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

Championship · Saturday 26 January 2019

Result

Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 26 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Stoke City lost to Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 January 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Stoke City did not score. Preston North End scored through Alan Browne (20') and Brad Potts (80').

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

Going into the game Stoke City were 15th on 38 points from 28 and Preston North End 18th on 33 points from 28. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Preston North End 15th with 61.

Stoke City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darnell Fisher of Preston North End (7.8), level with Ben Davies (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · S. ClucasStoke City
  • 80'Goal · Brad PottsPreston North End · 0-2
  • 85'Yellow card · James McCleanStoke City
  • 86'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 90+1'Missed penalty · S. ClucasStoke City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Stoke City line-up (3-5-2)

Jack Butland, Ashley Williams, Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Moritz Bauer, Peter Etebo, Joe Allen, Sam Clucas, Josh Tymon, Tyrese Campbell, Benik Afobe

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Jordan Storey, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Paul Gallagher, Ben Pearson, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Sean Maguire, Jayden Stockley