Stoke vs Preston

England • Championship • 2026/2027 • Round 13

Stoke

12:3031 October 2026

Preston

Match information

Country: England
Competition: Championship
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 13
Date: 31 October 2026
Kick-off: 12:30
Stadium: Bet365 Stadium
Referee: A. Herczeg

Prediction

Stoke win75%

Draw16%

Preston win9%

Full prediction

Clubs

Stoke

Founded: 1868
Country: England
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
City: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Capacity: 30 089
Surface: grass

Preston

Founded: 1863
Country: England
Stadium: Deepdale
City: Preston
Capacity: 23 408
Surface: grass

Recent form

Stoke

WWLWD

Preston

DLLLD

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
8	QPR	12	+8	20
9	Stoke	12	+2	20
10	Blackburn	12	+3	18
…
23	Derby	12	-11	7
24	Preston	12	-15	5

Full standings

Head-to-head

20 March 2026 • Championship • Preston 3 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 1 : 1)
26 December 2025 • Championship • Stoke 0 : 0 Preston (Half-time 0 : 0)
5 April 2025 • Championship • Preston North End 1 : 1 Stoke City (Half-time 1 : 0)
26 November 2024 • Championship • Stoke City 0 : 0 Preston North End (Half-time 0 : 0)
9 March 2024 • Championship • Preston North End 1 : 2 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
WilliamHill	1.75	3.50	4.33
bet365	1.73	3.75	4.50
Marathon	1.69	3.75	4.60
Betfair	1.75	3.75	4.60
BetVictor	1.73	3.60	4.50
Pncl	1.74	3.81	4.60
Sbo	1.68	3.26	4.07
1xBet	1.71	3.75	4.57
Betano	1.75	3.80	4.55
Dafabet	1.78	3.85	4.60

Best odds: 1 - 1.78 | X - 3.85 | 2 - 4.60

Double Chance

1X: 1.22
X2: 2.15
12: 1.29

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 1.83
No: 2.00

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.06
Under 0.5: 11.00
Over 1.5: 1.30
Under 1.5: 3.80
Over 2.5: 1.93
Under 2.5: 1.93
Over 3.5: 3.40
Under 3.5: 1.36
Over 4.5: 7.00
Under 4.5: 1.14
Over 5.5: 13.00
Under 5.5: 1.05

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Stoke	Preston
-3.5 / +3.5	11.00	1.02
-3 / +3	9.90	1.01
-2.5 / +2.5	6.25	1.12
-2 / +2	5.55	1.15
-1.5 / +1.5	3.15	1.40
-1 / +1	2.40	1.62
0 / 0	1.32	3.49
+1 / -1	1.03	8.00

Match result probability

Stoke win75%

Draw16%

Preston win9%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 91%
X2: 25%
12: 84%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 81%
Under 1.5: 19%
Over 2.5: 60%
Under 2.5: 40%
Over 3.5: 37%
Under 3.5: 63%

Both teams to score

Yes: 45%
No: 55%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Stoke	Preston
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	100%	0%
+2.5 / -2.5	100%	0%
+1.5 / -1.5	98%	2%
+0.5 / -0.5	91%	9%
-0.5 / +0.5	75%	25%
-1.5 / +1.5	53%	47%
-2.5 / +2.5	31%	70%
-3.5 / +3.5	15%	85%
-4.5 / +4.5	6%	94%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Stoke: Mark Robins
Preston: Graham Alexander

Missing players

Stoke

3Aaron Cresswell - injured
6Svante Ingelsson - injured
20Sam Gallagher - injured

Preston

4Harry Clarke - injured
20Liam Gibbs - injured
8Ali McCann - injured

Squad - Stoke

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Viktor Johansson	28	11	0	0	0	7.06
24	Joshua Griffiths	25	-	-	-	-	-
34	Frank Fielding	38	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Benjamin Johnson	26	10	1	0	0	6.73
3	Aaron Cresswell injured	36	-	-	-	-	-
4	Pijus Otegbayo	19	-	-	-	-	-
5	Freddie Anderson	19	-	-	-	-	-
5	Luke Graham	22	9	1	0	3	7.02
16	Ben Wilmot	26	11	1	0	1	6.77
17	Eric Bocat	27	11	2	2	1	6.89
18	Bosun Lawal	23	-	-	-	-	-
21	Luca Bombino	20	7	0	0	0	6.87
22	Junior Tchamadeu	22	4	0	1	0	6.57
23	Benjamin Gibson	33	1	0	0	0	6.30
40	Maksym Talovierov	26	8	0	0	2	6.40
52	Laurence Giani	18	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
4	Ben Pearson	31	3	0	0	0	7.10
6	Svante Ingelsson injured	28	2	0	0	2	5.55
7	Jack McGlynn	23	7	2	1	1	7.21
8	Ethan Galbraith	25	11	3	3	4	7.09
10	Jun-Ho Bae	23	6	0	0	1	6.45
13	Justin Devenny	23	7	2	0	1	6.75
19	Tomas Rigo	24	3	0	1	0	6.43
27	Djibril Soumare	23	11	0	0	1	6.82
Forwards
9	Robert Bozenik	26	8	1	1	0	6.46
11	Lamine Cisse	23	7	1	1	0	6.95
12	Tyler Martin	18	1	0	0	0	6.20
15	George Hirst	27	10	1	1	1	6.50
20	Sam Gallagher injured	31	6	2	1	2	6.81
42	Million Manhoef	24	4	0	0	0	6.37

