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Stoke City pack their bags to visit West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Potters will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was more than three years back, in September 2003, the The Baggies carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 25 Nov | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 04 May | Stoke City | 4 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 13 Jan | West Brom. | 3 - 1 | Stoke City | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 28 Dec | West Brom. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 03 Sep | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sun 04 May | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The The Baggies's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Stoke City's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Potters have hit 5 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Brom.'s total of 67 points from their 40 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Stoke City's 61 points from 40 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Stoke City on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against West Brom.. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. |
| Stoke City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |