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Championship · Matchweek 27

Preston North End

PRE

Stoke City

STK

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Preston23%
Draw28%
Stoke48%

Expected goals

0.94 – 1.44

Over 2.5

42%

Both to score

48%

Fair handicap

0.50

Most likely scorelines

  • 0–113.7%
  • 1–112.5%
  • 0–010.3%
  • 0–29.1%
  • 1–29.1%
How they playPossession, press, how they create

Stoke will have the ball; Preston will not mind.

36%Possession57%
35%Territory37%
43%From set plays49%
0.07Chance quality0.09
5.0%Directness4.3%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Preston, 3 for Stoke. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.