Preston North End vs Stoke City 20/03/2026

Preston North End

Preston North End

Deepdale Stadium

20 Mar 2026, 21:00

3:1

Finished

Stoke City

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

Sorba Thomas(Junior Tchamadeu)

Goal

4'

15'

Goal

Alfie Devine(Andy Moran)

26'

Alfie Devine

34'

Ben Whiteman

M. Manhoef

39'

2ND HALF

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

46'

Junior Tchamadeu

46'

Milan Smit

Sam Gallagher

46'

S. N'zonzi

Injured

48'

S. N'zonzi

Jun-ho Bae

48'

57'

Goal

M. Osmajić(Lewis Dobbin)

60'

Goal

Alfie Devine(M. Osmajić)

63'

Thierry Small

63'

Andrija Vukcevic

M. Manhoef

Divin Mubama

65'

77'

Daniel Jebbison

M. Osmajić

77'

Brad Potts

Andy Moran

84'

Oddel Offiah

Pol Valentín

84'

Michael Smith

Lewis Dobbin

Match statistics

45%Possession55%

339Passes Attempted402

221Completed Passes275

7Corners9

26Throw-ins27

13Shots On Target13

Line-ups

Preston North End

Formation

3-5-2 C

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Liam

#6Lindsay

Andrew

#16Hughes

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Andrew

#23Moran

Andrija

#3Vukcevic

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Lewis Norman

#17Dobbin

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
L. Lindsay #6
A. Hughes #16
Jordan Storey #14
Ben Whiteman #4	34'
Alfie Devine #21	⚽60' 26' ⚽15'
Andy Moran #23	77' 🎯15'
Andrija Vukcevic #3	63'
Pol Valentín #2	84'
Lewis Dobbin #17	84' 🎯57'
M. Osmajić #28	77' 🎯60' ⚽57'

Substitutes

Jack Walton #12
Robbie Brady #11
Oddel Offiah #42	84'
Brad Potts #44	77'
Thierry Small #26	63'
K. Nelson #34
Daniel Jebbison #9	77'
Milos Lukovic #22
Michael Smith #24	84'

Will not play

No injuries reported

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Preston North End

Formation

3-5-2 C

Daniel

#1Lønne Iversen

Liam

#6Lindsay

Andrew

#16Hughes

Jordan

#14Ben Storey

Benjamin

#4Whiteman

Alfie Sean

#21Devine

Andrew

#23Moran

Andrija

#3Vukcevic

Pol

#2Valentín Sancho

Lewis Norman

#17Dobbin

Milutin

#28Osmajić

Starting XI

Daniel Iversen #1
L. Lindsay #6
A. Hughes #16
Jordan Storey #14
Ben Whiteman #4	34'
Alfie Devine #21	⚽60' 26' ⚽15'
Andy Moran #23	77' 🎯15'
Andrija Vukcevic #3	63'
Pol Valentín #2	84'
Lewis Dobbin #17	84' 🎯57'
M. Osmajić #28	77' 🎯60' ⚽57'

Substitutes

Jack Walton #12
Robbie Brady #11
Oddel Offiah #42	84'
Brad Potts #44	77'
Thierry Small #26	63'
K. Nelson #34
Daniel Jebbison #9	77'
Milos Lukovic #22
Michael Smith #24	84'

Will not play

No injuries reported

Manager

Preston North End

Paul Heckingbottom

Stoke City

Formation

4-2-3-1

Tommy

#25Simkin

Benjamin James

#23Gibson

Ashley

#26Phillips

Eric-Junior

#17Bocat

Junior Baptiste

#22Tchamadeu

Benjamin David

#4Pearson

Steven N'kemboanza

#15N'zonzi

Tomáš

#19Rigo

Benjamin Sorba William

#7Thomas

Million

#42Manhoef

Milan

#49Smit

Starting XI

Tommy Simkin #25
Ben Gibson #23
Ashley Phillips #26
Eric Bocat #17
Junior Tchamadeu #22	46' 🎯4'
Ben Pearson #4
S. N'zonzi #15	48' 48'
Tomáš Rigo #19
Sorba Thomas #7	⚽4'
M. Manhoef #42	65' 39'
Milan Smit #49	46'

Substitutes

Frank Fielding #34
Sydney Agina #50
Bosun Lawal #18
Jun-ho Bae #10	48'
T. Seko #12
Lamine Cissé #29
Sam Gallagher #20	46'
Divin Mubama #9	65'
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi #21	46'

Will not play

No injuries reported

Manager

Stoke City

Mark Robins

Head-to-head

34 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

12

Wins

11

Draws

11

Wins

Stoke City

Stoke City

Championship2025 • 2 matches

Stoke City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Stoke City

Championship2024 • 2 matches

Stoke City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Preston North End

Stoke City

Championship2023 • 2 matches

Stoke City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Stoke City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2022 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Stoke City

Stoke City

Preston North End

Preston North End

Championship2021 • 2 matches

Preston North End

Preston North End

Stoke City

Stoke City

Preston North End

Preston North End

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	42	25	10	7	84:42	+42	85	LWWDD
2	Ipswich Town	41	21	12	8	71:42	+29	75	WDWWL
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56:47	+9	73	LDWLD
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73:50	+23	72	WWWWW
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62:42	+20	72	DDLDL
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64:60	+4	68	LWDDL
7	Wrexham AFC	42	17	13	12	63:60	+3	64	LWDLL
8	Derby County	42	18	9	15	61:53	+8	63	WWLWL
9	Norwich City	42	17	7	18	55:50	+5	58	LWDWL
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52:51	+1	58	DLWWD
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	58:63	-5	58	WWWDD
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52:51	+1	57	WDLDL
13	Preston North End	42	14	15	13	50:53	-3	57	LWDDW
14	Swansea City	42	16	9	17	50:54	-4	57	LLDDW
15	Birmingham City	42	15	11	16	51:52	-1	56	DLLLW
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49:46	+3	55	WLWLD
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59:59	0	54	DLDLW
18	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	39:51	-12	49	DLLDL
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43:57	-14	48	LDDWW
20	Blackburn Rovers	43	12	12	19	38:53	-15	48	DWDDL
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42:56	-14	46	WWDDD
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41:54	-13	44	DLDDW
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54:64	-10	41	LDDDL
24	Sheffield Wed	42	1	11	30	25:82	-57	-4	LLLDD

Promotion

Playoff

Relegation

Match Information

Referee:

Farai Hallam

Venue:

Deepdale Stadium

Capacity:

23 408

Preston North End vs Stoke City match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Preston North End and Stoke City. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.