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West Ham Utd. face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hammers 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 19 Oct | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Stoke City | 0 - 2 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 09 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Wed 10 Oct | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | West Ham Utd. | LC |
| 1990/1991 | Wed 26 Sep | West Ham Utd. | 3 - 0 | Stoke City | LC |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 02 Dec | West Ham Utd. | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 19 Aug | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Potters in those games, with 7 conceded.
The Hammers 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. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Stoke City's 58 points from 42 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. West Ham Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 66 from their 42 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Ham Utd. are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Stoke City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 games since last away draw. 7 games since last defeat. |