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Stoke City face a trip to Plymouth Argyle at Home Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 17 games played, Potters have recorded 5 wins, and Plymouth Arg. have come away with 8 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2004, when they played out a goalless draw in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Plymouth Arg. | 0 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1992/1993 | Wed 28 Apr | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 12 Sep | Plymouth Arg. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 17 Mar | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 07 Oct | Plymouth Arg. | 3 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 01 Apr | Stoke City | 2 - 2 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Plymouth Argyle are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Pilgrims's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The Potters 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 Potters's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.
Plymouth Arg. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca Cola Championship with a return of just 9 points from their 11 games thus far. Stoke City's 16 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Plymouth Arg. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stoke City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Plymouth Arg. | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Stoke City | 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |