Coventry City face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2002, with Coventry City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Potters in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | Coventry City | 4 - 2 | Stoke City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Coventry City | 0 - 1 | Stoke City | LD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | LD1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 21 Feb | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Coventry City | FAC |
| 1984/1985 | Fri 17 May | Stoke City | 0 - 1 | Coventry City | DIV1 |
| 1984/1985 | Tue 01 Jan | Coventry City | 4 - 0 | Stoke City | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 18 Feb | Coventry City | 2 - 3 | Stoke City | DIV1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Potters in those games, with 6 conceded.
Coventry City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Sky Blues's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Stoke City see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 52 points from their 38 games played so far, Coventry City's 55 points from 39 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Sky Blues could well see them head back from Britannia Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Coventry City | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |