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TEAM NEWS

Ryan Shawcross is suffering with a back injury so £18m Kevin Wimmer could make his Potters debut. Maxim Choupo-Moting will have a late fitness test but all of Stoke's other internationals report back fit.

Luke Shaw is close to a return but today's game comes too soon. He joins the usual suspects, Marcos Rojo, Ashley Young and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who miss out due to injury.

LAWRO SAYS

Stoke City 0-2 Manchester United

SAM'S VERDICT

Most probable score: 0-1
Probability of draw: 21%
Probability of home win: 14%
Probability of away win: 65%
SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) is a super-computer created by @ProfIanMcHale of the University of Liverpool that is used to predict the outcome of football matches.

SOCIAL MEDIA

https://twitter.com/stokecity/status/906449600805978112

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/905429054521790465

Looking forward to this

2 or 3 nil to united

Stoke fans who live close to port vale to sing we support our local team

Tight 20 then move up the gears 0-2 jones to score lukaku on break

Loved pure's run on the match threads but I've got to say that's a decent spread from switchers. Graphics, stats, opinions - nicely laid out too. If anything, too professional.

Both thumbs raised here at Keith Towers.

Hope we win

No question about that

Originally Posted by puressence

Tight 20 then move up the gears 0-2 jones to score lukaku on break

This is pure not being mad at all.

Can see us conceding early but then controlling the game. 3-1 United.

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/906540239849705472

No Fellaini

Swapped Mata for Herrera to shore up the midfield - probs the tactic he'll use against the tougher teams

https://twitter.com/stokecity/status/906540229540147201

Are we going to be treated to the sight of Charlie Adam hacking and fouling his way around the pitch like a sunday league pisshead?

I knew Darmian would come back in.

That's absolutely nothing happening down our left side then.

Originally Posted by Billy Redface

I knew Darmian would come back in.

That's absolutely nothing happening down our left side then.

You never know that left back we spent 28m on might play a game one of these days.

Be good to see how the midfield fares against Fletcher.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

You never know that left back we spent 28m on might play a game one of these days.

Took me precisely 11 seconds to remember who that was then.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

You never know that left back we spent 28m on might play a game one of these days.

He's shit, though

Rio identifying a few times the midfield went missing against Leicester

Herrera surely the thinking behind that.
Makes us very narrow though.

Originally Posted by n48

Be good to see how the midfield fares against Fletcher.

He'll shit all over them.