West Bromwich – Stoke City, Championship Prediction

West Bromwich keep failing in their bid to win the Championship. Fortunately for them, Leeds is not winning either, but the teams below them in the standings are slowly but surely approaching which is a problem for Baggies. They even lost their first home game of the season to Boro, and they made too many draws the rest of the time. The reason is their weak defensive play. A lot of mistakes are made in this zone.

Stoke City is so close to the relegation zone. The potters are fighting hard to survive. Lately Stoke has taken some important and unexpected victories based on their tragic performance most of the time in the Championship. Stoke have serious difficulties to create chances and score goals as a guest. They are too monotonous and predictable. What they try to do often is easily stopped by opposing teams.

 Expert view : We are going to bet on West Brom and there is no other way. They are favorites in the match, but the odds of winning are high enough for us to use. If we see the draws at home, most are either against the strongest teams in the league or against teams in very good shape in the championship at the moment. Stoke are not in their best shape and the potters have not won in 5 consecutive visits to the Hawthorns. Prediction – West Bromwich to win at 1.77.

Stoke have 6 losses in their last 8 away games