Stoke City vs Bournemouth Prediction 19 November 2016
On Saturday November 19 2016 at 15:00 in the regular game of the 12th matchday of the English Premier League at the Bet365 Stadium Stoke City play against Bournemouth.
Even though Stoke seem to be very ambitious, they are still far from the first half of the table. The starting games were very unsuccessful for the Porters. Yet, their results improved a lot in the latest matches and the position in the standings also got better. The draw against West Ham 1:1 was their fourth one in the current season and prolonged the lossless series of the Porters which is now 6 games long. Consequently, after 11 games played Stoke City have 12 points and take the 12th place in the table.
Bournemouth are also in an unstable situation after the starting period of the current championship. The loss to Sunderland 1:2 in the previous game was the second one in a raw and the fifth one in the season. Before that the Cherries lost to Middlesbrough 2:0, drew Tottenham 0:0 and Watford 2:2, outplayed Hull City 6:1. These results let the teams gain 12 points and take the 13th place in the league with 13:16 goal difference.
Stoke City won most of the games played between the teams. Even though they started the season not in the best way, they are still improving their results and their position and have some distance from the relegation zone. We must also admit that Bournemouth have never gained any points at the Stoke city home stadium and usually concede two or more goals a game. We think that the Porters will manage to concentrate and get their three points they need so much in that upcoming home game.