Delap suspended for Stoke

Stoke will be without suspended pair Rory Delap and Matthew Etherington for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League home game against Portsmouth but could have striker Mamady Sidibe back.

Stoke will be without suspended pair Rory Delap and Matthew Etherington for tomorrow’s Premier League home game against Portsmouth but could have striker Mamady Sidibe back.

Sidibe has been out since December with a knee injury but is expected to make the squad.

On-loan striker Henri Camara could make his full debut, while defender Stephen Kelly may miss out with a hamstring problem.

And although Ricardo Fuller is back in training after dislocating his shoulder, he is unlikely to figure. Danny Higginbotham is a doubt with a calf problem, while Carl Dickinson has been recalled from his loan at Leeds.

Stoke provisional squad: Sorensen, Griffin, Wilkinson, Pugh, Shawcross, Sonko, Abdoulaye Faye, Amdy Faye, Kelly, Cresswell, Diao, Whelan, Camara, Beattie, Sidibe, Dickinson, Simonsen, Olofinjana, Lawrence, Kitson, Tonge.