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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.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 29 Mar | Q.P.R. | 1 - 2 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 03 Dec | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 14 Jan | Q.P.R. | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 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 |
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: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
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. |