Stoke v West Ham, 15:00
At the risk of enraging Sam Allardyce this game could be a pretty physical and direct affair today, with neither team fully having shaken off their more rudimental roots despite a degree of gentrification in recent months. Stoke under Mark Hughes are not as brutal as they were with Tony Pulis at the helm, and when Bojan signed in the summer it seemed like a total reverse but the diminutive forward has disappeared to the bench for now and the Potters will still match the Hammers kick-for-kick today.
Stoke are without the suspended duo of Peter Crouch and Phil Bardsley, while injury has done for Robert Huth, Glenn Whelan and Peter Odemwingie. West Ham’s in-form striker Diafra Sakho faces a fitness test and Mauro Zarate is also a doubt, but winger Matt Jarvis and defender James Tomkins are available.
At the risk of enraging Sam Allardyce this game could be a pretty physical and direct affair today, with neither team fully having shaken off their more rudimental roots despite a degree of gentrification in recent months. Stoke under Mark Hughes are not as brutal as they were with Tony Pulis at the helm, and when Bojan signed in the summer it seemed like a total reverse but the diminutive forward has disappeared to the bench for now and the Potters will still match the Hammers kick-for-kick today.
Stoke are without the suspended duo of Peter Crouch and Phil Bardsley, while injury has done for Robert Huth, Glenn Whelan and Peter Odemwingie. West Ham’s in-form striker Diafra Sakho faces a fitness test and Mauro Zarate is also a doubt, but winger Matt Jarvis and defender James Tomkins are available.
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