Stoke City vs Bournemouth Predictions, 21 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-2
Stoke City vs Bournemouth Predictions, 21 Oct 2017
Stoke City v Bournemouth Predictions for Saturday's 3.00pm kick-off league fixture set to see Stoke City host a Bournemouth side at Bet365 Stadium. Stoke will be looking to bounce back after conceding 7 goals to Manchester City last weekend, losing 7-2 at the Etihad. Mark Hughes’ team have had a slow start to the season, gaining just 8 points in as many matches.
Match status: 2017/18 FA Premier League - Matchweek 9
Kick-off:
Venue: "Bet365 Stadium" in Stoke-on-Trent, England

Stoke City v Bournemouth Team News

A strong case can be made for Stoke at home, this season 7 of their 8 points so far have come at the Britannia stadium. Bournemouth have yet to win on the road this season and have picked up 0 points whilst playing away. In the H2H’s at Stoke, the home team has triumphed on 5 of 6 occasions.

Stoke will see this game as an opportunity to kick-start their season, as Bournemouth have looked far from perfect themselves. Bournemouth have lost 6 of 8 games in the PL so far; only scoring 4 times in the process, they also boast a poor goal/game ratio of 0.5.

Josh King & Jermaine Defoe are struggling to retain their fine form of last season, in which they scored 31 goals between them. This PL season they have both managed just a single goal apiece after 8 games, half of Bournemouth's total tally.

Last season’s hot-tempered match between Stoke and Bournemouth at the Britannia saw 6 cards. 5 of the 8 matches involving Bournemouth this season have brought 4+ cards, whilst 3 of Stoke’s matches have resulted in 4+ cards.

Stoke City vs Bournemouth Predictions, 21 Oct 2017

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Stoke City: Jack Butland - Kevin Wimmer, Geoff Cameron, Kurt Zouma - Erik Pieters, Darren Fletcher, Joe Allen, Mame Biram Diouf - Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Xherdan Shaqiri - Jese (3-4-2-1 formation)

Bournemouth: Asmir Begovic - Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Nathan Ake, Charlie Daniels - Junior Stanislas, Harry Arter, Andrew Surman, Marc Pugh - Joshua King - Jermain Defoe (4-4-1-1 formation)

Missing Players of Stoke City and Bournemouth:

Stoke City: The Potters will miss the presence of Stephen Ireland, Jakob Haugaard and Ryan Shawcross to injury.

Bournemouth: Adam Federici, Tyrone Mings, Brad Smith and Callum Wilson will not feature here as they all are with some shape problems.

Head-to-Head PL Record: Stoke City v Bournemouth

2016/17 Premier League
Bournemouth 2-2 Stoke City

2016/17 Premier League
Stoke City 0-1 Bournemouth

2015/16 Premier League
Bournemouth 1-3 Stoke City

2015/16 Premier League
Stoke City 2-1 Bournemouth

Stoke City v Bournemouth Match Odds:

Stoke City 23/20
Draw 12/5
Bournemouth 11/4


Our Betting Tip:
Both Teams to Score @ 1.80
Correct Score:
2-1 Home Win @ 9.00

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