FM Preview: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City 11 Apr 2010

History of the Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City fixture

Wolves are ready to welcome Stoke City to Molineux at lunchtime on Sunday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Wolves are clearly on top, having won 41 and lost only 13 of the 72 games.

The previous match played between the two at Molineux was within the last three years, in February 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 2-4 winners in a Championship match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2009/2010	Sat 31 Oct	Stoke City	2 - 2	Wolves	PREM
2007/2008	Sat 09 Feb	Wolves	2-4	Stoke City	CHMP
2007/2008	Sat 01 Sep	Stoke City	0 - 0	Wolves	CHMP
2006/2007	Sat 13 Jan	Stoke City	1 - 1	Wolves	CHMP
2006/2007	Sat 23 Sep	Wolves	2 - 0	Stoke City	CHMP
2005/2006	Tue 07 Mar	Wolves	0 - 0	Stoke City	CHMP
2005/2006	Sat 24 Sep	Stoke City	1 - 3	Wolves	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Wolverhampton Wanderers have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. Only 3 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.

Stoke City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Wolves find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 33 matches. Stoke City's 42 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Wolves	6	2	2	2	7	6	8
Stoke City	6	2	2	2	5	5	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Molineux for the Wolves and the Madmen are unable to see past Stoke City claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Wolves	Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Stoke City	Last drawn game 4 outings ago.