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)
90+5 mins: RED CARD! STOKE 1 CHELSEA 2:
Stoke City will play the final seconds with ten men after Phil Bardsley was dismissed for a rash challenge on Cesc Fabregas on the touchline. The right-back was already on a yellow card from the first half when he slid in unnecessarily on the Spaniard to receive a second booking.
It's now to Dean Court on the South Coast for the final game of the day between Bournemouth and Swansea City.
Here's how the two sides line up this evening...
Bournemouth: Boruc, A. Smith, Francis, S. Cook, Daniels, Surman, Gosling, Fraser, King, Pugh, Afobe
Subs: Gradel, B. Smith, L. Cook, Allsop, Wilshere, Ibe, Cargill
Swansea: Fabianski, Fernandez, Kingsley, Mawson, Ki, Fer, Cork, Carroll, Ayew, Llorente, Sigurdsson
Subs: Amat, Britton, Borja, Nordfeldt, Routledge, Narsingh, Roberts
Referee: Mike Dean
KICK-OFF: The home side get us underway at Dean Court and immediately are on the offensive. After earlier results, Bournemouth will know this fixture represents a great opportunity to put distance between themselves and the bottom three; a bottom three that Swansea sit just one place outside.
3 mins: Josh King has been responsible for Bournemouth's last five goals in the Premier League, but nobody is quite sure how after the striker's latest effort. Leaning in from the right, the Norwegian took aim with his left foot but slice his shot high, wide and in direction of the corner flag.
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