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Stoke City face a trip to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Potters will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 8 and win only 2 of the 13 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2006, with Stoke City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Rangers in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Q.P.R. | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Queens Park Rangers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Stoke City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Potters, and 7 goals against.
Q.P.R. are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 52 from their 45 matches played. Stoke City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 72 from their 45 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Q.P.R. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stoke City are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Q.P.R.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Q.P.R. | Won 3 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Stoke City | 7 games since last defeat. |