Championship Championship
Regular Season - 13• 31 Oct 2026

Stoke City 2–0 Preston

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Ben Wilmot and Jack Mcglynn did the damage as Stoke City shut down Preston 2-0 at home in the Championship, and the gap between these two sides on the night told its own story. Wilmot broke the deadlock on 29 minutes, nodding Stoke in front before Mcglynn doubled it early in the second half on 53 to put the game beyond reach. Stoke's form, three wins from their last five and climbing to ninth, is starting to look like a side building momentum, while Preston arrive at this result with five games still without a win and sit second-bottom. It also flips the script on their head-to-head: Preston had won the only previous meeting between these two, so this one swings the ledger back the other way. Neither side had a scorer among the Championship's top ten this season, with W. Lankshear's 16 goals still well clear at the top, but Wilmot's header and Mcglynn's finish were enough on their own. Catch both goals, including Wilmot's opener in the 29th minute, in the full highlights below.

Match Statistics

Stoke City
VS
Preston
60% Ball Possession 40%
2.22 Expected goals (xG) 0.16
18 Total Shots 3
6 Shots on target 0
7 Shots off target 1
5 Blocked Shots 2
12 Shots inside box 2
6 Shots outside box 1
9 Corner Kicks 7
2 Offsides 1
11 Fouls 15
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Goalkeeper Saves 4
457 Total passes 299
365 Accurate passes 204
15 Free Kicks 11

Lineups

Stoke City
M. Robins 3-4-3
VS
Preston
G. Alexander 3-4-3

Substitutes — Stoke City

10Bae Jun-Ho 24J. Griffiths 15G. Hirst 6S. Ingelsson 42M. Manhoef 4B. Pearson 19T. Rigo 40M. Talovierov 22J. Tchamadeu

Substitutes — Preston

7A. Devine 9J. Erabi 6L. Lindsay 17S. Mills 23A. Moran 21L. Nicholls 11T. Small 12C. Wiley 32Ed Nolan