Three ways to back your team: Stoke City

Stoke 7/1 to be relegated

We’re fast approaching the new season, but there’s still plenty of time left in the transfer window for Hughes to attract the players needed to improve on last term. Will he get the cash needed to attract a good standard of player, and will he get the names he wants? There are still too many questions hanging over Stoke at this point in the summer, and that will be a worry for supporters. Selling Arnautovic will help balance the books, but there’s no getting away from the fact they’ve lost a good player to a rival. Bringing in new recruits on loan isn’t ideal either. Zouma is supremely talented, but his loyalties lie with the champions. Our boys don’t think they’ll be relegated, but we don’t have quite as much confidence in The Potters. 7/1 deserves a second look. They’re as tight as 1/16 to stay up.

Potters to finish higher than West Brom

Why not spice up your enjoyment of the season with a match bet? Coral are offering a number of options for every top-flight side. The Potters have been matched with some decent opponents, and all you have to do is say if they will finish higher or lower than another side. It doesn’t matter where in the league the two teams end, as long as Stoke pick up more points. Will they do better than Midlands club West Brom? There’s 4/5 on offer that they will, while The Baggies are 10/11 to win that race. That should give you an interest lasting much of the season. There’s even money at the time of writing on them using that £20m wisely to finish higher in the final pecking order than West Ham.

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