Squad - Preston

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Daniel Iversen	29	11	0	0	0	6.41
13	David Cornell	35	-	-	-	-	-
21	Lee Nicholls	34	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Pol Valentin Sancho	29	3	0	0	1	5.70
3	Andrija Vukcevic	30	9	0	1	2	6.70
4	Harry Clarke injured	25	8	0	0	4	6.80
6	Liam Lindsay	31	5	0	0	1	6.72
11	Thierry Small	22	8	0	0	0	6.42
12	Caleb Wiley	21	3	1	0	0	7.13
14	Jordan Storey	29	9	0	0	0	6.58
16	Andrew Hughes	34	7	0	0	3	6.34
19	Lewis Gibson	26	6	0	0	1	6.60
24	Odeluga Offiah	23	9	0	0	0	6.85
32	Ed Nolan	19	1	0	0	0	7.00
35	Isaac Irwin	18	-	-	-	-	-
38	Troy Tarry	19	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
7	Alfie Devine	22	11	1	0	0	6.98
8	Ali McCann injured	26	2	0	0	2	6.45
15	Jordan Thompson	29	11	1	1	4	6.90
17	Stanley Mills	22	7	0	1	3	6.51
20	Liam Gibbs injured	23	5	0	0	0	6.70
23	Andy Moran	23	2	0	0	0	6.30
27	Leo Leroy	26	11	0	0	4	6.85
44	Brad Potts	32	1	0	0	0	6.00
Forwards
9	Jusef Erabi	23	10	1	0	0	6.53
10	Callum Lang	28	11	3	0	0	6.66
30	George Gryba	17	1	0	0	0	6.20
37	Delano Burgzorg	27	10	0	2	1	6.43
38	Johnny Kenny	23	5	2	0	0	6.64

Head-to-head

Last 8 meetings

Stoke wins2

Draws3

Preston wins3

Goals: Stoke: 6 (0.8)
Goals: Preston: 8 (1.0)
Goals per match: 1.8
Both teams scored: 3 / 8
Over 2.5 goals: 2 / 8

Results

20 March 2026 • Championship • Preston 3 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 1 : 1)
26 December 2025 • Championship • Stoke 0 : 0 Preston (Half-time 0 : 0)
5 April 2025 • Championship • Preston North End 1 : 1 Stoke City (Half-time 1 : 0)
26 November 2024 • Championship • Stoke City 0 : 0 Preston North End (Half-time 0 : 0)
9 March 2024 • Championship • Preston North End 1 : 2 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 0)
2 September 2023 • Championship • Stoke City 0 : 2 Preston North End (Half-time 0 : 0)
2 January 2023 • Championship • Stoke City 0 : 1 Preston North End (Half-time 0 : 0)
15 October 2022 • Championship • Preston North End 0 : 2 Stoke City (Half-time 0 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Stoke	Preston
W-D-L	6-2-2	1-2-7
Scored (per match)	16 (1.6)	8 (0.8)
Conceded (per match)	11 (1.1)	20 (2.0)
Clean sheets	4 / 10	0 / 10
Both teams scored	6 / 10	6 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	6 / 10	6 / 10

Recent form - Stoke

D24 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 0 : 0 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 0)
W17 October 2026 • Championship • Derby 0 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 0)
L13 October 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 3 Middlesbrough (Half-time 0 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • Championship • Bolton 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
W19 September 2026 • Championship • Stoke 2 : 1 Sheffield Utd (Half-time 0 : 0)
W12 September 2026 • Championship • Watford 1 : 2 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
D8 September 2026 • Championship • Cardiff 1 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 0 : 1)
W5 September 2026 • Championship • Stoke 4 : 0 Charlton (Half-time 4 : 0)
W1 September 2026 • Championship • Stoke 1 : 0 Norwich (Half-time 1 : 0)
L29 August 2026 • Championship • Wolves 4 : 1 Stoke (Half-time 2 : 1)

