| DID YOU KNOW? |
- West Ham United may find it difficult against 10th placed Stoke City today, since they have averaged only 0.53 goals-per-game against top-half opposition this season.
- Watching the line is not Hammers' strong point, as they have been caught offside the most times in the Premier League this season - straying behind the back line on 92 occasions.
- Since Avram Grant was issued a win ultimatum back in December of last year, the Hammers have won eight out of 15 games in all competitions.
- West Ham have kept only three clean sheets this term.
- Scott Parker is looking for his Stoke City hat-trick for the season, netting in the previous two games between the two in 2010-11 - one of which was a League Cup tie that ended 3-1 in favour of the Hammers.
- Stoke City are bottom of the Premier League’s half-time league, being up at the interval in only three of their 28 games so far.
- However, when they win at half-time, they keep it that way. Having held up to all of their interval leads, the Potters have the league’s only unblemished record.
- Stoke have been uninspiring, at best, in their travels recently, as they have lost their last five and have failed to score in the four most recent of these.
- Having hit the target with a meagre 36 per cent of their shots this season, it is not hard to see why.
- They are lethal from set-pieces, though, scoring the highest percentage of goals from training ground routines this term, with 56% of goals coming from such situations.
| LAST MEETING |
Extra-time strikes from Manuel Da Costa and Victor Obinna sealed the Hammers’ place in the League Cup quarter-finals after Scott Parker’s late equaliser cancelled out Kenwyne Jones’ opener.
| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
| West Ham: Green; Jacobsen, Spector, Tomkins, Bridge; O’Neil, Parker, Noble, Hitzlsperger; Demba Ba, Cole. |  |
| Stoke City: Begovic; Wilson, Huth, Shawcross, Pugh; Pennant, Whitehead, Delap; Jones, Walters, Carew. |  |
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1| Date | Opponent | H | A | N | H | A | Competition | |
| 27.02.2011. | Liverpool | 3:1 | O | England 1 | ||||
| 21.02.2011. | Burnley | 5:1 | O | England, Cup | ||||
| 12.02.2011. | West Bromwich Albion | 3:3 | O | England 1 | ||||
| 06.02.2011. | Birmingham City | 0:1 | U | England 1 | ||||
| 02.02.2011. | Blackpool | 3:1 | O | England 1 | ||||
| 30.01.2011. | Nottingham Forest | 3:2 | O | England, Cup | ||||
| 26.01.2011. | Birmingham City | 1:2 | O | England, League Cup | ||||
| 22.01.2011. | Everton | 2:2 | O | England 1 | ||||
| 15.01.2011. | Arsenal | 0:3 | O | England 1 | ||||
| 11.01.2011. | Birmingham City | 2:1 | O | England, League Cup |
Stoke City
Last 10 results
| Date | Opponent | H | A | N | H | A | Competition | |
| 28.02.2011. | West Bromwich Albion | 1:1 | U | England 1 | ||||
| 23.02.2011. | Arsenal | 0:1 | U | England 1 | ||||
| 19.02.2011. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3:0 | O | England, Cup | ||||
| 12.02.2011. | Birmingham City | 0:1 | U | England 1 | ||||
| 05.02.2011. | Sunderland | 3:2 | O | England 1 | ||||
| 02.02.2011. | Liverpool | 0:2 | U | England 1 | ||||
| 30.01.2011. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1:0 | U | England, Cup | ||||
| 22.01.2011. | Fulham | 0:2 | U | England 1 | ||||
| 18.01.2011. | Cardiff City | 0:0 | U | England, Cup | ||||
| 15.01.2011. | Bolton Wanderers | 2:0 | U | England 1 |
Mutual matches
| Date | H | A | N | H | A | Competition | Season |
| 27.10.2010. | 1:1 | U | England, League Cup | 2010/2011 | |||
| 18.09.2010. | 1:1 | U | England 1 | 2010/2011 | |||
| 27.03.2010. | 0:1 | U | England 1 | 2009/2010 | |||
| 17.10.2009. | 1:2 | O | England 1 | 2009/2010 | |||
| 02.05.2009. | 1:0 | U | England 1 | 2008/2009 | |||
| 28.12.2008. | 2:1 | O | England 1 | 2008/2009 | |||
| 19.04.2005. | 1:0 | U | England 2 | 2004/2005 | |||
| 19.10.2004. | 2:0 | U | England 2 | 2004/2005 | |||
| 24.04.2004. | 2:0 | U | England 2 | 2003/2004 | |||
| 09.12.2003. | 0:1 | U | England 2 | 2003/2004 |
Prediction
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