Stoke City 0-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Monday 2 January 2023

Result

Stoke City 0-1 Preston North End

Championship · Monday 2 January 2023, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Stoke City 0-1 Preston North End: match report

Stoke City were beaten by Preston North End 0-1 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ched Evans of Preston North End in the 90th minute.

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

Going into the game Stoke City were 18th on 30 points from 25 and Preston North End 15th on 34 points from 25. Stoke City went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Stoke City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Freddie Woodman of Preston North End (8.1), level with Liam Lindsay (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 38'Yellow card · H. SouttarStoke City
  • 54'Yellow card · Jordan ThompsonStoke City
  • 77'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeStoke City
  • 80'Yellow card · Ben WoodburnPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End
  • 81'Yellow card · Ben WilmotStoke City
  • 90+3'Goal · Ched EvansPreston North End · 0-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jack Bonham, Ben Wilmot, Harry James Souttar, Morgan Fox, Harry Clarke, Jordan Thompson, Lewis Baker, Josh Tymon, Will Smallbone, Tyrese Campbell, Jacob Brown

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

Freddie Woodman, Bambo Diaby, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Alan Browne, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Daniel Johnson, Álvaro Carreras, Ched Evans, Emil Riis