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Stoke City 2-1 Preston NE - January 01, 2003 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 27

Britannia Stadium - Stoke-on-Trent - England

January 01, 2003

14 862

Stoke City

2 - 1

Preston NE

Brynjar Gunnarsson

43'

Peter Hoekstra

45'

90'

Pawel Abbott

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26' - Substitution Richard Cresswellis substituted by Pawel Abbott

43' - Goal Brynjar Gunnarsson43

45' - Goal Peter Hoekstra45

45' - Substitution David Lucasis substituted by Teuvo Moilanen

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72' - Substitution Dickson Etuhuis substituted by Tyrone Mears

79' - Substitution Peter Hoekstrais substituted by Lewis Neal79

90' - Goal Pawel Abbott

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Stoke City

2 - 1

Preston NE

Stoke City Preston NE

Team line-ups

Stoke City

Banks

Steve Banks

England

B.date09/02/1972

Age30 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Handyside

Peter Handyside

Scotland

B.date31/07/1974

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Shtaniuk

Sergey Shtaniuk

Belarus

B.date13/08/1973

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Thomas

Wayne Thomas

England

B.date17/05/1979

Age23 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Gunnarsson43

Brynjar Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date16/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

O'Connor

James O'Connor

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Hall

Marcus Hall

England

B.date24/03/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Gudjonsson

Bjarni Gudjonsson

Iceland

B.date26/02/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Hoekstra4579

Peter Hoekstra

Netherlands

B.date04/04/1973

Age29 years

H1m89

positionLeft Winger

Greenacre

Chris Greenacre

England

B.date23/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Iwelumo

Chris Iwelumo

Scotland

B.date01/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Banks		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Handyside		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sergey Shtaniuk		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wayne Thomas		23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brynjar Gunnarsson	43	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	James O'Connor		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marcus Hall		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bjarni Gudjonsson		23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Hoekstra	4579	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Greenacre		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Iwelumo		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Preston NE

Lucas45

David Lucas

England

B.date23/11/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Lucketti

Chris Lucketti

England

B.date28/09/1971

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Broomes

Marlon Broomes

England

B.date28/11/1977

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Alexander

Graham Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Lewis

Eddie Lewis

United States

B.date17/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Etuhu72

Dickson Etuhu

Nigeria

B.date08/06/1982

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

Barry-Murphy

Brian Barry-Murphy

Republic of Ireland

B.date27/07/1978

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

McKenna

Paul McKenna

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age25 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Rankine

Mark Rankine

England

B.date30/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Cresswell26

Richard Cresswell

England

B.date20/09/1977

Age25 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Healy

David Healy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David Lucas	45	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Lucketti		31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marlon Broomes		25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Alexander		31	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie Lewis		28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dickson Etuhu	72	20	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Barry-Murphy		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul McKenna		25	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Rankine		33	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richard Cresswell	26	25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Healy		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lewis Neal	79	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Teuvo Moilanen	45	29	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tyrone Mears	72	19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pawel Abbott	9026	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eddie Lewis

Tyrone Mears

OUT

Brian Barry-Murphy

Colin Murdock

OUT

Mark Rankine

Éric Skora

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tony Pulis

Success rate in this team:

18 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pulis vs Preston NE

4 victories

8 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 01, 2003

Pulis vs Brown

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Craig Brown

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Brown vs Stoke City

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2003

Brown vs Pulis

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 01, 2003

Referee

Michael Jones

13 victories	6 draws	11 losses	Stoke City30 matches	General total	Preston NE17 matches	6 victories	6 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Stoke City1 match	Season total	Preston NE2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 07, 2017					Latest figure on December 22, 2012

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Key figures

Stoke City keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 30/11/2002).

Stoke City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 14/12/2002).

