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

Championship · Friday 26 December 2025

Result

Stoke City 0-0 Preston North End

Championship · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Stoke City · Preston North End · Championship predictions

Stoke City 0-0 Preston North End: match report

Stoke City drew with Preston North End 0-0 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Stoke City were 8th on 33 points from 22 and Preston North End 5th on 36 points from 22. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

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 Bosun Lawal of Stoke City (7.8), ahead of Jordan Storey (7.7).

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

Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Preston North End's D-W-D-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Pol ValentínPreston North End
  • 54'Yellow card · Ben WilmotStoke City
  • 62'Yellow card · Alistair Edward McCannPreston North End
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ben GibsonStoke City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ben PearsonStoke City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Róbert BoženíkStoke City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

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

Viktor Johansson, Bosun Lawal, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Aaron Cresswell, Tatsuki Seko, Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Divin Saku Mubama

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

Daniel Iversen, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Pol Valentín, Harrison Armstrong, Ben Whiteman, Ali McCann, Thierry Small, Michael Smith, Daniel Jebbison