Stoke City are eagerly awaiting hosts Brighton & Hove Albion at Bet365 Stadium this weekend. Although the English Premier League title is not a target of them, but the match on Saturday (10/2) at 22:00 pm has become their mandatory agenda to play.
stoke under the direction Paul Lambert wants to release their status from the shackles of the relegation zone. They are now in the 18th position of the standings, or the bottom three positions on the board standings. unlike the case with Brighton who are 3 points ahead of Stoke and are in 13th position of English Premier League standings.
It looks like the score 2-1 becomes an unlucky number of Stoke City. Because, in early January, The Potters suffered a 2-1 defeat against Coventry. and the same score leads them to misfortune at home to Bournemouth. But there are more tragic, namely when they defeated Manchester United with a final score of 3-0.
despite suffering heavy defeats, but The Potters have already felt victory when they host Huddersfield Town and locked up a goalless draw against Watford.
brighton who in fact is a promotional team, it seems already commonplace for the chest in accepting defeat. If Stoke are defeated by Manchester United, it's different with Brighton being defeated by Chelsea.
the defeat of the Blues is tragic, not just the score 0-4 they get, but because the defeat is the home game. Another defeat they feel when facing West Bromwich Albion with a score of 2-0.