England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Stoke City and Preston North End, taking place on Saturday, 02 September 2023, at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Stoke City, Recent FormThe 1-0 away defeat to Millwall will not have sat easily with the Stoke City squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. They came away from that fixture with 66% of the possession and clocked up 17 attempts on goal with 2 on target. By comparison, Millwall managed 16 attempts on goal, with 7 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 5 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 7, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 games at home.
They have lost 4 of their last 6 matches, which will be a focus of concern, but their 2 wins in that period did produce some valuable points nevertheless.
Preston North End, Recent FormPreston North End have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 2-1 home win against Swansea City in their previous league match. They achieved 40% possession in that match and had 11 strikes at goal, with 3 hitting the target, up against Swansea City's tally of 10 efforts at goal, 1 of which were on target.
Manager Ryan Lowe will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 7 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 10 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They have been enduring a less than rewarding period of form away from home at the moment, during which they have lost 3 and only picked up 2 wins from their last 6 matches.
Ched Evans will be keen to get his name on the scoresheet against Stoke City in this match, having already scored 4 goals in his last 6 away games for Preston North End.
Preston North End recorded a 0-1 win last time these two sides went head to head in the league.
The Potters have struggled for goals when Preston comes to visit Bet365 Stadium, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings. Playing at home, Stoke have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Preston. Playing at home, Stoke have failed to score in 2 of their last 3 league games against Preston.
In the league, Preston has a good track record when they travel to Stoke, getting the better of them to win their last 2 games.
Preston player Brad Potts will be looking to cause Stoke some problems having scored 2 goals in the last 3 league meetings between the teams at Bet365 Stadium.
With only Lewis Baker (Unknown) and Tyrese Campbell (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Alex Neil will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Ryan Lowe has a number of injury concerns in his Preston squad to contend with: Ched Evans (Spinal cord), Calvin Ramsay (Knee), Emil Riis (Cruciate ligament) and Ben Whiteman (Hernia)
Stoke City Playing at home | Preston North End Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.5 | Goals conceded | 0.5 |
| 29' | Time first goal scored | 68' |
| 46' | Time first goal conceded | 47' |
| 4.5 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 2.5 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | - |
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