Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 21 August 2019

Result

Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City

Championship · Wednesday 21 August 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Preston North End won against Stoke City 3-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 21 August 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Daniel Johnson opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Daniel Johnson (7'), Billy Bodin (25') and Josh Harrop (69'). Stoke City scored through James McClean (89').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 18th on 3 points from 3 and Stoke City 24th on 1 point from 3. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Stoke City 16th with 56.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Johnson of Preston North End (7.5), ahead of Billy Bodin (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 25'Goal · Billy BodinPreston North End · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Josh HarropPreston North End
  • 69'Goal · Josh HarropPreston North End · 3-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Darnell FisherPreston North End
  • 78'Yellow card · James McCleanStoke City
  • 80'Yellow card · Nathan CollinsStoke City
  • 89'Goal · James McCleanStoke City · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 3, Stoke City 2.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Tom Clarke, Ben Davies, Joe Rafferty, Patrick Bauer, Ben Pearson, Josh Harrop, Daniel Johnson, Paul Gallagher, Billy Bodin, Tom Barkhuizen

Stoke City line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jack Butland, Tom Edwards, Liam Lindsay, Danny Batth, James McClean, Joe Allen, Tom Ince, Sam Clucas, Ryan Woods, L. Gregory, Scott Hogan