Kitson missing for Potters

Stoke will still be without striker Dave Kitson, recovering from a knee injury, for tomorrow’s Carling Cup quarter-final at home to Derby, while midfielder Michael Tonge is cup-tied.

Boss Tony Pulis seems unlikely to make the wholesale changes to his line-up that he did in previous rounds against Reading and Rotherham, as the Potteries club bid to reach their first major semi-final for 36 years.