Preston North End 1-2 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024

Result

Preston North End 1-2 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 9 March 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 1-2 Stoke City: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Stoke City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2024. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Preston North End's goal came from Milutin Osmajić (68'). Stoke City scored through an own goal by Andrew Hughes (64') and Luke McNally (87').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 9th on 53 points from 35 and Stoke City 22nd on 38 points from 36. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Stoke City 17th with 56.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lynden Gooch of Stoke City (8.1), ahead of Ben Wilmot (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 2 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Wouter BurgerStoke City
  • 21'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 53'Yellow card · Ali McCannPreston North End
  • 64'Own goal · Andrew HughesStoke City · 0-1
  • 68'Goal · Milutin OsmajićPreston North End · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Luke McNallyStoke City · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ki-Jana HoeverStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 6, draws 2, Stoke City 2.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Liam Millar, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Will Keane, Emil Riis

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

Daniel Iversen, Michael Rose, Luke McNally, Ben Wilmot, Ki-Jana Hoever, Wouter Burger, Lewis Baker, Lynden Gooch, Josh Laurent, Tyrese Campbell, Jun-ho Bae