FM Preview: Stoke City v Chelsea 07 Dec 2013

Last updated : 06 December 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Stoke City v Chelsea fixture

Chelsea face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 17 of the 41 previous games, with the hosts winning just 15.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Britannia Stadium was less than a year ago, in January 2013, where Chelsea annihilated the Blues 0-4 in a Premier League match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 12 Jan Stoke City 0-4 Chelsea Premier League
2012/2013 Sat 22 Sep Chelsea 1 - 0 Stoke City Premier League
2011/2012 Sat 10 Mar Chelsea 1 - 0 Stoke City Premier League
2011/2012 Sun 14 Aug Stoke City 0 - 0 Chelsea Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 02 Apr Stoke City 1 - 1 Chelsea Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 28 Aug Chelsea 2 - 0 Stoke City Premier League
2009/2010 Sun 25 Apr Chelsea 7 - 0 Stoke City Premier League

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Recent respective form guides

Stoke City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 3 to 2.

Chelsea's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Blues, and 5 goals against.

Stoke City find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 14 points from their 14 matches.

Chelsea's total of 30 points from their 14 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Stoke City 6 0 5 1 10 12 5
Chelsea 6 2 2 2 12 9 8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Chelsea are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Stoke City Drawn last 6 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Not won in the 13 most recent games.
Chelsea Not won in previous 3 away matches.

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