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Q.P.R. pack their bags to visit Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon,
The previous match played between the two at Britannia Stadium was within the last three years, in January 2002, with Q.P.R. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Potters in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Q.P.R. | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 11 Aug | Q.P.R. | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 21 Mar | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 15 Nov | Q.P.R. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 22 Feb | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 02 Nov | Q.P.R. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 29 Dec | Stoke City | 0 - 2 | Q.P.R. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Potters in those games, with 3 conceded.
The Rangers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Rangers's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Stoke City's total of 20 points from their 11 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Q.P.R. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 20 points from 11 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Rangers could well see them head back from Britannia Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Q.P.R. | 5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |