Stoke 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0: Stoke eased into the Capital One Cup semi-finals last night as goals from Ibrahim Afellay and substitute Phil Bardsley secured a comfortable 2-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday.

The pressure on Jose Mourinho cranked up another notch as holders Chelsea crashed out of the Capital One Cup with a 5-4 loss on penalties at 10-man Stoke following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.

Rory McIlroy’s participation at next week’s Open Championship looks to be in grave doubt after the world number one suffered a freak injury.

Striker Diego Costa has been replaced by Loic Remy up front as Premier League leaders Chelsea make three changes for the visit of Stoke.

West Brom 1, Stoke City 0:

Stoke City 2 Everton 0: Everton endured further Barclays Premier League misery, as goals from Victor Moses and Mame Biram Diouf condemned them to a 2-0 defeat at Stoke.

Check out the starting line-ups for all of tonight's matches.

Aston Villa 1 Stoke City 2: Tim Sherwood has admitted that losing his first game as Aston Villa boss is one of the lowest points of his career.

FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers 4 Stoke City 1: Blessed with a proud striking heritage featuring the likes of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, Blackburn supporters can now heap their adoration upon Norwegian international Josh King after an extraordinary 19-minute hat-trick.

Man City 4 Stoke City 1

Newcastle 1 Stoke 1: By Mark Hughes’s usual abrasive standards, his criticism of referee Kevin Friend was calm and measured, but that was only because the Stoke City manager had seen substitute Peter Crouch earn his team a deserved point with a 90th-minute header.

Stoke City 3 QPR 1: Stoke midfielder Stephen Ireland has vowed to do all he can for the rest of the season to fill the void left by Bojan Krkic’s injury.

Premier League

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 22 in the Premier League.

West Ham had been getting a bit above their station recently — talk of Champions League indeed — I’m glad it was us that put them back in their place; John Terry who put them in their place.

West Ham striker Andy Carroll says manager Sam Allardyce is a grandmaster ready to tactically outclass Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on St Stephen’s Day.

Premier League

Stoke 0 Chelsea 2

Crystal Palace 1 Stoke City 1

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 12 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Tottenham 1 Stoke 2

Rangers midielder Lewis Macleod has been given a first Scotland call-up by Gordon Strachan for the European Championship qualifier against Republic of Ireland and the friendly against England, both at Celtic Park.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 10 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Stoke 2 Southampton 3

Southampton 1 Stoke City 0

Stoke 2 Swansea 1

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 7 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Premier League Stoke City 1 Newcastle United 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 5 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 3 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Hull City 1 Stoke City 1

Stoke salvaged a controversial late point against 10-man Hull after captain Ryan Shawcross bundled home from point-blank range seven minutes from time.

Premier League team news

PREMIER LEAGUE:

Andreas Weimann’s second-half strike proved the difference as Aston Villa won 1-0 at Stoke on the opening day of the Barclays Premier League season.

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

Sunderland 1 Swansea 3