Stoke City — Preston North End 2:0, 31 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 13 Saturday 31 October · 12:30 UTC

Stoke City 4th · 26 pts WWWDW

2 : 0 1st half 1:0

Preston North End 24th · 5 pts WLLDL

Bet365 Stadium · referee A. Herczeg

Match predictionSafe

No show from Preston North End: under three

90% · Preston North End average 0.8 goals per game

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Preston North End: under three”, and the match finished 2:0.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Stoke City 50% draw 24% Preston North End 26%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Stoke City win, and the match finished 2:0. Fans backed Stoke City win — they got it right.

fans 80 votes

Stoke City 55% draw 15% Preston North End 30%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

B. Potts 2'

B. Wilmot assist: J. McGlynn 1-0 29'

L. Bombino 43'

T. Small for B. Potts 46'

J. McGlynn assist: E. Galbraith 2-0 53'

A. Moran for D. Burgzorg 63'

J. Erabi for C. Lang 63'

J. Tchamadeu for L. Bombino 73'

G. Hirst for R. Bozenik 73'

E. Galbraith 76'

S. Ingelsson for D. Soumare 81'

M. Manhoef for J. Devenny 81'

S. Mills for J. Kenny 86'

M. Talovierov for B. Lawal 86'

J. Erabi 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Stoke City 3-4-3 3-4-3 Preston North End

Viktor Johansson  
Ben Wilmot  18 Bosun Lawal  5 Luke Graham  
Ben Johnson  27 Djibril Soumaré  8 Ethan Galbraith  21 Luca Bombino  
Jack McGlynn  9 Róbert Boženík  13 Justin Devenny  

Callum Lang  38 Johnny Kenny  37 Delano Burgzorg  
Brad Potts  27 Leo Leroy  15 Jordan Thompson  3 Andrija Vukčević  
Odeluga Offiah  14 Jordan Storey  16 Andrew Hughes  
Daniel Iversen  

Stoke City bench

4Ben Pearson
15George Hirst
24Joshua Griffiths
10Jun-Ho Bae
22Junior Tchamadeu
40Maksym Talovierov
42Million Manhoef
6Svante Ingelsson
19Tomáš Rigo

Preston North End bench

7Alfie Devine
23Andrew Moran
12Caleb Wiley
32Ed Nolan
9Jusef Erabi
21Lee Nicholls
6Liam Lindsay
17Stanley Mills
11Thierry Small

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

60%Possession40%

18Shots3

6Shots on target0

7Shots off target1

5Blocked shots2

12Shots inside box2

6Shots outside box1

112Attacks96

50Dangerous attacks31

9Corners7

2Offsides1

11Fouls15

2Yellow cards2

0Saves4

454Passes299

362Accurate passes204

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Stoke City

Preston North EndThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Stoke City and Preston North End met on matchday 13 of the Championship on 31 October at Bet365 Stadium. Final score — 2:0.

Stoke City sit 4th on 26 points after 9 matches (7 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 5 matches, 3 matches without conceding. Preston North End sit 24th on 5 points after 9 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 6 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Stoke City last five Preston North End

WWWDW form WLLDL

9 Matches 9

7 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 6

15 — 8 Scored — conceded 7 — 18

2.44 Points per game 0.56

1.67 Goals scored per game 0.78

3 Clean sheets 1

1 Failed to score 4

unbeaten in 5 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Stoke City at home: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 6—4, 1.75 points per match.

Preston North End away: 4 matches, 0 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 3—12, 0.25 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Stoke City	15	9	2	4	24—18	29
2	Middlesbrough	14	8	4	2	30—19	28
…
23	Derby County	15	2	4	9	14—30	10
24	Preston North End	14	1	2	11	12—30	5

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