
23 Sheffield Wednesday 40 11 8 21 34 52 19 7 6 6 20 14 21 4 2 15 14 38 -18 35
24 Wycombe Wanderers 41 8 9 24 30 64 21 5 5 11 14 27 20 3 4 13 16 37 -34 33

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Championship:
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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 Norwich City 41 27 9 5 65 28 20 13 6 1 34 10 21 14 3 4 31 18 37 90
2 Watford 41 24 10 7 59 27 21 17 2 2 41 12 20 7 8 5 18 15 32 82
3 Brentford 40 20 13 7 71 40 19 10 7 2 35 19 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 73
4 Swansea City 40 21 9 10 48 31 20 11 5 4 23 12 20 10 4 6 25 19 17 72
5 Barnsley 41 21 8 12 54 44 21 11 5 5 27 20 20 10 3 7 27 24 10 71
6 AFC Bournemouth 40 19 11 10 64 39 21 13 3 5 40 21 19 6 8 5 24 18 25 68
7 Reading 41 19 9 13 56 45 20 12 1 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 66
8 Cardiff City 41 16 11 14 57 45 21 7 5 9 34 24 20 9 6 5 23 21 12 59
9 Millwall 41 14 16 11 41 40 21 6 10 5 19 19 20 8 6 6 22 21 1 58
10 Middlesbrough 41 16 9 16 48 45 20 10 4 6 26 19 21 6 5 10 22 26 3 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 40 15 11 14 47 47 21 10 4 7 28 23 19 5 7 7 19 24 0 56
12 Stoke City 41 14 13 14 45 46 20 9 4 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -1 55
13 Luton Town 40 15 8 17 35 46 19 7 6 6 23 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -11 53
14 Bristol City 41 15 5 21 40 55 21 7 3 11 15 24 20 8 2 10 25 31 -15 50
15 Nottingham Forest 41 12 13 16 34 39 20 6 7 7 19 19 21 6 6 9 15 20 -5 49
16 Preston North End 41 14 6 21 41 55 21 5 5 11 16 24 20 9 1 10 25 31 -14 48
17 Blackburn Rovers 41 12 11 18 52 47 20 6 7 7 25 23 21 6 4 11 27 24 5 47
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 31 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 20 5 9 6 14 18 -19 45
19 Huddersfield Town 40 11 11 18 42 60 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 3 5 12 16 41 -18 44
20 Derby County 41 11 10 20 30 46 21 6 6 9 16 21 20 5 4 11 14 25 -16 43
21 Coventry City 40 10 12 18 36 56 20 8 7 5 22 20 20 2 5 13 14 36 -20 42
22 Rotherham United 37 10 6 21 38 51 18 4 3 11 21 29 19 6 3 10 17 22 -13 36
23 Sheffield Wednesday 40 11 8 21 34 52 19 7 6 6 20 14 21 4 2 15 14 38 -18 35
24 Wycombe Wanderers 41 8 9 24 30 64 21 5 5 11 14 27 20 3 4 13 16 37 -34 33

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.