Stoke City vs Preston: result 0-0 and analysis
ChampionshipRegular Season - 23Kick-off on December 26, 2025 at 03:00 PM (UTC)bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
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What was the result of Stoke City vs Preston?
Stoke City and Preston drew 0-0 on December 26, 2025.
Official lineup for Stoke City vs Preston
The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.
Stoke City
4-2-3-1- 9D. Mubama
- 7S. Thomas
- 10Bae Jun-Ho
- 42M. Manhoef
- 4B. Pearson
- 12T. Seko
- 3A. Cresswell
- 16B. Wilmot
- 26A. Phillips
- 18B. Lawal
- 1V. Johansson
Preston
3-5-2- 9D. Jebbison
- 24M. Smith
- 26T. Small
- 8A. McCann
- 4B. Whiteman
- 5H. Armstrong
- 2Pol Valentín
- 16A. Hughes
- 14J. Storey
- 42O. Offiah
- 1D. Iversen
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 6, 6 and 3.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2025 | Watford(away) | 0-1 | Championship |
| Dec 13, 2025 | Swansea(home) | 2-1 | Championship |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Ipswich(away) | 0-1 | Championship |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Sheffield Utd(away) | 0-4 | Championship |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Hull City(home) | 1-2 | Championship |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2025 | Norwich(home) | 1-1 | Championship |
| Dec 13, 2025 | Oxford United(away) | 2-1 | Championship |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Coventry(home) | 1-1 | Championship |
| Dec 6, 2025 | Wrexham(home) | 1-1 | Championship |
| Nov 29, 2025 | Sheffield Wednesday(away) | 3-2 | Championship |
What does the head-to-head say?
Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Stoke City wins, 2 draws, 2 Preston wins.
| Date | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2025 | Preston 1-1 Stoke City | Championship |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Stoke City 0-0 Preston | Championship |
| Mar 9, 2024 | Preston 1-2 Stoke City | Championship |
| Sep 2, 2023 | Stoke City 0-2 Preston | Championship |
| Jan 2, 2023 | Stoke City 0-1 Preston | Championship |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Preston 0-2 Stoke City | Championship |
How many goals should we expect?
Stoke City score 1.2 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Preston score 1.5 and concede 1.2.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke City | 1.2 | 1.1 | 5 | 5/15 | 7/15 |
| Preston | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 12/15 | 7/15 |
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).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Stoke City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Preston | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 4 |
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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