Preston v Stoke City result

Full-time · Preston 2–2 Stoke City

Championship · Sat, 18 Aug 2018 17:30 BST

Updated 13 May 2026, 04:48 UK · refreshed continuously

Preston 2–2 Stoke City — this Championship match was drawn.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Preston and Stoke City drew 2–2 in the Championship on Saturday 18 August. Stoke City have scored in five consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Preston led 2–1 at half-time and were pegged back. The goals — Preston: P. Gallagher (40’ pen) and Graham Burke (45’, assisted by Callum Robinson); Stoke City: E. Pieters (42’) and P. Crouch (61’, assisted by J. Allen).

Discipline

Andy Madley, England showed five yellow cards — against 3.2 yellows a game across the last 6 matches refereed (all competitions). The bookings — Preston: Benjamin Pearson (64’) and P. Gallagher (83’); Stoke City: J. Allen (27’), R. Shawcross (86’) and P. Crouch (90’).

What it changes

Preston have scored 67 goals, the eighth-most of the 24 clubs (2018/19 so far). Preston have conceded 67 goals, the seventh-most of the 24 clubs.

Stoke City have scored 45 goals, the third-fewest of the 24 clubs (2018/19 so far). Stoke City have conceded 52 goals, the fourth-fewest of the 24 clubs.

Stoke City are winless in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, E. Pieters (Stoke City) 7.6, P. Gallagher (Preston) 7.3 and Graham Burke (Preston) 5.8 led the match.

Next up

Preston next host Sheffield Utd on 3 November 2026.

Stoke City next travel to Blackburn on 3 November 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Preston: Preston v Sheffield Utd, Tuesday 3 November — the preview. Next for Stoke City: Blackburn v Stoke City, Tuesday 3 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Preston 2–2 Stoke City · Championship
Referee: Andy Madley, England
Recent form: Preston 4W 0D 1L · Stoke City 1W 2D 2L

Preston 2–2 Stoke City (Championship): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 13 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.5 / 1

Goals

against 0.63 / 1.38 · 2 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6.29 / 2.29

Corners

against 6.86 / 6.57 · 3 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 7 matches

4.71 / 3.86

Shots on target

against 3.71 / 5.29 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 7 matches

2.14 / 2.57

Cards

against 2.71 / 1.43 · 2 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 7 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 14 August 2018. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 14 August 2018. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Preston for / against	Line	Stoke City for / against
Goals scored	1.5 for · 0.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.29 for · 6.86 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	2.29 for · 6.57 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	13.43 for · 11.71 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	8.29 for · 17.29 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	4.71 for · 3.71 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	3.86 for · 5.29 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	13.71 for · 13.71 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	14.86 for · 10.43 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	2.14 for · 2.71 against n 7 Last 5	3.5standard	2.57 for · 1.43 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: Andy Madley, England.

Preston

Preston Goalkeeper

Preston — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
D. Rudd	2	90180 min	84 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90

Preston — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
D. Rudd n 8	90	2.9 6/4

Preston Defensive

Preston — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Hughes	2	90180 min	00 /90	63 /90	00 /90	147 /90	21 /90	00 /90
B. Davies	2	90180 min	31.5 /90	84 /90	21 /90	147 /90	00 /90	00 /90
D. Fisher	2	90180 min	42 /90	21 /90	00 /90	178.5 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90
T. Clarke	2	90179 min	00 /90	21 /90	00 /90	94.5 /90	42 /90	00 /90
A. Browne	2	90180 min	31.5 /90	42 /90	10.5 /90	189 /90	73.5 /90	00 /90
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Preston — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
D. Fisher n 8	90	2.1 8/5	2.8 8/6	R. Shawcross
B. Pearson n 8	90	1.8 7/6	1 6/2	J. Allen
A. Browne n 8	88.9	1.8 6/4	1.1 5/2	—
C. Robinson n 8	87.1	1 4/3	1.2 5/3	—
B. Davies n 8	78.8	0.4 3/0	1.1 6/2	E. Pieters
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Preston — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
B. Pearson n 8	90	2.5 2/2
D. Fisher n 8	90	2 2/2
A. Browne n 8	88.9	1.5 2/1
B. Davies n 8	78.8	1.5 1/1
C. Robinson n 8	87.1	0.5 1/0
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Preston Attacking

