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

Championship · Saturday 5 April 2025

Result

Preston North End 1-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 5 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 1-1 Stoke City: match report

Preston North End drew with Stoke City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 April 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kaine Kesler-Hayden opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Kaine Kesler-Hayden (10'). Stoke City scored through Lewis Baker (75', penalty).

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 47 points from 39 and Stoke City 18th on 42 points from 39. Preston North End went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Stoke City 18th with 51.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Baker of Stoke City (7.5), ahead of Sam Greenwood (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 3 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Kaine Kesler-HaydenPreston North End · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 39'Yellow card · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End
  • 55'Yellow card · Sam GallagherStoke City
  • 74'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 75'Penalty goal · Lewis BakerStoke City · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Lewis BakerStoke City
  • 81'Yellow card · Ryan LedsonPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Jordan Andrew ThompsonStoke City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 3, Stoke City 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

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

David Cornell, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Lewis Gibson, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Sam Greenwood, Ben Whiteman, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Robbie Brady, Emil Riis, Milutin Osmajic

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

Viktor Johansson, Junior Tchamadeu, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Eric-Junior Bocat, Jordan Thompson, Wouter Burger, Million Manhoef, Lewis Baker, Jun-ho Bae, Sam Gallagher