Stoke City: Pre-match stats for Stoke's FA Cup clash with Crystal Palace
PREVIOUS MEETING
January 5, 2013: FA Cup, third round
CRYSTAL PALACE 0
STOKE CITY 0
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JUST 10 days ago these two collided in a game which saw Stoke's Thomas Sorensen emerge as much the busier of the two goalkeepers.
Michael Owen's full debut went largely un-noticed as the two best chances of Stoke's afternoon fell to his former England team-mate Peter Crouch in the first half.
Crystal Palace: Price, Parr, Moxey, Delaney, Ramage, Zaha (Williams, 55), Jedinak, O'Keefe, Motitz, Bolasie (Banton, 68), Easter (Appiah, 65).
Stoke City: Sorensen, Shotton, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Kightly (Jerome, 54), Nzonzi, Whitehead, Walters, Owen (Adam, 53), Crouch (Jones, 73).
Attendance: 13,693.
FORM GUIDE
Stoke: WDLDL
Palace: LDWDL
WHO WE'D LIKE TO SIGN
Yannick Bolasie: Enough raw material to work with there to construct a high-rise tower block.
WHO TO BOO
Dean Moxey: He can't get away with a name like that in these parts. Moxey that is, not Dean.
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Anthony Taylor (Manchester): Five dismissals so far this term, but including the two rescinded red cards for Everton's Darren Gibson and West Ham's Carlton Cole issued at Upton Park last month.
PROBABLE TEAMS
Stoke City: Sorensen, Shotton, Cameron, Shawcross, Huth, Kightly, Whitehead, Nzonzi, Jerome, Walters, Crouch.
Crystal Palace: Price, Parr, Moxey, Delaney, Ramage, Bolasie, Jedinak, O'Keefe, Moritz, Murray, Zaha.
PREDICTION
Peter Crouch and Glenn Murray swap goals in the first half before Michael Owen snatches Stoke's extra-time winner in a 2-1 success.
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