Recent form - Preston

D24 October 2026 • Championship • Preston 1 : 1 West Brom (Half-time 0 : 0)
L17 October 2026 • Championship • Wrexham 4 : 1 Preston (Half-time 2 : 1)
L13 October 2026 • Championship • Birmingham 4 : 0 Preston (Half-time 3 : 0)
L10 October 2026 • Championship • Preston 0 : 1 Millwall (Half-time 0 : 0)
D19 September 2026 • Championship • QPR 2 : 2 Preston (Half-time 0 : 2)
L12 September 2026 • Championship • Preston 0 : 1 Lincoln (Half-time 0 : 0)
L8 September 2026 • Championship • Watford 2 : 1 Preston (Half-time 0 : 1)
W5 September 2026 • Championship • Preston 2 : 1 Blackburn (Half-time 2 : 0)
L1 September 2026 • Championship • Preston 1 : 3 Bristol City (Half-time 0 : 1)
L29 August 2026 • Championship • Charlton 1 : 0 Preston (Half-time 0 : 0)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	12	7	4	1	27	17	+10	25
2	Swansea	12	7	2	3	16	13	+3	23
3	West Ham	12	6	4	2	32	15	+17	22
4	Wolves	12	6	3	3	20	16	+4	21
5	West Brom	12	6	3	3	16	13	+3	21
6	Southampton	12	7	3	2	24	12	+12	20
7	Birmingham	12	5	5	2	20	12	+8	20
8	QPR	12	5	5	2	20	12	+8	20
9	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18	16	+2	20
10	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	19	16	+3	18
11	Portsmouth	12	5	3	4	16	15	+1	18
12	Sheffield Utd	12	4	4	4	16	15	+1	16
13	Millwall	12	4	3	5	19	20	-1	15
14	Bristol City	12	4	3	5	12	15	-3	15
15	Lincoln	12	4	3	5	13	20	-7	15
16	Cardiff	12	3	5	4	19	17	+2	14
17	Wrexham	12	3	5	4	15	18	-3	14
18	Bolton	12	4	2	6	16	23	-7	14
19	Charlton	12	3	5	4	11	18	-7	14
20	Norwich	12	4	0	8	20	22	-2	12
21	Watford	12	3	2	7	10	20	-10	11
22	Burnley	12	1	5	6	17	25	-8	8
23	Derby	12	1	4	7	10	21	-11	7
24	Preston	12	1	2	9	10	25	-15	5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16
2	Middlesbrough	6	4	2	0	14	9	+5	14
3	Cardiff	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12
4	Blackburn	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12
5	QPR	6	3	2	1	13	5	+8	11
6	Swansea	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
7	Wolves	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
8	West Brom	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
9	West Ham	6	3	1	2	17	8	+9	10
10	Birmingham	6	2	4	0	14	7	+7	10
11	Stoke	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4	10
12	Portsmouth	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	10
13	Watford	6	3	1	2	8	9	-1	10
14	Charlton	6	2	3	1	5	5	0	9
15	Millwall	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8
16	Wrexham	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8
17	Sheffield Utd	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
18	Norwich	6	2	0	4	10	10	0	6
19	Bristol City	6	2	0	4	3	6	-3	6
20	Bolton	6	2	0	4	7	12	-5	6
21	Lincoln	6	1	2	3	7	13	-6	5
22	Burnley	6	0	4	2	8	10	-2	4
23	Preston	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5	4
24	Derby	6	0	2	4	4	10	-6	2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Ham	6	3	3	0	15	7	+8	12
2	Swansea	6	4	0	2	9	10	-1	12
3	Middlesbrough	6	3	2	1	13	8	+5	11
4	Wolves	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
5	Birmingham	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
6	West Brom	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10
7	Lincoln	6	3	1	2	6	7	-1	10
8	Stoke	6	3	1	2	8	10	-2	10
9	QPR	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9
10	Bristol City	6	2	3	1	9	9	0	9
11	Portsmouth	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8
12	Southampton	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
13	Sheffield Utd	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
14	Bolton	6	2	2	2	9	11	-2	8
15	Millwall	6	2	1	3	8	12	-4	7
16	Blackburn	6	1	3	2	8	9	-1	6
17	Norwich	6	2	0	4	10	12	-2	6
18	Wrexham	6	1	3	2	5	10	-5	6
19	Derby	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5	5
20	Charlton	6	1	2	3	6	13	-7	5
21	Burnley	6	1	1	4	9	15	-6	4
22	Cardiff	6	0	2	4	6	11	-5	2
23	Watford	6	0	1	5	2	11	-9	1
24	Preston	6	0	1	5	5	15	-10	1

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Assists
1	A. Armstrong	Southampton	11	0
1	Will Lankshear	Middlesbrough	11	0
2	Z. Vipotnik	Swansea	11	0
3	M. Whittaker	Middlesbrough	10	0
4	B. Thomas-Asante	Coventry	10	0
4	R. Burrell	QPR	10	0
6	E. Simms	Coventry	10	0
6	J. Gelhardt	Hull	10	0
6	K. Moore	Wrexham	10	0
9	C. Morris	Derby	10	0
9	J. Makama	Norwich	10	0
11	S. Thomas	Stoke	9	0
12	O. McBurnie	Hull	9	0
13	J. James	Leicester	9	0
14	J. Philogene	Ipswich	9	0
15	H. Wright	Coventry	9	0
16	A. Mehmeti	Bristol City	8	0
17	A. Heggebo	West Brom	8	0
17	J. Stansfield	Birmingham	8	0
19	J. Clarke	Ipswich	8	0
30	Ethan Galbraith	Stoke City	3	3
34	Callum Lang	Preston North End	3	0