Both aiming to record their first Championship victories of February, Stoke City and Leicester City clash at the bet365 Stadium on Saturday afternoon for a battle of the Midlands.

The Potters were knocked out of the FA Cup by Premier League Fulham in Staffordshire last weekend, whilst the Foxes were defeated in the same competition by second-tier Southampton.

Match preview

Following a promising start to the campaign in which a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2018 was suggested, Stoke City have fallen out of the playoff picture with just two Championship wins since the beginning of January.

In fact, the Potters winless run across all competitions stretched to a saddening seven matches (D3 L4) last weekend, when a well-worked Bae Jun-Ho goal was not enough to prevent Fulham from progressing into the fifth round of this year's FA Cup.

After collecting a mere three points from their past six second-tier battles, Saturday afternoon's hosts have slipped to an uninspiring 14th spot in the Championship standings ahead of this weekend, five points behind sixth-placed Derby County.

Winless in their last four matches (D1 L3) at the bet365 Stadium, Mark Robins's men have to cast their minds back to December 13 for...