Berahino remains on bench for West Brom

“West Brom got a big win against Newcastle, and they’ll be fine, but I think they will fall short here”.

They’ve got a real strong squad.

Geoff Cameron was sent off in the 83rd minute for raising his hands against Claudio Yacob with the score at 1-1 and West Brom, 1-0 winners at the Britannia in August when Stoke were reduced to nine men, again made their numerical advantage pay.

Stoke boss Mark Hughes looks set to have the same squad to choose from for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Brom as he did for the Potters’ last outing.

“It’s up to us to break through them though and we certainly have the quality of player capable of doing that”. It will be a very hard game for us and they will provide a different kind of challenge for us. “Hopefully we can come through this one just as we have done the previous two matches”.

Bet365 make Stoke 15/8, with West Brom priced at 13/8. Their defence was uncharateristically pierced three times, but the manner in which they attacked was totally worthy of four goals and three points, while making a mockery of their status as one of the league’s lowest scoring teams.

– There have been just 20 goals in the 13 Premier League games between Stoke and West Brom and just eight in the last seven encounters.

West Brom head coach Tony Pulis welcomes a club where he had two spells as manager, the second of which between 2006 and 2013 proved particularly memorable as they achieved promotion to the Premier League in 2008 before consolidating in the top flight.

With some pressure mounting on Tony Pulis following a poor string of results, his side put in a much improved performance, Darren Fletcher’s late goal giving them a 1-0 win, moving them six points clear of the relegation zone. Mark Hughes’ Stoke tenure has seen the Potters average 316 successful passes per game and complete 78% of passes.