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Stoke v Brentford (12:30 BST, Sky Sports Football)

Brentford aren't slowing down as they keep the pressure on the top-two. West Brom's clash with Huddersfield on Friday night may well set up the Bees to move into the automatic promotion places with victory here.

Thomas Frank's side have won all seven games since the lockdown and they are well placed for more points here. However, there is trying to find a balance between saying that their form puts them in a good place while also accepting that they can't win forever.

The Asian Handicap has the away side at -0.75 which shows how the money is willing to follow the form guide. Stoke are an interesting team though and would be out of relegation trouble if Michael O'Neill had been there from the start; they bounced back from a 5-0 hammering at Leeds with a win over Birmingham and a draw away at Bristol City.

A win here will secure their Sky Bet Championship status for another season but Stoke aren't fancied to be in the bottom-three when the campaign finishes. They'd much rather guarantee it as soon as possible as opposed to it going down to final day on Wednesday.

The Potters' home form has been a positive under O'Neill with just two losses from their last 12; that run includes a 4-1 victory over Hull followed by a 4-0 hammering of Barnsley. Even playing behind-closed-doors hasn't affected their positive results.

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