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EFL Championship · Fri 20 Mar 2026 · Deepdale Stadium

Preston North End
3–1 Full time
Stoke City
  • Alfie Devine 15'
  • Milutin Osmajic 57'
  • Alfie Devine 60'
  • Sorba Thomas 4'

The story

Preston North End beat Stoke City 3-1 at Deepdale Stadium in EFL Championship, matchday 39.

Preston North End's goals came from Alfie Devine (15', 60') and Milutin Osmajic (57'); Sorba Thomas (4') replied for Stoke City.

It was 1-1 at half-time. Preston North End came from behind to win.

Stoke City had 54% of the ball and 14 shots to Preston North End's 13.

Written from the match data (Statorium).

Match stats

Preston North End Stoke City

46%Possession54%
13Shots14
3On target3
7Corners9
12Fouls7
3Offsides0
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Statorium.

Key moments

  1. 4' Sorba Thomas Goal · Stoke City 0-1 Assist: Junior Tchamadeu
  2. 15' Alfie Devine Goal · Preston North End 1-1 Assist: Andrew Moran
  3. 57' Milutin Osmajic Goal · Preston North End 2-1 Assist: Lewis Dobbin
  4. 60' Alfie Devine Goal · Preston North End 3-1 Assist: Milutin Osmajic

Line-ups

Preston North End

  1. Daniel IversenGoalkeeper
  2. Andrija Vukcevicoff 63'Defender
  3. Liam LindsayDefender
  4. Jordan StoreyDefender
  5. Pol Valentínoff 84'Defender
  6. Andrew HughesDefender
  7. Alfie DevineMidfielder
  8. Andrew Moranoff 77'Midfielder
  9. Ben WhitemanMidfielder
  10. Lewis Dobbinoff 84'Forward
  11. Milutin Osmajicoff 77'Forward

Subs used: Thierry Small (63'), Daniel Jebbison (77'), Brad Potts (77'), Odeluga Offiah (84'), Michael Smith (84')

Stoke City

  1. Tommy SimkinGoalkeeper
  2. Ashley PhillipsDefender
  3. Ben GibsonDefender
  4. Junior Tchamadeuoff 46'Defender
  5. Million Manhoefoff 65'Defender
  6. Eric Junior BocatDefender
  7. Sorba ThomasMidfielder
  8. Ben PearsonMidfielder
  9. Steven Nzonzioff 48'Midfielder
  10. Tomas RigoMidfielder
  11. Milan Smitoff 46'Forward

Subs used: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (46'), Sam Gallagher (46'), Jun-ho Bae (48'), Divin Mubama (65')

Full timeline

Every goal and card (7)
  1. 4' ⚽ Sorba Thomasassist Junior Tchamadeu
  2. 15' ⚽ Alfie Devineassist Andrew Moran
  3. 26' 🟨 Alfie Devine
  4. 34' 🟨 Ben Whiteman
  5. 39' 🟨 Million Manhoef
  6. 57' ⚽ Milutin Osmajicassist Lewis Dobbin
  7. 60' ⚽ Alfie Devineassist Milutin Osmajic

Head to head

2Preston North End wins3Draws1Stoke City wins

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