Southampton travel to Stoke hoping to keep their Champions League ambitions alive. The Saints are five points behind fourth-placed Man City and will believe that overhauling the champions is still possible. Mark Hughes has said he will use the game to gauge Stoke’s progress and any positive result would show they had made some as Stoke have lost to Southampton twice this season. Graham Searles
Kick-off Saturday 3pm
Venue Britannia Stadium
Last season Stoke 1 Southampton 1
Referee M Clattenburg
This season G21, Y81, R2, 4.05 cards per game
Odds H 5-2 A 5-4 D 9-4
Stoke City
Subs from Butland, Pieters, Bardsley, Muniesa, Palacios, Moses, Arnautovic, Sidwell, Teixeira, Crouch, Wilkinson
Doubtful Wilson (hip)
Injured Odemwingie (knee, 16 May), Moses (hamstring, Jun), Krkic (knee, Sep)
Suspended None
Form WWLLLD
Discipline Y72 R0
Leading scorer Diouf 8
Southampton
Subs from Gazzaniga, Cropper, Gardos, Yoshida, Targett, McCarthy, Reed, Elia, Tadic, Gallagher
Doubtful Gardos (match fitness)
Injured Djuricic (ankle, 25 Apr), Mayuka (groin, Jun), Forster (knee, unknown), Rodriguez (knee, unknown)
Suspended Wanyama (first of two)
Form LWDWLW
Discipline Y48 R2
Leading scorer Pellè 9
