Stoke vs West Brom Prediction: Baggies to win on the road again

Stoke City host West Bromwich Albion in the Championship on Saturday (15:00), hoping to bounce back from last week's 3-0 defeat at Watford. The Baggies were held to a goalless draw with Leeds United last time out and they will look to their unbeaten start to the season going. 

Read on for my Stoke vs West Brom prediction, including match odds and team news.

Stoke vs West Brom Odds

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Stoke are 6/4 to win here, which gives them a 40% chance of victory. West Brom are 15/8 to take the three points, giving them an implied probability of 34.8%. The draw is available at 11/5 (31.3%).

Both teams to score is priced at 5/6 and over 2.5 goals can be backed at 6/5.

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Team News

Michael Rose remains unavailable for Stoke due to injury, with the defender yet to make an appearance this season. Summer signing Sam Gallagher is also in the treatment room with a calf problem.

Jed Wallace and Grady Diangana provided Albion with a boost last week as they made their first appearances of the season against Leeds, which will give boss Carlos Corberan more options to choose from in attack.

Despite new signing Gianluca Frabotta's availability, Torbjorn Heggem is set to hold his place at left-back following an excellent start to the season.

West Brom to win @ 15/8

Despite a summer of key player exits and PSR problems, Corberan continues to show that he is an excellent coach, and you have to imagine where West Brom would be if he left.

The Baggies have started well with a win and a draw, and I think their fine start will continue with another win against Stoke on Saturday. Their other win this term came on the road against Queens Park Rangers, and I think they will be a force to be reckoned with on the road this season.

Stoke picked up an impressive home win against Coventry on the opening weekend but they were brought back down to earth with a humbling 3-0 defeat at Watford last time out. I think the Potters will still be reeling from that loss, which Albion can capitalise on.

Josh Maja anytime goalscorer @ 5/2

After a surprising hat-trick at QPR, it felt as though we were starting to see the Josh Maja that was making a name for himself at Sunderland several years ago. In one game he trebled his goal return from last season for Albion, having managed just 12 appearances in the Championship in 2023/24.

With Daryl Dike injured, Maja is being entrusted to lead the line for the Baggies and with three goals already, his confidence will be the highest it has been in a long time. He will relish the chance to face a defence that let in three goals last week. They in contrast will be low in confidence, which could present him the chance to get back on the scoresheet and help his side to another victory.

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