Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Will Keane opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Stoke City did not score. Preston North End scored through Will Keane (51', penalty) and Will Keane (57').

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 13th on 6 points from 4 and Preston North End 4th on 10 points from 4. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 56 points, and Preston North End 10th with 63.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Keane of Preston North End (8.5), ahead of Duane Holmes (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City
  • 24'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Mads Frökjaer-JensenPreston North End
  • 51'Penalty goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 0-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Duane HolmesPreston North End
  • 63'Yellow card · Enda StevensStoke City
  • 67'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Josh LaurentStoke City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ched EvansPreston North End · injury (Unknown Injury)

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

Mark Travers, Ki-Jana Hoever, Luke McNally, Ben Wilmot, Enda Stevens, Wouter Burger, Ben Pearson, Mehdi Léris, Josh Laurent, Tyrese Campbell, Wesley Moraes

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Jack Whatmough, Liam Lindsay, Brad Potts, Ali McCann, Ryan Ledson, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Will Keane