Stoke City vs Crystal Palace: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats for the Premier League clash
Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Stoke's home clash with Crystal Palace...
Team news
Stoke
Stoke striker Jon Walters could feature in Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash against Crystal Palace despite suffering a fractured cheekbone last weekend.
Walters had a routine operation to repair the damage and could play wearing a protective mask but he will be assessed first.
Forward Victor Moses (leg) is unlikely to face his former club while defenders Erik Pieters (thigh) and Philipp Wollscheid (groin) will undergo fitness tests.
Provisional squad: Begovic, Butland, Wilson, Bardsley, Shawcross, Pieters, Wollscheid, Cameron, Whelan, Adam, Nzonzi, Sidwell, Teixeira, Ireland, Crouch, Moses, Arnautovic, Diouf, Walters, Shenton.
Alan Pardew has helped Crystal Palace move away from the Premier League relegation zone
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace will hand late fitness checks to wingers Jason Puncheon and Wilfried Zaha ahead of the Barclays Premier League trip to Stoke.
Puncheon (dead leg) and Zaha (hip) both suffered knocks during last weekend's 3-1 win over QPR.
Skipper Mile Jedinak is still suspended and striker Marouane Chamakh remains sidelined by a hamstring injury.
Provisional squad: Speroni, Delaney, Kelly, Dann, Ward, McArthur, Gayle, Zaha, Ledley, Bolasie, Puncheon, Gray, Hennessey, N'Diaye, Souare, Hangeland, Boateng, Mariappa, Ameobi, Sanogo, Murray.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Stoke City have won five of their last eight Premier League games at the Britannia Stadium (W5 D1 L2), with their only defeats coming against Chelsea and Manchester City.
Defeat last time out on the road against Southampton ended a run of five without loss for Palace away from home in the Premier League (D2 W3).
Stoke have hit the target with just 38 per cent of their attempts at goal, the lowest shooting accuracy in the Premier League.
The Potters are one of only two teams (along with Burnley) without a red card this season.
This is Stoke City’s best performance in the top flight since 1974-75 after 29 games of a season, when assuming three points for a win.
Stoke's Peter Crouch (left) celebrates with Erik Pieters after equalising for the Potters in a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace in December
Crystal Palace have not had more than 33 points after 29 games of a top flight season since 1991-92 when they had 40 points at this stage.
Since drawing 1-1 with Palace back in December, Stoke have lost four matches; they followed each of the first three defeats with a three game unbeaten run.
Palace have kept just one clean sheet in nine Premier League matches under Alan Pardew.
Only Spurs (16) have recovered more points from losing positions than Crystal Palace (15) so far this season.
Only West Ham (15) have scored more headed goals than Stoke City this season and six of the last eight goals the Potters have netted have come via this route.
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