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Championship Matchday 13

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Home Stoke City
13:30 Sat 31 Oct · your time in 6 h 0 min
Away Preston North End
Pre-match chances
50% Stoke City 24% draw Preston North End 26%

Pre-match result forecast (provider data).

Where to watch: Paramount+ Stadium: Bet365 Stadium, Stoke Referee: Adam Herczeg

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Streak

Preston North End without a win in 7 matches

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 2 draws and 5 defeats. Last win: 5 September, 2:1 against Blackburn Rovers.

Defence

Preston North End concede 2.4 goals per match

Stoke City1.0 Preston North End2.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Stoke City concede 1.0.

Last time

Last meeting, 20 March: Preston North End – Stoke City 3:1

Alfie Devine: 2 goals. Before that, Preston North End went 4 meetings in a row without a win.

Referee

Adam Herczeg: 4.3 yellow cards per match

This season in this competition: 6 matches, no red card, 2 penalties.

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Ethan Galbraith

Stoke City · midfielder

3goals 3assists 7.03avg rating

Last match, Bristol City: rating 7.5.

Johnny Kenny

Preston North End · forward

2goals 1assist 7.11avg rating

Last match, West Bromwich Albion: rating 7.2.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

Stoke City

  • Eric-Junior BocatInjured · until 21 Nov
  • Junior TchamadeuInjured · return date unknown

Preston North End

  • Theo CarrollInjured · until 1 Nov
  • Ali McCannInjured · return date unknown
  • Harry ClarkeInjured · return date unknown
  • Liam GibbsInjured · return date unknown

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Stoke City at home and Preston North End away, as in this match.

Stoke City

at home · 10

4W1D5L1.5scored per match1.3conceded per match

Preston North End

away · 10

2W2D6L1.3scored per match2.2conceded per match

Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 5.0 · 3.6; cards 1.6 · 2.2

Head to head

23 meetings since 2005. The last 5 below.

Last time · 20 Mar 2026 · Championship Preston North End 3:1 Stoke City Devine 15', 60' · Osmajic 57' · Thomas 4'. Preston North End: a first win in this fixture in 4 meetings.
1wins

3 draws1.8 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5

1wins
Show older (5)
  • 2 Sep 2023Championship Stoke City0:2Preston North End Keane 51' (k), 57' before our records
  • 2 Jan 2023Championship Stoke City0:1Preston North End Evans 90+3' before our records
  • 15 Oct 2022Championship Preston North End0:2Stoke City Smallbone 58' · Campbell 66' before our records
  • 3 Jan 2022Championship Stoke City1:2Preston North End Wilmot 46' · Potts 59' · Hughes 81' before our records
  • 28 Sep 2021Championship Preston North End1:1Stoke City Whiteman 38' · Powell 6' before our records

Expected lineups

The data provider's expected XI.

Official around 12:30, Sat 31 Oct

Stoke CityPreston North End

When the clubs announce the official lineups (usually an hour before kick-off), they replace the expected ones.

Out

Stoke City: Eric-Junior Bocat, Junior TchamadeuPreston North End: Theo Carroll, Ali McCann, Harry Clarke, Liam Gibbs

Coaches

Mark RobinsStoke City Jason EuellPreston North End

Full squads (35 players)

Stoke City

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Preston North End

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Player intelligence

Player comparison

Who wins?

The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.

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

Out of 20 matches like this, Stoke City win 10, 5 end level and Preston North End win 5.

The forecast leans to Stoke City. By Volt (strength from league results) Stoke City rate higher: 46.6 and 35.6.

Likeliest scores

The five likeliest from the score grid.

  1. 1:111%
  2. 1:010%
  3. 2:110%
  4. 2:08%
  5. 1:27%

How many goals?

The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.

  • 2+ goals77% Stoke City 7 of 10 · Preston North End 7 of 10
  • 3+ goals54% Stoke City 6 of 10 · Preston North End 6 of 10
  • 4+ goals31% Stoke City 3 of 10 · Preston North End 4 of 10
  • 5+ goals18% Stoke City 2 of 10 · Preston North End 1 of 10
Goals at both ends

Chance that each side scores: 56%.

What this match changes in the season

Relegation risk after each result.

Club today after a defeat after a draw after a win
Preston North End today 88%
after a defeat
91%
after a draw
89%
after a win
83%

Preston North End: 8 percentage points of relegation risk between a win and a defeat.

From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count

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Volt matchup

46.6 35.6
Stoke CityPreston North End
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Match sheet

Kick-off
Saturday 31 October, 13:30Your time · in 6 h 0 min
Where to watch
Paramount+ USA · change country
Stadium
Bet365 Stadium Stoke · show map
Referee
Adam Herczeg 🇪🇳 4.3 yellow cards per match · This season · 6 matches
Rest
Stoke City 7 days · Preston North End 7 days Both last played: Championship
Table
9. Stoke City (20 pts) and 24. Preston North End (5 pts) Matchday 13 of 46
Weather
9°Covercastwind 13 km/h
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