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Saturday 9th March

Championship Table

On Saturday 9th March

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	37	26	4	7	74	33	41	82	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
2	Leeds United	37	24	7	6	68	28	40	79	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
3	Ipswich Town	37	23	9	5	74	49	25	78	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
4	Southampton	36	22	7	7	73	47	26	73	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
5	West Bromwich Albion	36	17	9	10	53	35	18	60	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
6	Norwich City	37	17	7	13	66	54	12	58	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win
7	Hull City	37	16	10	11	53	46	7	58	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
8	Coventry City	37	15	12	10	59	43	16	57	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
9	Preston North End	36	15	8	13	48	54	-6	53	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
10	Cardiff City	37	16	5	16	43	49	-6	53	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
11	Middlesbrough	36	15	5	16	52	52	0	50	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
12	Sunderland	37	14	5	18	48	45	3	47	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
13	Watford	37	11	12	14	52	51	1	45	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
14	Bristol City	36	12	8	16	41	43	-2	44	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
15	Swansea City	36	11	10	15	46	57	-11	43	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw
16	Millwall	37	11	10	16	36	48	-12	43	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
17	Plymouth Argyle	37	10	11	16	54	61	-7	41	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
18	Blackburn Rovers	37	11	8	18	51	64	-13	41	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
19	Stoke City	37	11	8	18	35	50	-15	41	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
20	Queens Park Rangers	37	10	9	18	36	50	-14	39	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
21	Birmingham City	36	10	9	17	42	57	-15	39	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
22	Huddersfield Town	36	8	14	14	41	57	-16	38	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	37	11	5	21	30	55	-25	38	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	37	3	10	24	30	77	-47	19	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 9th March 2024 at 17:10

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Preston North End

Manager: Ryan Lowe

Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2

Number 1,
F. Woodman
Number 16,
A. Hughes
Number 6,
L. Lindsay
Number 14,
J. Storey
Number 23,
L. Millar , substituted for R. Brady at 77 minutes
Number 13,
A. McCann , Yellow Card at 53 minutes
Number 4,
B. Whiteman , Yellow Card at 21 minutes, substituted for R. Ledson at 84 minutes
Number 8,
A. Browne , Captain
Number 10,
M. Frøkjær-Jensen
Number 19,
E. Riis
Number 7,
W. Keane , substituted for M. Osmajić at 59 minutes

away team, Stoke City

Manager: Steven Schumacher

Formation: 3 - 4 - 3

Number 1,
D. Iversen
Number 16,
B. Wilmot
Number 23,
L. McNally
Number 5,
M. Rose
Number 2,
L. Gooch
Number 8,
L. Baker
Number 6,
W. Burger , Yellow Card at 21 minutes, substituted for M. Manhoef at 75 minutes
Number 17,
K. Hoever , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 3
Number 22,
Bae Jun-Ho , substituted for M. Léris at 89 minutes
Number 10,
T. Campbell , substituted for N. Ennis at 84 minutes
Number 28,
J. Laurent , Captain

Substitutes

home team, Preston North End

Number 11,
R. Brady
Number 21,
D. Cornell
Number 3,
G. Cunningham
Number 25,
D. Holmes
Number 18,
R. Ledson
Number 28,
M. Osmajić
Number 17,
L. Stewart
Number 26,
J. Whatmough
Number 20,
B. Woodburn

away team, Stoke City

Number 13,
J. Bonham
Number 25,
L. Cundle
Number 7,
André Vidigal
Number 14,
N. Ennis
Number 20,
S. Hakšabanović
Number 42,
M. Manhoef
Number 27,
M. Léris
Number 18,
Wesley
Number 15,
J. Thompson

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Match Facts

Preston North End have lost just two of their last 12 league games against Stoke City (W7 D3), scoring 2+ goals in seven of those matches.
After losing seven of their nine away league games against Preston North End between August 1999 and August 2019 (W1 D1), Stoke City are since unbeaten across their last three visits to Deepdale (W2 D1).
Preston North End are unbeaten in their last five home league games (W3 D2), last going six without defeat at Deepdale in April 2023 (7 in a row).
Stoke City have lost each of their last four away league games, their worst run on the road in the same season since March 2021.
Only against Stevenage (P4 W4) has Ryan Lowe won more games as a manager than versus Stoke City (P4 W3 L1).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Match ends, Preston North End 1, Stoke City 2.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 7
Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Stoke City 2.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Million Manhoef (Stoke City).
Bookingat 90 minutes plus 3
Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Foul by Ki-Jana Hoever (Stoke City).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Robert Brady (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Foul by Josh Laurent (Stoke City).
Postat 90 minutes
Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
Postat 90 minutes
Mehdi Léris (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitutionat 89 minutes
Substitution, Stoke City. Mehdi Léris replaces Bae Jun-Ho.
Goal!at 87 minutes
Goal! Preston North End 1, Stoke City 2. Luke McNally (Stoke City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Postat 86 minutes
Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
Postat 86 minutes
Lewis Baker (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Postat 84 minutes
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Preston North End. Ryan Ledson replaces Benjamin Whiteman because of an injury.
Substitutionat 84 minutes
Substitution, Stoke City. Niall Ennis replaces Tyrese Campbell.
Postat 82 minutes
Delay in match because of an injury Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End).
Postat 82 minutes
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen with a through ball.