Potters wait on winger

Stoke expect winger Matthew Etherington to have recovered from an ankle injury to face Middlesbrough at the Britannia stadium tomorrow.

The £4m man has only just returned from suspension, but was withdrawn from a midweek reserve game with the injury and has been having treatment ever since.

Stoke have concerns over striker Ricardo Fuller, who is still troubled by a shoulder injury, but he will also be in the squad.

Provisional squad: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Abdoulaye Faye, Shawcross, Higginbotham, Lawrence, Whelan, Diao, Delap, Etherington, Beattie, Sidibe, Fuller, Simonsen, Pugh, Amdy Faye, Sonko.