Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Friday 20 March 2026

Result

Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City

Championship · Friday 20 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Stoke City · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City: match report

Preston North End defeated Stoke City 3-1 in the Championship on Friday 20 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sorba Thomas opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Alfie Devine (15'), Milutin Osmajic (57') and Alfie Devine (60'). Stoke City scored through Sorba Thomas (4').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 17th on 49 points from 38 and Stoke City 13th on 51 points from 38. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfie Devine of Preston North End (8.6), ahead of A. Moran (8.0).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Sorba ThomasStoke City · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Alfie DevinePreston North End · 1-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Alfie DevinePreston North End
  • 34'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 39'Yellow card · Million ManhoefStoke City
  • 57'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Alfie DevinePreston North End · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Pol Valentín, A. Moran, Alfie Devine, Andrija Vukcevic, Milutin Osmajic, Lewis Dobbin

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

Tommy James Simkin, Junior Tchamadeu, Ashley Phillips, Ben Gibson, Eric-Junior Bocat, Steven Nzonzi, Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Tomas Rigo, Sorba Thomas, Milan Smit