Stoke vs Leicester: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash
Ahead of the Premier League's weekend action, Sportsmail will be providing you with team news, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all you need to know as Stoke take on Leicester.
In or out? Keep up-to-date with all the latest team news and stats ahead of the weekend games
Stoke vs Leicester (bet365 Stadium)
Team news
Stoke
Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross is an injury doubt for the visit of Leicester.
Manager Mark Hughes is hopeful the defender will recover from a thigh injury in time but has fit-again Bruno Martins Indi on hand to deputise.
Geoff Cameron is not ready to return after concussion but veterans Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson are both available again.
Provisional Squad: Butland, Grant, Zouma, Wimmer, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Johnson, Pieters, Ngoy, Edwards, Diouf, Fletcher, Allen, Adam, Afellay, Jese, Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting, Sobhi, Berahino, Crouch.
Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross is an injury doubt for the visit of Leicester with a thigh injury
Leicester
Leicester are waiting to see if Ben Chilwell will recover from a minor knee knock in time to face Stoke.
The left-back, who started in the 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday, will be assessed ahead of Saturday's trip to the bet365 Stadium.
Robert Huth (knee) continues to sit out while midfielder Matty James is also troubled by an Achilles problem ahead of Claude Puel's second game in charge. Adrien Silva will remain unregistered until January.
Provisional squad: Schmeichel, Jakupovic, Hamer, Simpson, Fuchs, Morgan, Chilwell, Maguire, Dragovic, Wasilewski, Benalouane, Iborra, Ndidi, Amartey, Gray, Albrighton, Mahrez, Musa, Vardy, Ulloa, Slimani, Okazaki, Iheanacho.
Leicester are waiting to see if Ben Chilwell will recover from a minor knee knock in time
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
Stoke have never beaten Leicester at home in the Premier League in three attempts (D2 L1); the Potters' last home league win against them came in March 2007, a 4-2 victory in the Championship.
The Foxes' only defeat in six Premier League games against Stoke came in January 2015 at the King Power, losing 1-0 - they've won three and drawn two of the other six games.
Leicester have come from two goals down to draw 2-2 in each of their last two Premier League visits to the bet365 Stadium, one of only seven instances of a team coming from two or more goals behind to draw or win on two separate occasions away from home at a single club.
These two sides have the third (Leicester – 41 per cent) and second (Stoke – 37.8 per cent) lowest average possession figures in the Premier League this season; only WBA (35.3 per cent) have averaged lower.
As Saints boss last season, Claude Puel won four of his final seven away games in the league
Stoke haven't managed back-to-back wins in the Premier League since January, with the first of their two wins back then coming against Watford.
As Saints boss last season, Claude Puel won four of his final seven away games in the Premier League (D1 L2), with those two defeats coming against the final top two (Chelsea and Tottenham).
Mame Biram Diouf has scored in three of his last four Premier League games (three goals) – as many as in his previous 52 appearances in the competition.
Jamie Vardy has found the net in three of his last four Premier League appearances against Stoke; scoring three goals including the equaliser in the 2-2 draw in September 2015.
Vardy has netted six goals in his 10 league appearances this season – four more than he had at this stage in 2016-17. He's just two goals shy of becoming the first player to score 50 Premier League goals for Leicester City.
Riyad Mahrez and Vardy have combined for a goal (one player assisting for the other) just five times in the Premier League since they won the title. In the title-winning campaign of 2015-16, they combined for eight goals.
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