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Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur: match preview

Stoke v Tottenham
Probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: The Guardian

By kick-off at the Britannia on Monday evening, Tottenham could be 10 points behind Leicester with five games to play. They should, however, have enough to beat Stoke, who remain saddled with selection problems in defence and have won only once in their last five outings. Jakob Haugaard has been unconvincing in goal so Stoke’s Irish veteran Shay Given could be brought in. Alan Smith

Kick-off Monday 8pm

Venue Britannia Stadium

Last season Stoke 3 Tottenham 0

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee Neil Swarbrick

This season G15, Y51, R4, 3.66 cards per game

Odds H 7-2 A 5-6 D 11-4

Stoke City

Subs from Haugaard, Whelan, Adam, Ireland, Afellay, Crouch, Diouf, Teixeira, Shenton

Doubtful Whelan (back), Arnautovic (knee), Muniesa (knock)

Injured Butland (ankle, Aug), Walters (knee, 30 Apr), Johnson (knee, 30 Apr), Wilson (knee, 30 Apr)

Suspended Pieters (first of two)

Form WDLWDL

Discipline Y42 R4

Leading scorer Arnautovic 10

Tottenham Hotspur

Subs from Vorm, McGee, Trippier, Davies, Wimmer, Mason, Carroll, Winks, Onomah, Son, Chadli, Njie

Doubtful None

Injured Bentaleb (knee, May)

Suspended None

Form LDWWDW

Discipline Y59 R0

Leading scorer Kane 22

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