Match Info

Championship - Round 13

Date: 31 October 2026, Saturday ⏱️ In 11h 7m 📅 Remind Me

Location: Bet365 Stadium (Stoke on Trent) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Herczeg A. (Eng)

Where to Watch on TV:

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Argentina	09:30	Disney+, FOX Sports 3
Asia	—	beIN Connect MENA, beIN Sports MENA 2, beIN Sports MENA English 2, TOD
Australia	23:30	beIN Connect, beIN Sports 3
Bosnia And Herzegovina	13:30	Arena Sport 5
Brazil	09:30	Disney+, ESPN
Bulgaria	14:30	Nova Sport
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Chile	09:30	Disney+
Colombia	07:30	Disney+
Croatia	13:30	Arena Sport 4, MAXtv To Go
Czech Republic	13:30	Nova Sport 6, Oneplay
Denmark	13:30	Viaplay
Finland	14:30	Viaplay 1 Urheilu, Viaplay
France	13:30	beIN Connect, beIN Sports MAX 9
Hungary	13:30	Match 4
Iceland	12:30	SÝN Sport Viaplay, Viaplay
India	18:00	FanCode, FanCode
Ireland	12:30	NOW
Japan	21:30	DAZN Japan
Kenya	15:30	Gotv
Kosovo	13:30	Arena Premium 3
Malta	13:30	GO TV, TSN Malta 8
Mexico	06:30	Disney+
Netherlands	13:30	Viaplay
New Zealand	01:30	beIN Connect
Nigeria	13:30	SuperSport Football Plus, SupeSport ESPN 1
North Central America	—	Disney+ Caribbean
North Macedonia	13:30	Arena Premium 3
Norway	13:30	Viaplay, V Sport 2
Peru	07:30	Disney+
Serbia	13:30	Arena Premium 3
Singapore	20:30	mio Sports 1
Slovakia	13:30	Nova Sport 6, Voyo
South Africa	14:30	SuperSport Football, SupeSport ESPN
Sweden	13:30	Viaplay
United Kingdom	12:30	NOW TV, Sky Go Extra, Sky Go, Sky Sports Football
Uruguay	09:30	Disney+
Usa	08:30	Paramount+
Venezuela	08:30	Disney+


	Stoke City		Preston North End

	1	X	2
	1.68	3.75	4.5	Watch
	1.72	3.80	4.60
	1.72	3.83	4.63
	1.77	3.95	4.7
	1.75	3.83	4.48	Watch
	1.75	3.9	4.6
	1.71	3.75	4.57	Watch
	1.72	3.75	4.5
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.73 ↑ (1.69)	3.82 ↑ (3.81)	4.57 ↓ (4.62)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 3.1%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Stoke City
54.6%

Draw
24.7%

Preston North End
20.6%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

55.3%

24.5%

20.2%

Our Initial ML Estimation

57.7%

23.2%

19.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Stoke City has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.7%)

Preston North End has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.4%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Stoke City than the current prediction. (+3.1%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Preston North End than the current prediction. (-1.5%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
100%	0%	0%

Stoke City - Preston North End Predictions

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Stoke (votes: 1 - 100%).

New Consensus by Tipsters:

1X2 - Stoke (1.75) (votes: 89%) ⭐ Best Value.

Users Predictions: Stoke City will win (6 of 6 users predict this - 100%).
Confidence interval (95%): 100% – 100%.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 2:1

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Preview

This match features one of the top teams against an opponent battling near the bottom (ranked 9th and 24th in the Relegation - League One).

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Stoke won 1.

Stoke is in solid form heading into this fixture (last 5 matches: 3 wins).

Preston is experiencing a dip in performance (last 5 matches: 0 wins).

Bookmakers give the edge to Stoke for this game.

Confirmed absences for Stoke: Ampah A. (Knee Injury) Bocat E. (Injury) Cresswell A. (Knee Injury) Gallagher S. (Injury) Ingelsson S. (Muscle Injury).

Confirmed absences for Preston: Clarke H. (Knee Injury) Gibbs L. (Muscle Injury) Gibson L. (Inactive) McCann A. (Hamstring Injury).

Doubtful / questionable for Preston: Carroll T. (Ankle Injury) Lindsay L. (Injury).

In the last 17 head-to-head meetings, Stoke has recorded 3 wins, 7 draws, and 7 losses, with a goal aggregate of 13:21 (averaging 0.8:1.2 goals per game).

Specifically in home fixtures for Stoke against this opponent, the record stands at 0 wins, 3 draws, and 5 losses, with 1:9 goals (averaging 0.1:1.1 per game).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
9	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18:16	2	20
24	Preston	12	1	2	9	10:25	-15	5

Outrights of English League Championship for now

Preston: 0.85%

Last Results with these Odds

Preston North End - the odds 4.62 are the expected chance of winning is 20.19%, but this team recently wins 33% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Stoke City
English League Championship
24.10.26	Stoke City - Bristol City	0:0 ✺
17.10.26	Derby County - Stoke City	0:1 ✺
13.10.26	Stoke City - Middlesbrough	2:3 ✺
10.10.26	Bolton Wanderers - Stoke City	1:2 ✺
19.09.26	Stoke City - Sheffield United	2:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 13.5 TWLWW
- Preston North End
English League Championship
24.10.26	Preston North End - West Bromwich Albion	1:1 ✺
17.10.26	Wrexham - Preston North End	4:1 ✺
13.10.26	Birmingham City - Preston North End	4:0 ✺
10.10.26	Preston North End - Millwall	0:1 ✺
19.09.26	Queens Park Rangers - Preston North End	2:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8 TLLLT

Latest Head to Head

English League Championship
20.03.26	Preston North End - Stoke City	3:1
26.12.25	Stoke City - Preston North End	0:0
05.04.25	Preston North End - Stoke City	1:1
26.11.24	Stoke City - Preston North End	0:0
09.03.24	Preston North End - Stoke City	1:2
02.09.23	Stoke City - Preston North End	0:2
02.01.23	Stoke City - Preston North End	0:1

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