Opta Stats: Stoke v West Brom

16Mar 2013

England - Premier League

It's a meeting of two sides in differing form, as struggling Stoke host the rejuvenated West Brom.

Stoke have taken 16 points from their seven Barclays Premier League meetings with WBA. They are 2.54 to win on Saturday.

Stoke average 2.29 points per game against the Baggies in the Premier League, only against Blackburn (2.38) do they have more. The Potters are 3.7 to keep a clean sheet.

Stoke have lost seven of their last nine Barclays Premier League games (W1 D1). A West Brom win is 3.15.

Stoke City have managed to score just once in the first half of their nine Premier League games in 2013. The half-time draw is 2.06.

The Potters have gone eight Premier League home games without a clean sheet after keeping four in a row in September-November. West Brom are 3.55 to keep a clean sheet.

Stoke have scored the highest proportion of goals in the opening 15 minutes of Premier League games this season (22%). They are 1.9 to score the first goal.

If the Premier League had started on January 1st 2013, Stoke would be bottom of the table with just four points. West Brom are 4.6 to win to nil.

37% of Stoke's Premier League goals this season have come from corners or throws. Stoke's beanpole striker Peter Crouch is 2.9 to score.

Five of Stoke's last six Premier League home games have gone over 2.5 goals with four of them going over 3.5 goals. Over 2.5 goals can be backed at 2.2.