West Bromwich Albion winger Nacer Chadli. (Photo : Getty Images)
Cellar-dwelling side Stoke City FC (0-4-1, 1 point) and middling squad West Bromwich Albion FC (2-2-1, 7 points) are scheduled to face off at the Bet365 Stadium on Sep. 24, Saturday as the 2016-2017 Premier League season moves forward.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 10:00 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Stoke City is on a four-game losing slide at the moment as they also had been winless in their first five matches this season after settling for a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough in their opener last month.
From there, their next three losses were against Manchester City (1-4), Everton (0-1), and Tottenham (0-4), almost all via lopsided fashion.
Their most recent game resulted in again another crushing loss, this time to Crystal Palace, 1-4, on the road at the Selhurst Park last Sunday, via The Guardian.
Palace netted the game's first four goals, courtesy of defender James Tomkins, team captain Scott Dann, midfielder James McArthur, and winger Andros Townsend at the ninth, 11th, 71st, and 75th minutes, before striker Marko Arnautovic netted one in stoppage time to put his team on the board.
Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion tripped West Ham United in a high-scoring 4-2 victory at the Hawthorns last Saturday to earn their second win of the season, as per SkySports.
Belgian winger Nacer Chadli, who was just signed by West Brom last month from Tottenham for a fee of £13 million, contributed a brace to lead head coach Tony Pulis' side over the Hammers.
Chadli opened the scoring with a spot kick at the eighth minute before striker Salomon Rondon doubled the lead at the 37th. Midfielder James McClean gave the hosts a 3-0 lead at the break with a goal at the 44th.
Chadli then netted his second goal 11 minutes after the restart to make an insurmountable 4-0 advantage, but still West Ham fought back by scoring the game's last two goals at the 61st and 65th via strikes from midfielders Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini.
The win snapped the Baggies' three-game winless skid and placed them at the 10th spot of the 20-team English top flight table after five rounds of competitions.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 win for West Bromwich Albion.
Stoke City starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Given; Johnson, Shawcross, Cameron, Martins Indi; Whelan, Allen; Walters, Bojan, Arnautovic; Bony
West Bromwich Albion starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Foster; Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Galloway; Fletcher, Yacob; Phillips, Chadli, McClean; Rondon
