West Bromwich Albion vs Stoke City Predictions

• Stoke City have won 10 of the last 19 meetings with West Brom, drawing four and losing the other five.
• Stoke City have scored in 16 of their 20 away league matches this season.
• There have been fewer than three goals in four of the last five meetings.

Baggies home form could be pivotal

West Bromwich Albion’s late charge for a spot in the playoffs is still underway and it was aided by a solid home win over second-placed Bournemouth during the week. This fixture against Stoke City will be the second of three straight home league matches and they’ll be desperate to claim another three points here. The ‘Baggies’ have lost just twice on home soil this season but there have been plenty of missed opportunities with seven of their 19 matches at The Hawthorns ending all square.

The visitors will have to settle with a place in midtable and don’t have too much to play for. However, that’s been the case for some time. They’ve still managed to pick up good wins against Sheffield United and Millwall in recent weeks and it seems with the pressure off, the ‘Potters’ are able to play with a little more fluidity. They’ll be hoping history repeats itself here as they have won the last two meetings via a 1-0 scoreline.

Stoke to leave with at least a point

The host’s win over second-placed Bournemouth was an important one, however, they haven’t secured back-to-back wins since early December 2021 and given their inconsistencies, we think they might slip up again here. We’ll side with the visitors on a +0.5 handicap.