Problems persist for Pulis

Stoke have a number of injury problems ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Bolton at the Britannia Stadium.

Winger Matthew Etherington will undergo a late fitness test having picked up a knock to his knee in training, as will top-scorer Ricardo Fuller, who suffered an ankle injury against Hull and missed last week’s goalless draw at Wolves.

Potters boss Tony Pulis is unlikely to risk either Ryan Shawcross (ankle) or Mamady Sidibe (groin), but James Beattie could feature after two months out with a knee injury.

Provisional squad: Sorensen, Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Collins, Higginbotham, Lawrence, Whelan, Whitehead, Delap, Etherington, Kitson, Fuller, Tuncay, Pugh, Wilkinson, Moult, Amdy Faye, Begovic, Beattie.