Stoke City vs Preston predicted line-ups
Championship · Sat 31 Oct
Starting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Stoke City
3-4-3Formation· Coach: M. Robins

Preston
4-3-3Formation· Coach: P. Heckingbottom
- 1D. Iversen
- 4H. Clarke
- 6L. Lindsay
- 24O. Offiah
- 11T. Small
- 7A. Devine
- 20L. Gibbs
- 27L. Leroy
- 37D. Burgzorg
- 9J. Erabi
- 38J. Kenny
- 11L. Cissé
- 15G. Hirst
- 42M. Manhoef
- 13J. Devenny
- 8E. Galbraith
- 7J. McGlynn
- 4B. Pearson
- 17E. Bocat
- 21L. Bombino
- 5L. Graham
- 24J. Griffiths
Bench
- 1V. Johansson
- 2B. Johnson
- 40M. Talovierov
- 16B. Wilmot
- 19T. Rigo
- 27El Hadji Djibril Soumaré
- 34F. Fielding
Out
- M. Talovierov · Red Card
- J. McGlynn · Inactive
- E. Galbraith · Injury
- S. Gallagher · Inactive
- B. Gibson · Head Injury
- S. Ingelsson · Muscle Injury
- B. Lawal · Muscle Injury
- L. Cisse · Knock
Bench
- 21L. Nicholls
- 14J. Storey
- 2Pol Valentín
- 3A. Vukčević
- 17S. Mills
- 23A. Moran
- 15J. Thompson
Out
- S. Mills · Red Card
- C. Wiley · Inactive
- J. Kenny · Inactive
- H. Clarke · Inactive
- A. Hughes · Inactive
- A. McCann · Hamstring Injury
- B. Potts · Ankle Injury
- L. Gibson · Red Card
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Stoke City vs Preston line-ups published?
Clubs in the Championship release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
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