FootyMAD's Stoke City match preview

Last updated : 08 December 2006 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers fixture

Q.P.R. face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 6 of the 12 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2005, with Q.P.R. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Potters in a Championship match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2005/2006Wed 29 MarQ.P.R.1 - 2Stoke CityCHMP
2005/2006Sat 03 DecStoke City1 - 2Q.P.R.CHMP
2004/2005Fri 14 JanQ.P.R.1 - 0Stoke CityCHMP
2004/2005Sat 02 OctStoke City0 - 1Q.P.R.CHMP
2001/2002Sat 19 JanStoke City0 - 1Q.P.R.LGE1
2001/2002Sat 11 AugQ.P.R.1 - 0Stoke CityLGE1
1997/1998Sat 21 MarStoke City2 - 1Q.P.R.CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Stoke City are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. During these games, Potters have smashed 13 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 2.

The Rangers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rangers's have scored 11 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 12.

Stoke City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 34 points from their 21 games so far. Q.P.R. are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 24 from their 21 matches played.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Stoke City65108016
Q.P.R.63039109

FootyMad's prediction ...

The Rangers are doing reasonably well on their travels in recent games, but FootyMad think this will not be enough to stop what should be a relatively comfortable home win for Stoke City. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Stoke City Won 5 successive home games.
6 games since last home draw.
Unbeaten run of 6 matches.
Q.P.R. 4 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.