Stoke City keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored vs Preston NE in Championship running (since 24/09/1932). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/09/1931 (8 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LStoke City 1-2 Watford30/10/2002

LStoke City 1-2 Grimsby Town09/11/2002

LStoke City 0-1 Millwall23/11/2002

LStoke City 1-2 Coventry07/12/2002

DStoke City 1-1 Portsmouth14/12/2002

VStoke City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/2002

Overall

DGillingham 1-1 Stoke City30/11/2002

LStoke City 1-2 Coventry07/12/2002

DStoke City 1-1 Portsmouth14/12/2002

DWimbledon FC 1-1 Stoke City21/12/2002

LBradford 4-2 Stoke City26/12/2002

VStoke City 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday28/12/2002

Current form

Away

LMillwall 2-1 Preston North End09/11/2002

DGrimsby Town 3-3 Preston North End16/11/2002

VCoventry 1-2 Preston North End30/11/2002

LAston Villa 5-0 Preston North End04/12/2002

LSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

LCrystal Palace 2-0 Preston North End28/12/2002

Overall

LAston Villa 5-0 Preston North End04/12/2002

LPreston North End 3-5 Wimbledon FC07/12/2002

VPreston North End 3-0 Grimsby Town14/12/2002

LSheffield United 1-0 Preston North End21/12/2002

LPreston North End 0-2 Rotherham United26/12/2002

LCrystal Palace 2-0 Preston North End28/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	14	26

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	3	3
Drawless streak	4	8
Goalless streak	3	3
Conceding streak	6	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	26
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	13
4	Victories (Competition total)	7
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
8	Draws (Competition total)	10
4	Draws (Home / Away)	6
14	Losses (Competition total)	9
6	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
48	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.65
1.46	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.77

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
10	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	34
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Andy Cooke	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Richard Cresswell
Chris Iwelumo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Graham Alexander
Tommy Mooney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Graham Alexander
Tommy Mooney	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	3 penalties	Graham Alexander
Chris Iwelumo	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	11 goals during the last 23 matches	Richard Cresswell

Historical head to head

Home

42 matches

22 v

9 d

11 l

74 gf

45 ga

Away

45 matches

8 v

8 d

29 l

53 gf

116 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

88 matches

31 v

17 d

40 l

131 gf

161 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

29 v

8 d

8 l

116 gf

53 ga

Away

42 matches

11 v

9 d

22 l

45 gf

74 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Total

88 matches

40 v

17 d

31 l

161 gf

131 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 01, 1947
Home	5 - 0	February 01, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	10 - 0	September 14, 1889
Away	3 - 0	November 12, 1888

Latest head to head

August 24, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Preston NE

4 - 3

Stoke City logo Stoke City

January 14, 2000 - Second Division 1999/2000

Stoke City

2 - 1

Preston NE

August 14, 1999 - Second Division 1999/2000

Preston NE

2 - 1

Stoke City logo Stoke City

December 26, 1998 - Second Division 1998/1999

Stoke City

0 - 1

Preston NE

August 22, 1998 - Second Division 1998/1999

Preston NE

3 - 4

Stoke City logo Stoke City

Best historical scorers against Preston NE

	Clive Clarke	2 goals	2002 - 2002
	Andy Cooke	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/08/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Stoke City

David Healy	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Richard Cresswell	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Ricardo Fuller	1 goal	2002 - 2002

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Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Neil Cutler	1 match	2002 - 2002
Peter Handyside	1 match	2002 - 2002
Clive Clarke	1 match	2002 - 2002
Bjarni Gudjonsson	1 match	2002 - 2002
Brynjar Gunnarsson	1 match	2002 - 2002
Kris Commons	1 match	2002 - 2002

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Players with most games played vs Stoke City

Ricardo Fuller	1 match	2002 - 2002
Teuvo Moilanen	1 match	2002 - 2002
Chris Lucketti	1 match	2002 - 2002
Rob Edwards	1 match	2002 - 2002
Lee Cartwright	1 match	2002 - 2002
Paul McKenna	1 match	2002 - 2002