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Championship · REGULAR SEASON - 23 · FRI, 26 DEC · 15:00 LOCAL
STOKE CITY
17TH · 55 PTS · LAST 5:
L L L L D
FT
0 – 0
FULL TIME HT · 0-0
PRESTON
L W L L W
· 14TH · 60 PTS · LAST 5
Viktor Johansson
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Viktor Johansson
Stoke City · 90 mins
· 28% pass acc
RATING
8.5
PREDICTIONS
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

1.06
⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)
0.59
58%
BALL POSSESSION %
42%
14
TOTAL SHOTS
8
3
SHOTS ON TARGET
4
83%
PASS ACCURACY %
75%
10
CORNERS
2
KEY EVENTS 13 events
  1. 16'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Pol Valentín
    PRE
  2. 40'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Aaron Cresswell · assist Ben Gibson
    STO
  3. 54'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Ben Wilmot
    STO
  4. 62'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Alistair McCann
    PRE
  5. 67'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Alistair McCann · assist Jordan Thompson
    PRE
  6. 72'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Daniel Jebbison · assist Alfie Devine
    PRE
  7. 72'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Harrison Armstrong · assist Mads Frøkjær-Jensen
    PRE
  8. 77'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Divin Mubama · assist Róbert Boženík
    STO
  9. 84'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Thierry Small · assist Jamal Lewis
    PRE
  10. 86'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Jun-Ho Bae · assist Sam Gallagher
    STO
  11. 90'+1
    Card · Yellow Card
    Ben Pearson
    STO
  12. 90'+1
    Card · Yellow Card
    Ben Gibson
    STO
  13. 90'+6
    Card · Yellow Card
    Róbert Boženík
    STO
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
STOKE CITY AVG 7.4
PRESTON AVG 7.5
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
1.1
xG
0.6
14.0
TOTAL SHOTS
8.0
3.0
ON TARGET
4.0
6.0
OFF TARGET
2.0
5.0
BLOCKED
2.0
POSSESSION
58.0%
POSSESSION %
42.0%
426.0
PASSES
313.0
83.0%
PASS ACCURACY
75.0%
SET PIECES
10.0
CORNERS
2.0
1.0
OFFSIDES
2.0
DISCIPLINE
8.0
FOULS
12.0
4.0
YELLOW CARDS
2.0
4.0
GK SAVES
3.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
STOKE CITY 1 shots
Tatsuki Seko
1/1
PRESTON 5 shots
Thierry Small
2/2
Benjamin Whiteman
1/2
Jordan Storey
1/1
📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 1.06 – 0.59
0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 1.1 0.0 HT H 1.06 A 0.59 KO 30' 60' FT

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)
H 54%
46% A
7
EVENTS LOGGED
6
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 3-5-2
4-2-3-1
3-5-2
8.5
1
VIKTOR JO
3
AARON CRE
 6.9
16
BEN WILMO
26
ASHLEY PH
18
B. LAWAL
 7.3
4
BEN PEARS
 7.2
12
TATSUKI S
7
SORBA THO
10
JUN-HO BA
42
MILLION M
9
DIVIN MUB
 7.5
1
DANIEL IV
16
ANDREW HU
 7.3
14
JORDAN ST
42
ODELUGA O
 7.7
26
THIERRY S
8
ALISTAIR
 7.6
4
BENJAMIN
5
HARRISON
 7.2
2
POL VALEN
9
DANIEL JE
24
MICHAEL S
SUBSTITUTES · STOKE CITY
20
Sam Gallaghe...
F
29
Lamine Cissé
F
14
Jamie Donley
M
19
Tomáš Rigo
M
15
Steven​ N'Zo...
M
23
Ben Gibson
D
40
Maksym Talov...
D
13
Jack Bonham
G
11
Róbert Božen...
F
COACH: Mark Robins
SUBSTITUTES · PRESTON
10
Mads Frøkjær...
M
21
Alfie Devine
M
35
Noah Mawene
M
15
Jordan Thomp...
M
44
Brad Potts
M
18
Jamal Lewis
D
6
Liam Lindsay
D
12
Jack Walton
G
7
Will Keane
F
COACH: Paul Heckingbottom
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
STO · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

PRE · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
Thomas Kirk, England
—
STO MANAGER
Mark Robins
head coach
PRE MANAGER
Paul Heckingbottom
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
2
STO WINS
4
DRAWS
4
PRE WINS
20%
40%
40%
8 – 11
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
1.90
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
20 Mar 2026
Preston
3 – 1
Stoke City
L
05 Apr 2025
Preston
1 – 1
Stoke City
D
26 Nov 2024
Stoke City
0 – 0
Preston
D
09 Mar 2024
Preston
1 – 2
Stoke City
W
02 Sep 2023
Stoke City
0 – 2
Preston
L
STOKE CITY LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L L D
PRESTON LAST 5 OVERALL
L W L L W
MATCH IMPACT Final 0–0 · result locked
STOKE CITY #17
Lost · already at 55 pts
PRESTON #14
Lost · already at 60 pts
LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →
# TEAM P W D L GD PTS FORM
1 Coventry 46 28 11 7 +52 95
W W W D D
2 Ipswich 46 23 15 8 +33 84
W D D W D
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 +15 83
L D W D W
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 +26 80
W D W D D
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 +25 80
L L D D W
6 Hull City 46 21 10 15 +4 73
W W D W L
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 +4 71
D L W W L
8 Derby 46 20 9 17 +8 69
L W L W L
9 Norwich 46 19 8 19 +7 65
L D W W L
10 Birmingham 46 17 13 16 +1 64
D W W D W
11 Swansea 46 18 10 18 -2 64
W D W L W
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 0 62
W L D L D
13 Sheffield Utd 46 18 6 22 0 60
W L L W W
14 Preston 46 15 15 16 -7 60
L W L L W
15 QPR 46 16 10 20 -12 58
L L L L D
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 -12 57
L L L L L
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 -5 55
L L L L D
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 -15 55
D W L W W
19 Charlton 46 13 14 19 -14 53
L W L D L
20 Blackburn 46 13 13 20 -14 52
L W D L D
21 West Brom 46 13 14 19 -10 51
L D W W D
22 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 -14 47
L W L L W
23 Leicester 46 12 16 18 -10 46
W D D L L
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 -60 0
W L L D D
UCL Qualification Europa / Conference Relegation
COMMENTARY
  • 90'+6
    Card · Yellow Card · Róbert Boženík
    Off the ball foul
  • 90'+1
    Card · Yellow Card · Ben Gibson
    Foul
  • 90'+1
    Card · Yellow Card · Ben Pearson
    Argument
  • 86'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Jun-Ho Bae
  • 84'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Thierry Small
  • 77'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Divin Mubama
  • 72'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Harrison Armstrong
  • 72'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Daniel Jebbison
  • 67'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Alistair McCann
  • 62'
    Card · Yellow Card · Alistair McCann
    Foul
  • 54'
    Card · Yellow Card · Ben Wilmot
    Foul
  • HALF TIME · 0 – 0
  • 40'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Aaron Cresswell
  • 16'
    Card · Yellow Card · Pol Valentín
    Foul
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