📅 20/03/26🕒 20:00🏟️ Deepdale🧑⚖️ F. Hallam
ScorerA. Devine2 goalsBiggest Swing+1.52 xT57' M. OsmajićCards3
Preston North End 3-1 Stoke City — xTears 11.57 (20/03/26)
Preston North End came back to win 3-1 against Stoke City on 20 March 2026 during Matchday 39 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 11.57 xTears.
The real swing for Preston North End arrived through A. Devine at 15' goal (+1.24 xT) and M. Osmajić at 57' goal (+1.52 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Preston North End's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
4'
Goal
0-1S. Thomas - Stoke City
Assist: J. Tchamadeu
15'
Goal
1-1A. Devine - Preston North End
Assist: A. Moran
57'
Goal
2-1M. Osmajić - Preston North End
Assist: L. Dobbin
60'
Goal
3-1A. Devine - Preston North End
Assist: M. Osmajić
Absolute chaos
🧨
6.42
57'
Goal
+1.52 xT
M. Osmajić - Preston North End
Assist: L. Dobbin
60'
Goal
+1.47 xT
A. Devine - Preston North End
Assist: M. Osmajić
4'
Goal
+1.41 xT
S. Thomas - Stoke City
Assist: J. Tchamadeu
15'
Goal
+1.24 xT
A. Devine - Preston North End
Assist: A. Moran
All-out war
🟥
2.43
26'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
A. Devine - Preston North End
34'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
B. Whiteman - Preston North End
39'
Yellow card
+0.81 xT
M. Manhoef - Stoke City
Late drama
🔥
0.78
84'
Substitution
+0.39 xT
O. Offiah for Pol Valentín - Preston North End
84'
Substitution
+0.39 xT
M. Smith for L. Dobbin - Preston North End
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
😈
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
💔
Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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