Match

Stoke City vs Preston: result 0-2 and analysis

ChampionshipRegular Season - 5Kick-off on September 2, 2023 at 02:00 PM (UTC)bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Stoke City
0-2
Preston

Full time

What was the result of Stoke City vs Preston?

Preston won 0-2 on September 2, 2023.

Goalscorers

  • 51′W. KeanePreston (pen.)
  • 57′W. KeanePreston

Official lineup for Stoke City vs Preston

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Stoke City

4-2-3-1
  1. 18Wesley Moraes
  1. 10T. Campbell
  2. 28J. Laurent
  3. 27M. Léris
  1. 4B. Pearson
  2. 6W. Burger
  1. 3E. Stevens
  2. 16B. Wilmot
  3. 23L. McNally
  4. 17K. Hoever
  1. 1M. Travers

Preston

3-4-2-1
  1. 7W. Keane
  1. 10M. Frøkjær-Jensen
  2. 8A. Browne
  1. 16A. Hughes
  2. 18R. Ledson
  3. 13A. McCann
  4. 44B. Potts
  1. 6L. Lindsay
  2. 26J. Whatmough
  3. 14J. Storey
  1. 1F. Woodman
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Stoke City have 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats; Preston have 8, 3 and 4.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Stoke City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 29, 2023Rotherham(home)6-1League Cup
Aug 26, 2023Millwall(away)0-1Championship
Aug 19, 2023Watford(home)1-0Championship
Aug 12, 2023Ipswich(away)0-2Championship
Aug 8, 2023West Brom(home)2-1League Cup
Preston
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 26, 2023Swansea(home)2-1Championship
Aug 19, 2023Sheffield Wednesday(away)1-0Championship
Aug 12, 2023Sunderland(home)2-1Championship
Aug 8, 2023Salford City(home)2-2League Cup
Aug 5, 2023Bristol City(away)1-1Championship

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws, 2 Preston wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Jan 2, 2023Stoke City 0-1 PrestonChampionship
Oct 15, 2022Preston 0-2 Stoke CityChampionship
Jan 3, 2022Stoke City 1-2 PrestonChampionship
Sep 28, 2021Preston 1-1 Stoke CityChampionship
Apr 17, 2021Stoke City 0-0 PrestonChampionship
Sep 26, 2020Preston 0-1 Stoke CityChampionship

Last archived meeting: Stoke City vs Preston on Jan 2, 2023

How many goals should we expect?

Stoke City score 1.4 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Preston score 1.8 and concede 0.9.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Stoke City1.41.126/155/15
Preston1.80.975/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Stoke City sit 8th in Championship (16 points from 10 matches) and Preston sit 24th (4 points from 10 matches).

2026-27 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
8Stoke City10514171616
24Preston101188204

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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