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Stoke City pack their bags to visit Watford at Vicarage Road Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Potters 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 previous match played between the two at Vicarage Road Stadium was within the last three years, in January 2006, the Hornets carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 09 Dec | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Watford | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Stoke City | 0 - 3 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Apr | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Watford | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | Stoke City | 3 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Watford | 1 - 3 | Stoke City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Watford have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Stoke City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Potters have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Watford are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 63 points from 37 games. Stoke City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 66 points from the 38 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Stoke City are in a sorry state of late on their travels, though the Mad panel can see them coming away from Vicarage Road Stadium with a well-deserved point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Watford | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 5 games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Stoke City | 7 games since last away draw. |