Stoke City vs Crystal Palace starting line-ups: Xherdan Shaqiri out with injury as Glen Johnson returns to bench
SunSport brings you all the news ahead of the crunch Premier League clash
STOKE remain without key man Xherdan Shaqiri for their clash against Crystal Palace but welcome back Glen Johnson to the bench.
Johnson hd been out with an Achilles injury but Shaqiri continues to suffer from a muscle problem.
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The Eagles were battered 4-0 by their fellow relegation strugglers while Mark Hughes' side lost 1-0 at West Brom on the weekend.
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SunSport prediction
Stoke head into the Premier League clash in better form than Crystal Palace.
But Big Sam will be demanding a good performance from his side after a humiliating loss to basement boys Sunderland.
Prediction: 1-1
Match stats
- Stoke have lost five of their last six Premier League matches against Palace (D1), losing each of the last four.
- In all competitions, the Eagles are on a run of five consecutive victories against the Potters and haven’t lost against them since August 2013.
- Stoke have lost just one of their last 10 home Premier League games (W4 D5).
- Sam Allardyce has won only one of his seven Premier League visits as a manager to the Bet365 Stadium (D2 L4) – a 1-0 win while West Ham manager in March 2013. This will be his eighth visit with his fourth different club (Blackburn, West Ham and Sunderland previously).
- Allardyce has collected just four points in his first seven Premier League games as Palace boss, his worst start as manager of a Premier League club (previous worst after seven games was nine points with Sunderland last season).
- The Eagles have received the second most yellow cards in the Premier League this season (54) but are yet to receive a red card.
- Christian Benteke has scored nine goals for the Eagles this season – only two Palace players have ever reached double figures in a Premier League season (Chris Armstrong, 15 in 1992-93 and Andy Johnson, 21 in 2004-05).
- Stoke forward Saido Berahino has hit three goals in seven Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace – against no side has he scored more (also scored three against Sunderland and West Ham).
- Peter Crouch has been involved in five of Stoke’s last eight Premier League goals (four goals, one assist).
- Since his Premier League debut in September 2012, only Olivier Giroud (24) has scored more headed goals than Christian Benteke (20), with four of those coming this season.
When is Stoke vs Crystal Palace?
Crystal Palace host Stoke in their Premier League clash at 3pm on Saturday February 11.
What TV channel is Stoke vs Crystal Palace on?
Crystal Palace vs Stoke is not being broadcast on TV.
You can follow all the action and goals as they fly in with our live blog, with build-up starting from 2.30pm.
And then you can watch match highlights on the Sun Football app from 5.30pm.