Who will claim the win when Rotherham United visit Stoke City? In this preview you'll find all the relevant info and stats necessary to make a prediction.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Stoke nor Rotherham United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Stoke City form and stats
Stoke City have played 6 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Stoke City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Preston North End's place. The match ended 2-0 with Campbell and Smallbone scoring. Midfield player Baker got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, the max score being 10. Baker served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Sheffield United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stoke handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Stoke City, as the Championship home game vs Coventry City is only four days away.
Stoke City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stoke defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Rotherham United form and stats
0 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Rotherham United playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Rotherham United go into this game after a win, the home game against Huddersfield Town that ended 2-1. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone four league fixtures without winning. Kelly came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Huddersfield Town last time out, making the manager Taylor feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Barlaser was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.55. Barlaser served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Blackburn Rovers's place.We have checked recent matches where Rotherham United have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hull City in just four days.
Rotherham are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 5 away games. 7 goals have been conceded by Rotherham United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stoke have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Rotherham United.Top Goalscorers
  L. Baker 4 goals |   R. Wood 4 goals |  C. Ogbene 4 goals |
Stoke City missing players
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| Stoke City | Rotherham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 17 | 9 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 60% | 85% |
| 79% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 85% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 38% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 38% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 80% | 38% |
| 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.6 | 4.2 |
| 6.4 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.4 | 9.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
| 32% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 17% | 37% |
| 11.9 | 10.5 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.8 | 12.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 |
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Championship
- Rotherham United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rotherham United have yet to win a game away.
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rotherham United have scored away.
- Stoke City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
