Stoke City vs Chelsea: What time does it start, what TV channel is it on, where can I watch it?
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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)
30 mins: Stoke 0 Chelsea 1: Marcos Alonso gets behind the Stoke defence and looks certain to net a second, but this time Lee Grant is equal to the effort. The left wing-back timed his run perfectly to meet Moses' chipped pass after a free-kick in a promising position had been played short.
33 mins: Stoke 0 Chelsea 1: Controversy afoot at the Britannia Stadium. Bruno Martins Indi thought he had headed Stoke level from a corner, but the linesman raised his flag for a push by Saido Berahino on Cesar Azpilicueta. It's an excellent decision by the official.
38 mins: PENALTY! GOAL! STOKE 1 CHELSEA 1:
From one push in the Chelsea area to another, but this time it's gone in Stoke's favour and they have a penalty! A free-kick was lofted into the box but as Thibaut Courtios came out to claim, Gary Cahill planted his hands on the back of Jonathan Walters. Contact was minimal, but it was enough to take the Irishman over and Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot.
Walters picked himself up to take the kick, and powered right-footed into the roof of Courtois' net to draw the home side level.
38 mins: GOAL! WEST HAM 1 LEICESTER 3:
Leicester's two-goal advantage at the London Stadium has been restored courtesy of Jamie Vardy. The home side failed to clear a Marc Albrighton corner and when Wilfred Ndidi nudged the ball to Vardy, the striker rattled his shot past Darren Randolph.
SECOND HALF KICK-OFF: The five three o'clock kick-offs in the Premier League are back underway. If the second periods are anything like the first, we could be in store for quite a forty-five minutes - unless they're like the first halves at Selhurst Park and The Stadium of Light.
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