Premier League In Focus – Stoke vs Newcastle Preview

When? Monday 1^st January, 15:00 (UK)

Where? Bet365 Stadium

What channel is it on? Stoke vs Newcastle will not be televised live in the UK

Are tickets still available?

Stoke - https://www.scfcdirect.com/events.aspx

Newcastle – SOLD OUT

Where can I stream the match? N/A

HEAD-TO-HEAD
Last five meetings: Stoke W2, Newcastle W1, D2
Premier League meetings: Stoke W6, Newcastle W5, D4
All-time meetings: Stoke W27, Newcastle W44, D21

STOKE

Predicted line-up: Butland; Edwards, Cameron, Zouma, Wimmer; Shaqiri, Fletcher, Allen, Sobhi; Choupo-Moting; Crouch

Unavailable: Ireland (Injured), Martins-Indi (Injured), Jese (Personal reasons), Johnson (Injured), Shawcross (Injured)

Doubtful: Pieters (Injured)

NEWCASTLE

Predicted line-up: Darlow; Yedlin, Clark, Lascelles, Dummett; Ritchie, Hayden, Shelvey, Atsu; Perez; Gayle

Unavailable: Colback (Injured), Haidara (Injured), Gamez (Injured), Mitrovic (Injured), Lejeune (Injured)

Doubtful: Elliot (Injured)

PREDICTION
Stoke's leaky defence reared its ugly head once again conceding five against Chelsea and that continues to be an issue for them. Newcastle will aim to keep things tight and grab a goal or two on the counter or from set pieces and they should be able to capitalise so expect both teams to score.

MEMORABLE MEETING
March 2011 pitted the two teams together at what was then called the Britannia Stadium and it was a very memorable performance for Tony Pulis’ Stoke side. They made light work of the travelling Newcastle side and the Magpies would return to Tyneside empty handed having been dealt a heavy 4-0 defeat.