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Stoke City v Newcastle United

theguardian 

Alan Pardew will be hoping that the extra recovery time afforded by a Monday night fixture will aid his sickly trio of Papiss Cissé, Yoan Gouffran and Tim Krul. Cissés two goals against Hull last Saturday may have saved the Newcastle managers job at least for now but Pardew might have been under a lot less pressure if the Senegal striker had contributed more than 21 minutes of playing time so far this season. Stoke, usually so solid at the Britannia Stadium, have lost both their home league games and could be vulnerable. Rich Flower

Kick-off Monday 8pm

Venue Britannia Stadium

Last season Stoke 1 Newcastle 0

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee C Pawson

This season G4, Y17, R0, 4.25 cards per game

Odds H 11-10 A 11-4 D 9-4

Stoke City v Newcastle United
Stoke City v Newcastle United: probable starters in bold, contenders in light.
Stoke City



Subs from Butland, Sorensen, Huth, Muniesa, Palacios, Diouf, Wilkinson, Walters, Sidwell, Teixeira, Assaidi, Krkic

Doubtful Walters (calf)

Injured Cameron (hernia, 4 Oct), Odemwingie (knee, May)

Suspended None

Form LDWLD

Discipline Y7 R0

Leading scorer Diouf 2

Newcastle United

Subs from Alnwick, Elliot, Anita, Cissé, Ferreyra, Pérez, Haïdara, Vuckic, Satka, Obertan, S Taylor, Ameobi, Armstrong

Doubtful Cissé (illness), Gouffran (illness), Krul (illness)

Injured R Taylor (knee, 11 Oct), Aarons (hamstring, Nov), Santon (knee, Nov), De Jong (groin, Jan), Gutiérrez (illness)

Suspended Abeid (one match)

Form LDDLD

Discipline Y5 R1

Leading scorer Cissé 2