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Brighton & HA face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 18 games played, Seagulls have recorded 3 wins, and Stoke City have come away with 8 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2005, with Stoke City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 17 Dec | Brighton & HA | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 05 Mar | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Brighton & HA | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 17 Sep | Brighton & HA | 1 - 2 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Fri 01 Mar | Stoke City | 3 - 1 | Brighton & HA | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 18 Sep | Brighton & HA | 1 - 0 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 09 Jan | Brighton & HA | 2 - 2 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Potters have scored 6, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Brighton & HA's away form is none too clever either, remaining unbeaten in the last six, though five of those have been draws. The Seagulls's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Stoke City's 22 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Brighton & HA are currently lying in 19th place in Coca Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 16 from their 17 matches played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Brighton & HA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An indifferent set of results for Brighton & HA on the road, and I believe this game is only going to yield a solitary point for the Seagulls. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 13 . |
| Brighton & HA | Undefeated in last 6 away games. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |