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

Championship · Wednesday 12 February 2020

Result

Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End

Championship · Wednesday 12 February 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Stoke City 0-2 Preston North End: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Preston North End 0-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 12 February 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Alan Browne opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Stoke City did not score. Preston North End scored through Alan Browne (58') and Tom Barkhuizen (75').

Discipline: Stoke City received 3 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 21st on 34 points from 31 and Preston North End 7th on 50 points from 31. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Preston North End 9th with 66.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Davies of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Declan Rudd (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Stoke City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 38'Yellow card · Joe AllenStoke City
  • 58'Goal · Alan BrownePreston North End · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · James McCleanStoke City
  • 63'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 75'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 0-2
  • 90'Yellow card · D. BatthStoke City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Stoke City 2, draws 3, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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

Jack Butland, Tommy Smith, Danny Batth, James Chester, Bruno Martins Indi, Joe Allen, Sam Clucas, Tom Ince, Nick Powell, James McClean, Tyrese Campbell

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

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Alan Browne, Tom Barkhuizen, Daniel Johnson, Scott Sinclair, Sean Maguire