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Your support makes all the difference.Mark Hughes’s Stoke are the latest team tasked with trying to halt Chelsea's seemingly inevitable march towards the title.
SHughes’ side have only one victory against Chelsea at home in 17 attempts in the Premier League and, to make their task even harder, they will be without the injured Jack Butland.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte could extend Chelsea’s gap at the top to 13 points as second-place Spurs don’t play until Sunday.
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What time does it start?
Stoke City vs Chelsea kicks off at 3.00pm
Where can I watch it?
The match will be available to listen to on BBC Radio 5 Live from 3.00pm.
It’s a big game for…
Peter Crouch. The 36-year-old striker has scored four goals this season and is only four away from his recent best of 8 in the league, which came two seasons ago.
With what seems to be an impenetrable defence at times, Chelsea do appear to have one weakness: high balls to the back post. Crouch could prove key in this regard.
Remember when…
The last time Stoke beat Chelsea in the league was by a one goal margin, as Marko Arnautovic acrobatically finished past Asmir Begovic ito compound Jose Mourinho's misery.
Player to watch…
Cesc Fabregas. The midfielder has been in fine form with seven assists and two goals this season.
Past three-meetings….
Chelsea 4 (Cahill, Willian 2, Costa) Stoke 2 (Martins Indi, Crouch), Premier League, December 2016
Chelsea 1 (Traore) Stoke 1 (Diouf), Premier League, December 2016
Stoke 1 (Arnautovic) Chelsea 0, Premier League, November 2016
Form guide…
Stoke City: DDLWLW
Chelsea: WDWWWW
Odds…
Stoke City to win: 27/5
Chelsea to win: 5/9
Draw: 3/1
(Odds provided by 888 Sport)
Now we turn our attentions to the three o'clock kick-offs in the Premier League with our attention on the match between Stoke City and leaders Chelsea at the Britannia Stadium our main focus.
Here's how the teams line up for this afternoon's five Premier League matches...
Stoke v Chelsea
Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Pieters, Ramadan, Cameron, Allen, Arnautovic, Walters, Berahino
Subs: Given, Muniesa, Whelan, Afellay, Adam, Diouf, Crouch
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill, Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso, Willian, Diego Costa, Pedro
Subs: Begovic, Fabregas, Zouma, Ake, Loftus-Cheek, Batshuayi, Chalobah
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Crystal Palace v Watford
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Tomkins, Sakho, Schlupp, Cabaye, Milivojevic, Zaha, Puncheon, Townsend, Benteke.
Subs: Speroni, Dann, Campbell, Lee Chung-Yong, Sako, Delaney, Kelly
Watford: Cathcart, Kaboul, Prodl, Britos, Behrami, Janmaat, Cleverley, Capoue, Niang, Deeney.
Subs: Pantilimon, Amrabat, Success, Doucoure, Zuniga, Holebas, Okaka
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Everton v Hull
Everton: Robles, Coleman, Ashley Williams, Jagielka, Baines, Schneiderlin, Barkley, Davies, Gana, Calvert-Lewin, Lukaku
Subs: Stekelenburg, Lennon, Barry, Valencia, Funes Mori, Holgate, Lookman
Hull: Jakupovic, Elabdellaoui, Davies, Ranocchia, Maguire, Robertson, Markovic, Huddlestone, N'Diaye, Clucas, Hernandez
Subs: Marshall, Meyler, Maloney, Grosicki, Diomande, Elmohamady, Tymon
Referee: Paul Tierney
Sunderland v Burnley
Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Oviedo, Denayer, O’Shea, Rodwell, Gibson, Larsson, Borini, Januzaj, Defoe
Subs: Mannone, Djilobodji, Khazri, Lescott, Ndong, Manquillo, Honeyman
Burnley: Heaton, Ward, Mee, Keane, Lowton, Arfield, Hendrick, Barton, Boyd, Barnes, Gray
Subs: Robinson, Flanagan, Vokes, Brady, Defour, Westwood, Tarkowski
Referee: Robert Madley
West Ham v Leicester
West Ham: Randolph, Byram, Fonte, Reid, Cresswell, Kouyate, Obiang, Ayew, Lanzini, Antonio, Carroll
Subs: Adrian, Nordtveit, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Collins, Masuaku, Fernandes
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Benalouane, Fuchs, Mahrez, Ndidi, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy
Subs: Zieler, Chilwell, Musa, King, Amartey, Slimani, Gray
Referee: Roger East
KICK-OFF: Here we go! There's plenty to play for this afternoon not least for the league leaders who can go 13 points clear at the top with Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City not in action until tomorrow.
5 mins: GOAL! WEST HAM 0 LEICESTER 1:
Premier League champions Leicester City haven't won an away game all season, but maybe this will be the day! Riyad Mahrez has the Foxes ahead at the London Stadium. The Algerian went searching for Shinji Okazaki with a curling cross from the right, but his delivery outfoxed everyone including his own striker and West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph to find the far corner of the net.
7 mins: GOAL! WEST HAM 0 LEICESTER 2:
Surely this will be the day! Robert Huth has doubled Leicester's lead and West Ham trail by two within the opening seven minutes at home. Riyad Mahrez was at the heart of it once again, finding Marc Albrighton, and the former Aston Villa's man cross found Huth unmarked to head past Darren Randolph. It's a long way back for the Hammers now.
9 mins: GOAL! EVERTON 1 HULL 0:
A huge moment for 20-year-old Dominic Calvert-Lewin! It's a first Everton goal for the latest product to graduate to The School of Science and he converted in good company. Ross Barkley started the move by unleashing Tom Davies, and the teenager kept his cool brilliantly to square between two Hull defenders for Calvert-Lewin to score.
13 mins: GOAL! STOKE 0 CHELSEA 1:
At the Britannia Stadium, Willian is celebrating but the focus will be on Stoke City goalkeeper Lee Grant. A free-kick on the left was swung towards the near post by Chelsea's Brazilian but it should have been comfortably dealt with by the home stopped. Instead, Grant was slow to react and, in the circumstances, could only push the ball into his own net. No Eden Hazard for Chelsea? No problem.
20 mins: GOAL! WEST HAM 1 LEICESTER 2:
West Ham are back in it! With Dimitri Payet departed, Manuel Lanzini has taken on free-kick duties at the London Stadium to great effect. The Argentine has just flicked one over the wall and into the top left corner that had Kasper Schmeichel rooted to his spot.
22 mins: Stoke 0 Chelsea 1: Since taking the lead, Chelsea have started to show their dominance and a wonderful flowing move moments ago nearly ended in a second goal. Pedro and Diego Costa combined brilliantly to find Willian before the Brazilian's back-heel landed in the path of Victor Moses. The wing-back took aim but Ryan Shawcross got over to block the ball behind.
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