Preston — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
L. Nmecha	1	8080 min	00 /90	00 /90	33.4 /90	22.3 /90	00 /90	22.3 /90
L. Moult	1	7777 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	22.3 /90	11.2 /90
Graham Burke	1	2828 min	00 /90	00 /90	13.2 /90	13.2 /90	00 /90	00 /90
A. Browne	2	90180 min	10.5 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90	31.5 /90	73.5 /90
B. Pearson	2	90180 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90
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Preston — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Robinson n 8	87.1	3.5 7/6	1 5/2
A. Browne n 8	88.9	1.5 7/4	0.6 4/1
B. Davies n 8	78.8	0.4 2/1	0.1 1/0
D. Fisher n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
B. Pearson n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
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Preston — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Preston before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Browne n 8	88.9	0.5 4/0	0 0/0
C. Robinson n 8	87.1	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
D. Fisher n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
B. Pearson n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
D. Rudd n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Stoke City

Stoke City Goalkeeper

Stoke City — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Butland	2	90180 min	63 /90	42 /90	00 /90

Stoke City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Stoke City before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Butland n 8	90	3.8 7/4

Stoke City Defensive

Stoke City — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
E. Pieters	2	90180 min	42 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90	94.5 /90	52.5 /90	00 /90
M. Bauer	2	90180 min	21 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90	136.5 /90	21 /90	00 /90
R. Shawcross	2	90180 min	21 /90	21 /90	10.5 /90	157.5 /90	21 /90	00 /90
B. Martins Indi	2	58116 min	10.8 /90	43.1 /90	21.6 /90	43.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90
A. Williams	1	6464 min	00 /90	45.6 /90	11.4 /90	11.4 /90	11.4 /90	00 /90
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Stoke City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Stoke City before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
E. Pieters n 8	90	2.6 8/7	0.9 6/1	B. Davies
J. Allen n 8	90	1.9 6/5	0.9 6/1	B. Pearson
R. Shawcross n 8	90	0.9 5/2	0.6 4/1	D. Fisher
M. Bauer n 8	84.8	0.9 6/1	1.2 6/2	—
J. Butland n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
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Stoke City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Stoke City before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
E. Pieters n 8	90	3.1 8/6
J. Allen n 8	90	2.5 7/6
R. Shawcross n 8	90	1.5 7/3
M. Bauer n 8	84.8	0.9 4/3
B. Martins Indi n 8	77.3	1.5 6/2
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Stoke City Attacking

Stoke City — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
B. Afobe	2	83166 min	21.1 /90	00 /90	31.6 /90	21.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Bojan	2	4692 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	11 /90	11 /90
J. Allen	2	90180 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	00 /90
J. McClean	2	90180 min	00 /90	00 /90	21 /90	10.5 /90	21 /90	21 /90
T. Ince	2	90180 min	00 /90	00 /90	52.5 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90
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Stoke City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Stoke City before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
R. Shawcross n 8	90	1 5/3	0.3 2/0
J. Allen n 8	90	0.4 3/0	0.3 2/0
E. Pieters n 8	90	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
M. Bauer n 8	84.8	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
J. Butland n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Stoke City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Stoke City before kick-off, to 14 August 2018. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Butland n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
R. Shawcross n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Allen n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
E. Pieters n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Bauer n 8	84.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Preston		Stoke City
58%	Possession	42%
15	Shots	8
6	Shots on target	3
6	Shots off target	3
3	Blocked shots	2
11	Shots inside the box	5
4	Corners	2
1	Offsides	2
13	Fouls	15
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	4
460	Passes	322
76%	Pass accuracy	65%

Preston Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
D. Rudd	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.1
D. Fisher	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
T. Clarke	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.6
B. Davies	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
A. Hughes	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.6
B. Pearson	90	0	0	0	0	0	3	Y	6.4
A. Browne	90	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	6.8
C. Robinson	90	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	7
P. Gallagher	83	1	0	2	1	1	1	Y	7.3
Graham Burke	67	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	7.3
L. Nmecha	66	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	6.6
L. Moult sub	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.7
T. Barkhuizen sub	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.2
R. Ledson sub	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.7

Stoke City Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Butland	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
T. Edwards	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.2
R. Shawcross	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	7
A. Williams	90	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	7.1
E. Pieters	90	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	7.3
T. Ince	90	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.2
D. Fletcher	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
J. Allen	90	0	1	0	0	2	4	Y	7.1
B. Afobe	84	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
J. McClean	59	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7.1
S. Berahino	59	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6.4
P. Crouch	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	Y	7.4
M. Diouf	31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.5
P. Etebo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Preston v Stoke City — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

PrestonWWWLW

Last 5: 4W 0D 1L · 1.4 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Stoke CityDLWLD

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 1 scored / 1.4 conceded per game

League standing · 2018/19

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Preston#14 pos61 pts46 pl0 GD

Stoke City#16 pos55 pts46 pl-7 GD

Goals per game

Preston scored1.46

Stoke City scored0.98

Preston conceded1.46

Stoke City conceded1.13

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