Good afternoon and welcome to the Britannia Stadium for our live coverage of Stoke City vs. Crystal Palace.

Today’s referee is Andre Marriner, who sent off Steven Taylor in the Newcastle-Manchester City match last Monday.

So Charlie Adam comes into Stoke’s starting line up at the expense of Glenn Whelan, who drops to the bench for the home side. For Palace, Aaron Wilbraham, Owen Garvan and Stephen Dobbie make way for new signings Marouane Chamakh, Jose Campana and this week’s new loan signing Jason Puncheon.

Teams – STOKE CITY: Begovic; Cameron, Shawcross (c), Huth, Pieters; Walters, Nzonzi, Wilson, Adam, Etherington; Crouch. Subs: Sorensen Muniesa, Whelan, Pennant, Jones, Wilkinson, Jerome./// CRYSTAL PALACE: Speroni; Ward, Gabbidon, Delaney, Moxey; Dikgacoi, Jedinak; Gayle, Puncheon, Campana; Chamakh. Subs: Alexander, Garvan, Dobbie, Wilbraham, Williams, Ramage, Phillips.