0 STO
Stoke City
0 PRE
Preston
STO 0
0 PRE

Stoke City
-
Preston

Championship, Round 23
Friday, December 26, 2025 3:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

0-0

Match Recap

Match Events

Second Half 0 - 0

Yellow Card
90+6'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
90+1'
Third Substitution
86'
Fourth Substitution
84'
Second Substitution
76'
Third Substitution
72'
Second Substitution
72'
First Substitution
67'
Yellow Card
62'
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
Yellow Card
54'

First Half 0 - 0

First Substitution
40'
Yellow Card
16'
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Match Statistics

Ball Possession

60%
40%

Total Shots

13
8

Shots on Goal

2
4

Corners

10
2

Expected Goals (xG)

0.94
0.59

Match Information

Information Value
League Championship
Season Championship 2025/26
Round Round 23
Date December 26, 2025
Time 15:00
Venue bet365 Stadium
Result 0 - 0

Lineups

Stoke City
Sweden
Viktor Johansson
1. V. Johansson
Mohammed Olabosun Lawal
18. M. O. Lawal
A. Phillips
26. A. Phillips
Ben Wilmot
16. B. Wilmot
A. Cresswell
3. A. Cresswell
Tatsuki Seko
12. T. Seko
Ben Pearson
4. B. Pearson
Netherlands
Million Manhoef
42. M. Manhoef
J. Bae
10. J. Bae
S. Thomas
7. S. Thomas
D. Mubama
9. D. Mubama
Daniel Jebbison
9. D. Jebbison
Michael Smith
24. M. Smith
T. Small
26. T. Small
Alistair McCann
8. A. McCann
Benjamin Whiteman
4. B. Whiteman
England
Harrison Armstrong
5. H. Armstrong
Pol Valentín
2. P. Valentín
Andrew Hughes
16. A. Hughes
Jordan Storey
14. J. Storey
Odeluga Offiah
42. O. Offiah
Daniel Iversen
1. D. Iversen
Preston

Form before the match

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2024/25
Championship 2024/25

April 5, 2025

FT
1
1
Preston
Preston
Stoke City
Stoke City

November 26, 2024

FT
0
0
Stoke City
Stoke City
Preston
Preston

Championship 2023/24
Championship 2023/24

March 9, 2024

FT
1
2
Preston
Preston
Stoke City
Stoke City

September 2, 2023

FT
0
2
Stoke City
Stoke City
Preston
Preston

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26
Championship 2025/26

March 21, 2026

15:00
-
-
Preston
Preston
Stoke City
Stoke City

Championship

Team P GD Pts

Promotion

1
Coventry
Coventry 		31 28 59
2
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough 		30 18 58

Promotion Playoffs

3
Ipswich
Ipswich 		30 22 54
4
Hull City
Hull City 		31 7 54
5
Millwall
Millwall 		31 3 53
6
Wrexham
Wrexham 		31 5 47
7
Preston
Preston 		31 4 47
8
Bristol City
Bristol City 		31 5 46
9
Derby
Derby 		31 6 45
10
Birmingham
Birmingham 		31 4 45
11
Watford
Watford 		31 3 44
12
QPR
QPR 		31 -1 44
13
Stoke City
Stoke City 		31 6 43
14
Southampton
Southampton 		31 3 43
15
Swansea
Swansea 		31 1 42
16
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd 		30 0 39
17
Norwich
Norwich 		31 -3 36
18
Charlton
Charlton 		30 -9 36
19
Portsmouth
Portsmouth 		29 -11 33
20
West Brom
West Brom 		31 -15 33
21
Leicester
Leicester 		31 -6 32

Relegation

22
Blackburn
Blackburn 		31 -13 32
23
Oxford United
Oxford United 		31 -13 28
24
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday 		31 -44 -7