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Man. City travel to take on Stoke City at Britannia Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues 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 last time the two teams met at Stoke City was back in January 1999, over five years ago, with Man. City inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Potters in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 26 Oct | Man. City | 3 - 0 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 1998/1999 | Fri 29 Jan | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Man. City | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 28 Dec | Man. City | 2 - 1 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 03 May | Stoke City | 2 - 5 | Man. City | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Wed 22 Oct | Man. City | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 22 Mar | Man. City | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 24 Aug | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Man. City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. Only 2 goals have been registered in this time, with 3 in the wrong end.
Man. City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Sky Blues's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Stoke City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 21 points from their 23 games thus far. Man. City's 28 points from 22 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 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Although Man. City have been far from successful in recent away games, I can see nothing other than an easy victory for them against Stoke City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 11 most recent games. |
| Man. City | Not won in previous 4 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |