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Head to head · season 2026/27 · Championship

Preston vs Stoke City

Two sides in the same league, read through the same numbers: who is ahead, who scores more, who keeps it tighter at the back. They meet on Saturday 31 October at 13:30, Italian time.

Preston23rd in ChampionshipvsStoke City7th in Championship
4Points13
1-1-6Won-drawn-lost4-1-3
0.5Points per match1.6
8Goals for13
15Goals against12
0Clean sheets2
DLLWLFormWWDWW
winless in 3Current run2 wins in a row
1-0-3 · 3 ptsAt home (W-D-L)3-0-1 · 9 pts
0-1-3 · 1 ptsAway (W-D-L)1-1-2 · 4 pts
11.7 in 8Expected goals for (xG)8 in 8
10.9Expected goals against (xG)12
6.59Average player rating6.78
Callum Lang (3)Top scorerEthan Galbraith (3)

This season's meetings

They have not met yet this season: the first time is Saturday 31 October.
Stoke City v Preston, Saturday 31 October at 13:30The match page, with line-ups and the live score.Open →

The data forecast

for Stoke City v Preston on Saturday 31 October
Stoke City v PrestonArena Rete's estimate from goals, expected goals, attack and defence in the league
Stoke City 49%draw 24%Preston 27%
Most likely score1-111% on its own
Over or under 2.5 goalsOver54% over · 46% under
Both teams to scoreYes56% yes
Goals the model expects1.66 – 1.18Stoke City – Preston

Poisson model on 8 matches for Stoke City and 8 for Preston, actual goals and expected goals weighted equally; early in the season teams start from the league average. This is an estimate, not betting advice.

Previous meetings

every match in the archive
7Preston wins
5draws
3Stoke City wins

15 meetings in our data provider's archive · goals: Preston 18, Stoke City 10 · 1.9 per match

  1. 20 Mar 2026Preston3-1Stoke CityChampionship
  2. 26 Dec 2025Stoke City0-0PrestonChampionship
  3. 5 Apr 2025Preston1-1Stoke CityChampionship
  4. 26 Nov 2024Stoke City0-0PrestonChampionship
  5. 9 Mar 2024Preston1-2Stoke CityChampionship
  6. 2 Sept 2023Stoke City0-2PrestonChampionship
  7. 2 Jan 2023Stoke City0-1PrestonChampionship
  8. 15 Oct 2022Preston0-2Stoke CityChampionship
  9. 3 Jan 2022Stoke City1-2PrestonChampionship
  10. 28 Sept 2021Preston1-1Stoke CityChampionship
  11. 17 Apr 2021Stoke City0-0PrestonChampionship
  12. 26 Sept 2020Preston0-1Stoke CityChampionship

and 3 older ones.

Tables are rebuilt from league results (points deductions not included); expected goals and ratings come from our data provider, where it supplies them. More in head to head.