Huth absent for Stoke

Stoke defender Robert Huth is suspended for the short trip to Aston Villa tomorrow.

The former Middlesbrough centre-back was booked in last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Wigan and will serve a one-match suspension for accumulating five cautions.

His absence could mean Andy Wilkinson reverts to right-back with Danny Collins coming in on the left.

Provisional squad: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Faye, Collins, Lawrence, Diao, Delap, Etherington, Whitehead, Sidibe, Beattie, Fuller, Tuncay, Whelan, Simonsen, Higginbotham, Cort.