Stoke City won't lose! Stoke City vs West Bromwich Prediction
One of the duels of the third round of the Championships will be played at the Bet365 Arena in Stoke-on-Trent, where the local Stoke City will take on West Bromwich. We offer a prediction for this match from a team of Dailysports experts.
Stoke City
In their best times, Stoke City had no problems with keeping their place in the Premier League and even participated in European cups. However, all of this has left behind! Today, the team occupies the position of a mid-table side in the Championship, and last season even fought for survival. However, at the finish line, the Potters gathered strength and won three consecutive victories, which allowed them to take 17th place, six points away from the relegation zone.
Since the end of last year, the Potters have been led by Stephen Schumacher, who previously successfully coached Plymouth. The new season the team started successfully, gaining three points in the first round. In the home match Stoke City minimally outplayed Coventry, thanks to a goal by Luis Baker in the 78th minute. In the League Cup, the team also showed confidence by beating Carlisle away 2-0. But last weekend Stoke City lost 0-3 away to Watford.
West Bromwich
West Bromwich are entering their fourth consecutive season in the Championship, although last year the team were close to returning to the Premier League. ‘The Thrashers’ finished in fifth place and had a chance of promotion via the play-offs, but lost to Southampton (0-0 and 1-3). This season, West Bromwich are once again targeting a fight for promotion.
The start to the league season was encouraging, with a 3-1 away win over CRC, where Nigerian forward Josh Madja scored all three goals for the Albion. However, the Thrashers suffered an early exit in the League Cup, losing 1-2 to lowly Fleetwood in the first round. Last weekend Leeds came to visit the Thrashers. West Bromwich failed to open the Pelicans' defence - 0:0.
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head meetings
- In the last 4 matches between these teams the bet on ‘Both Score’ was played
- In 3 out of five matches a bet on ‘Total over 2.5’ was played.
- In the last five home games Stoke City have beaten West Bromwich twice and lost twice.
Stoke City vs West Bromwich Prediction
Bookmakers do not single out anyone in this pair and give the odds on Stoke City's victory at 2.53. We believe that here we should take ‘Stoke City win with a handicap (0)’ at odds of 1.80.
