Preston North End 0-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2020

Result

Preston North End 0-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 26 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 0-1 Stoke City: match report

Preston North End lost to Stoke City 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 September 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Lee Gregory of Stoke City in the 39th minute.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 18th on 1 point from 2 and Stoke City 20th on 1 point from 2. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Stoke City 14th with 60.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Stoke City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Davies of Stoke City (7.8), level with Tommy Smith (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Red card · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End
  • 39'Goal · Lee GregoryStoke City · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · James McCleanStoke City
  • 66'Yellow card · T. SmithStoke City
  • 87'Yellow card · Jacob BrownStoke City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Sean MaguirePreston North End

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 5, draws 3, Stoke City 2.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

Declan Rudd, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Tom Barkhuizen, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Ryan Ledson, Scott Sinclair, Sean Maguire, Jayden Stockley

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

Adam Davies, James Chester, Harry James Souttar, Morgan Fox, Tommy Smith, John Mikel Obi, Sam Clucas, James McClean, Tashan Oakley-Boothe, L. Gregory, Steven Fletcher