English League Championship

FT Friday, December 26, 2025
Preston North End WDDWD 0
–
Stoke City LLLWL 0
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STK000
bet365 Stadium · 26,314 att. · CBSSN

Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
4
41.7
Possession
58.3
8
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
235
Accurate Passes
353
313
Passes
426
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
26
0.4
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
54
18
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
4
26
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
4
36
Effective Clearances
16
36
Clearances
16

Head to Head

PNE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

STK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Viktor JohanssonG
  2. 16Ben WilmotCD-L
  3. 26Ashley PhillipsCD-R
  4. 3Aaron CresswellLB
  5. 18Bosun LawalRB
  6. 10Bae Jun-HoAM
  7. 4Ben PearsonLM
  8. 12Tatsuki SekoRM
  9. 9Divin MubamaF
  10. 7Sorba ThomasAM-L
  11. 42Million ManhoefAM-R

PNE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Daniel IversenG
  2. 14Jordan StoreyCD
  3. 16Andrew HughesCD-L
  4. 42Odeluga OffiahCD-R
  5. 8Alistair McCannCM-L
  6. 5Harrison ArmstrongCM-R
  7. 4Benjamin WhitemanAM
  8. 26Thierry SmallLM
  9. 2Pol ValentínRM
  10. 9Daniel JebbisonCF-L
  11. 24Michael SmithCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Pol Valentín (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 40' Substitution, Stoke City. Ben Gibson replaces Aaron Cresswell because of an injury.
  3. 54' Ben Wilmot (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Ali McCann (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Substitution, Preston North End. Jordan Thompson replaces Ali McCann.
  6. 72' Substitution, Preston North End. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen replaces Harrison Armstrong.
  7. 72' Substitution, Preston North End. Alfie Devine replaces Daniel Jebbison.
  8. 77' Substitution, Stoke City. Róbert Bozeník replaces Divin Mubama.
  9. 84' Substitution, Preston North End. Jamal Lewis replaces Thierry Small.
  10. 86' Substitution, Stoke City. Sam Gallagher replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
  11. 90'+1' Ben Gibson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+1' Ben Pearson (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+6' Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card.

EFL Championship News

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