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Mark Hughes to remain in charge of Stoke City for West Bromwich Albion fixture?

Stoke City boss Mark Hughes will reportedly remain in charge of the club for Saturday's Premier League encounter with West Bromwich Albion.

By Darren Plant, Senior Reporter | 18 December 2017

Stoke City has reportedly decided to keep Mark Hughes in charge of the club for the Premier League clash with West Bromwich Albion.

On Saturday, Stoke suffered a 3-0 defeat at the hands of West Ham United, and the Potters have now lost five of their last six games in the top flight.

The weekend's result has left Stoke in 17th position in the standings - just one point above the relegation zone - and Hughes is now regarded as the bookmakers' favourite to be the next manager to be sacked this season.

However, according to the Stoke Sentinel, the club's hierarchy have decided to keep faith with Hughes for Saturday's all-important derby showdown with the Baggies.

Another defeat for Stoke would leave the Staffordshire-based outfit in the bottom three of the table, and it has been suggested that another setback could lead to a change of heart in the boardroom.

Hughes has been at Stoke since May 2013, with 70 wins coming from 195 matches in charge at the bet365 Stadium.

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2	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
3	Ipswich Town Ipswich	44	26	12	6	88	56	32	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	44	17	13	14	68	55	13	64
10	Preston North End Preston	44	18	9	17	56	61	-5	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24