England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Stoke City and Preston North End, taking place on Monday, 02 January 2023, at Bet365 Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Stoke City, Recent FormStoke City won't feel too deflated by the 1-0 home defeat to Burnley, given that their opponents sit a full 14 places above them in the league table. In that game they had 37% possession and managed 6 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Burnley who had 7 attempts and 2 on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 8 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They have been misfiring up front at home recently, having been unable to produce a goal in 3 of their last 6 matches. Boss Alex Neil will not be pleased that his side has found keeping a clean sheet a challenging task at home this season, having conceded goals in 10 of their 12 matches.
They've had a terrible run of form at Bet365 Stadium recently and having lost 4 of their last 6 home games managing just 1 win.
Preston North End, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Preston North End players having failed to take any points away from their recent 2-0 away defeat at the hands of West Bromwich Albion. They came away from that fixture with a 54% share of the possession and clocked up 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target, in comparison to West Bromwich Albion, who managed 17 attempts on goal, 8 of which were on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 9 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 11 and seen valuable points lost. On their travels, they have made a habit of scoring goals, having found the net in 5 of their last 6 outings away from home. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
Losing 4 of their last 6 outings will not be looked on kindly by their manager; however, they did salvage some valuable points by winning the other 2 games.
Ched Evans will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 5 goals in the last 6 league outings for Preston North End.
Last time these two teams met in the league it ended in disappointment for Preston North End, losing 0-2 to Stoke City.
The Lilywhites have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 3 league meetings with Stoke. Playing away from home, Preston have kept a clean sheet in 2 of their last 3 league games against Stoke. The Potters have struggled for goals when Preston comes to visit Bet365 Stadium, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings.
In the league, Preston have been unbeaten in the last 4 times they have visited Stoke at Bet365 Stadium.
Preston player Brad Potts has scored 2 times in the previous 3 matches against Stoke away at Bet365 Stadium in the league and will be looking for more of the same in this match.
There is only really one injury concern for the Stoke manager Alex Neil ahead of this clash, with Sam Clucas (Back) missing out, which gives Neil a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
With only Robbie Brady (Muscle) and Troy Parrott (Hamstring) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Ryan Lowe will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Stoke City Playing at home | Preston North End Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 34' | Time first goal scored | 44' |
| 27' | Time first goal conceded | 41' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 2.8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 3.4 | Subs used | 3.8 |
| 3-1 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
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