Championship

Championship | Gameweek 37

Mar 9, 2024 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
1 - 2
Stoke

Osmajic (68')
Whiteman (21'), McCann (53')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Hughes (64' og.), McNally (87')
Burger (21'), Hoever (90+3')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Stoke City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 0-0 Hull City
Saturday, March 2 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Stoke City

All competitions

Last Game: Leeds 1-0 Stoke
Tuesday, March 5 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Preston North End 2-1 Stoke City

Preston are enjoying their longest unbeaten run since the beginning of the campaign and will be raring to go after Wednesday night's postponement in Southampton. Stoke face another daunting away trip following their visit to Leeds on Tuesday, and we feel that the Potters will struggle to match the Lilywhites physically at Deepdale, resulting in defeat for Schumacher's charges. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Preston North End win with a probability of 38.31%. A win for Stoke City had a probability of 36.47% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 8.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.47%) and 2-0 (6.11%). The likeliest Stoke City win was 0-1 (8.33%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.87%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.2% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Stoke City
38.31% ( 0.03)	25.21% ( -0.01)	36.47% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 56.98% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.34% (

0.02)

46.66% (

-0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.08% (

0.02)

68.92% (

-0.02)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.98% (

0.03)

24.02% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.72% (

0.03)

58.27% (

-0.03)

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.99% (

25.01% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.32%

59.68%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 38.31%

Stoke City 36.47%

Draw 25.21%

Preston North End	Draw	Stoke City
1-0 @ 8.57% ( -0) 2-1 @ 8.47% ( 0) 2-0 @ 6.11% ( 0) 3-1 @ 4.03% ( 0) 3-0 @ 2.91% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.79% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.44% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.04% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1% ( 0) Other @ 1.97% Total : 38.31%	1-1 @ 11.87% 0-0 @ 6.01% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.87% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.29% ( 0) Other @ 0.17% Total : 25.21%	0-1 @ 8.33% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 8.23% ( -0) 0-2 @ 5.77% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 3.8% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.71% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.66% ( -0) 1-4 @ 1.32% 2-4 @ 0.94% 0-4 @ 0.92% ( -0) Other @ 1.8% Total : 36.47%