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Stoke City prepare to entertain Leicester City at Britannia Stadium on Friday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Potters are clearly on top, having won 22 and lost only 8 of the 42 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Britannia Stadium was less than a year ago, in February 2005, as the Potters squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 09 Aug | Leicester City | 4 - 2 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 22 Feb | Stoke City | 3-2 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Leicester City | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 11 Jan | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 14 Aug | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 15 May | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | D1PO |
| 1995/1996 | Sun 12 May | Leicester City | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | D1PO |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Potters's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Leicester City's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 leaked at the wrong end.
Stoke City's 31 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 24 points from their 21 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 12 |
| Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Attention punters! I see this as an opportunity for the Potters to get the show back on the road by taking all the three points available. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 18 . |
| Leicester City | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |