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Stoke City
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Preston

Championship, Round 23
Friday, December 26, 2025 3:00 PM
bet365 Stadium

Result

0-0

Match Recap

Match Events

Second Half 0 - 0

Róbert Boženík

Yellow Card

90+6'

Ben Gibson

Yellow Card

90+1'

Sam Gallagher

J. Bae

86'

84'

Jamal Lewis

T. Small

Róbert Boženík

D. Mubama

76'

72'

A. Devine

Daniel Jebbison

72'

Mads Frøkjær-Jensen

Harrison Armstrong

67'

Jordan Thompson

Alistair McCann

62'

Alistair McCann

Yellow Card

Ben Wilmot

Yellow Card

54'

First Half 0 - 0

Ben Gibson

A. Cresswell

40'

16'

Pol Valentín

Yellow Card

Match Statistics

Ball Possession

60%

40%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corners

Expected Goals (xG)

0.94

0.59

Match Information

Information	Value
League	Championship
Season	Championship 2025/26
Round	Round 23
Date	December 26, 2025
Time	15:00
Venue	bet365 Stadium
Result	0 - 0

Lineups

Stoke City

1. V. Johansson Viktor Johansson

18. M. O. Lawal Mohammed Olabosun Lawal

26. A. Phillips A. Phillips

16. B. Wilmot Ben Wilmot

3. A. Cresswell A. Cresswell

12. T. Seko Tatsuki Seko

4. B. Pearson Ben Pearson

42. M. Manhoef Million Manhoef

10. J. Bae J. Bae

7. S. Thomas S. Thomas

9. D. Mubama D. Mubama

9. D. Jebbison Daniel Jebbison

24. M. Smith Michael Smith

26. T. Small T. Small

8. A. McCann Alistair McCann

4. B. Whiteman Benjamin Whiteman

5. H. Armstrong Harrison Armstrong

2. P. Valentín Pol Valentín

16. A. Hughes Andrew Hughes

14. J. Storey Jordan Storey

42. O. Offiah Odeluga Offiah

1. D. Iversen Daniel Iversen

Preston

Substitutes

Stoke City

Preston

Unused Players

Stoke City

Preston

Form before the match

Stoke City

Preston

Previous Fixtures

Championship 2024/25

April 5, 2025

Preston

Stoke City

November 26, 2024

Stoke City

Preston

Championship 2023/24

March 9, 2024

Preston

Stoke City

September 2, 2023

Stoke City

Preston

Upcoming Fixtures

Championship 2025/26

March 21, 2026

15:00

Preston

Stoke City

Championship

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Promotion
1	Coventry	33	19	8	6	68	36	32	65
2	Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63
Promotion Playoffs
3	Ipswich	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57
4	Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57
5	Millwall	33	16	8	9	42	40	2	56
6	Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54

7	Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50
8	Bristol City	34	14	8	12	47	42	5	50
9	Birmingham	33	13	10	10	45	40	5	49
10	Preston	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49
11	Derby	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48
12	Watford	34	12	12	10	43	40	3	48
13	QPR	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47
14	Swansea	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46
15	Sheffield Utd	33	14	3	16	47	46	1	45
16	Stoke City	33	12	8	13	36	31	5	44
17	Charlton	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41
18	Norwich	33	11	6	16	43	44	-1	39
19	Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39
20	Blackburn	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38
21	West Brom	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35
Relegation
22	Leicester	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34
23	Oxford United	33	6	11	16	28	44	-16	29
24	Sheffield Wednesday	33	1	8	24	20	66	-46	-7

Updated December 26, 2025 4:58 PM