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Bolton Wdrs. face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Trotters 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 most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2009, with Stoke City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Wed 04 Mar | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wdrs. | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | Bolton Wdrs. | 3 - 1 | Stoke City | PREM |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 29 Jan | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Bolton Wdrs. | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 28 Sep | Bolton Wdrs. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 03 May | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Bolton Wdrs. | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 03 Sep | Bolton Wdrs. | 4 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Bolton Wdrs. is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. The Trotters have conceded 15 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Stoke City's 43 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Bolton Wdrs. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 34 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| Bolton Wdrs. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Potters, as the The Trotters have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Bolton Wdrs. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |