Injuries
Stoke:
Doubtful: Wilkinson (dead leg)
Injured: Etherington (hamstring), Fuller & Sidibe (both Achilles), Higginbotham (knee)
Arsenal:
Doubtful: Clichy (hamstring), Djourou (ankle)
Injured: Bartley (knee), Diaby (calf), Fabianski (shoulder), Fabregas & Mannone (both thigh), Nasri (hamstring)