Championship (England) PENDING
Sat, Oct 31 · 13:30 · Bet365 Stadium
Stoke City Home
VS
Preston Away
Stoke City vs Preston — Championship
Tipster's pick Preston Over 0.5 Goals
Confidence Medium
Odds 1.53 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Preston Aim to Score on the Road at Stoke

Stoke sit ninth after twelve games while Preston remain rooted at the bottom. Preston have found the net in eight of their twelve league matches so far and average 0.8 goals per game on their travels. Stoke concede 1.0 goal per home game and have kept only four clean sheets this season. Both sides have seen both teams score in eight of their twelve fixtures, pointing to openings for the visitors. Head-to-head results show Preston claiming four wins in the last ten meetings between the clubs. The game may turn on whether Preston can exploit the space left by Stoke’s attacking approach at the Bet365 Stadium.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
This season
Stoke City Preston
Over 2.5 goals 67% 67%
Clean sheet 33% 0%
Failed to score 8% 33%
Scored per game 1.5 0.8
Conceded per game 1.3 2.1
Scored home / away 1.7 / 1.3 0.8 / 0.8

Across 12 and 12 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
8 QPR QPR 12 5 5 2 20
9 STO Stoke City ▲ 12 6 2 4 20
10 BLA Blackburn 12 5 3 4 18
11 POR Portsmouth 12 5 3 4 18
12 SHE Sheffield Utd 12 4 4 4 16
13 MIL Millwall 12 4 3 5 15
14 BRI Bristol City 12 4 3 5 15
15 LIN Lincoln 12 4 3 5 15
16 CAR Cardiff 12 3 5 4 14
17 WRE Wrexham 12 3 5 4 14
18 BOL Bolton 12 4 2 6 14
19 CHA Charlton 12 3 5 4 14
20 NOR Norwich 12 4 0 8 12
21 WAT Watford 12 3 2 7 11
22 BUR Burnley 12 1 5 6 8
23 DER Derby 12 1 4 7 7
24 PRE Preston ▲ 12 1 2 9 5
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Stoke City WWLWD
W vs Sheffield Utd 2–1 Sep 19
W @ Bolton 2–1 Oct 10
L vs Middlesbrough 2–3 Oct 13
W @ Derby 1–0 Oct 17
D vs Bristol City 0–0 Oct 24
Preston DLLLD
D @ QPR 2–2 Sep 19
L vs Millwall 0–1 Oct 10
L @ Birmingham 0–4 Oct 13
L @ Wrexham 1–4 Oct 17
D vs West Brom 1–1 Oct 24
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Stoke City
Scored 1.4 avg
2 2 2 1 0
Conceded 1.0 avg
1 1 3 0 0
Preston
Scored 0.8 avg
2 0 0 1 1
Conceded 2.4 avg
2 1 4 4 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Stoke City
4 Draws
4 Preston
Mar 2026 Preston 3–1 Stoke City Preston
Dec 2025 Stoke City 0–0 Preston Draw
Apr 2025 Preston 1–1 Stoke City Draw
Nov 2024 Stoke City 0–0 Preston Draw
Mar 2024 Preston 1–2 Stoke City Stoke City

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 10 meetings.