📅 26/12/25🕒 15:00🏟️ Bet365 Stadium🧑⚖️ Thomas Kirk, England
Biggest Swing+1.14 xT90+1' B. PearsonCards6
Stoke City 0-0 Preston North End — xTears 8.89 (26/12/25)
Stoke City and Preston North End finished level at 0-0 on 26 December 2025 during Matchday 23 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 8.89 xTears.
The heaviest blows came from B. Pearson 90+1' yellow card (+1.14 xT) and B. Gibson 90+1' yellow card (+1.14 xT).
The match never tipped fully into mayhem, but it was never settled for long.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
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All-out war
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6.01
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
B. Pearson - Stoke City
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
B. Gibson - Stoke City
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
R. Boženík - Stoke City
62'
Yellow card
+0.92 xT
A. McCann - Preston North End
Late drama
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4.32
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
B. Pearson - Stoke City
90+1'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
B. Gibson - Stoke City
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
R. Boženík - Stoke City
86'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
S. Gallagher for Bae Jun-Ho - Stoke City
Absolute chaos
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0.90
86'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
S. Gallagher for Bae Jun-Ho - Stoke City
84'
Substitution
+0.43 xT
J. Lewis for T. Small - Preston North End
Referee scandal
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Cruelty
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
Crushed hope
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Barely left a bruise
0
Nothing big fed this one.
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