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

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Stoke City 2-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 31 October 2026, 12:30 UTC · Bet365 Stadium, Stoke · half-time 1-0

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Stoke City 2-0 Preston North End: match report

Stoke City defeated Preston North End 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Bet365 Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ben Wilmot opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Ben Wilmot (29') and Jack McGlynn (53'). Preston North End did not score.

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

Going into the game Stoke City were 9th on 20 points from 12 and Preston North End 24th on 5 points from 12. In the current table Stoke City are 4th on 26 points and Preston North End are 24th on 5 points.

Stoke City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Preston North End in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack McGlynn of Stoke City (8.6), ahead of Ben Wilmot (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End
  • 29'Goal · Ben WilmotStoke City · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Luca BombinoStoke City
  • 53'Goal · Jack McGlynnStoke City · 2-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Ethan GalbraithStoke City
  • 90'Yellow card · Jusef ErabiPreston North End

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
4Stoke City148242217+526LWDWW
24Preston North End1412111230-185LLDLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 4, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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

Viktor Johansson, Ben Wilmot, Bosun Lawal, Luke Graham, Ben Johnson, Djibril Soumaré, Ethan Galbraith, Luca Bombino, Jack McGlynn, Róbert Boženík, Justin Devenny

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

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Brad Potts, Léo Leroy, Jordan Thompson, Andrija Vukcevic, Callum Lang, Johnny Kenny, Delano Burgzorg

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