Southampton travel to Stoke hoping to keep their Champions League ambitions alive. The Saints are five points behind fourth-placed Man City and will believe that overhauling the champions is still possible. Mark Hughes has said he will use the game to gauge Stoke’s progress and any positive result would show they had made some as Stoke have lost to Southampton twice this season. Graham Searles

Kick-off Saturday 3pm

Venue Britannia Stadium

Last season Stoke 1 Southampton 1

Referee M Clattenburg

This season G21, Y81, R2, 4.05 cards per game

Odds H 5-2 A 5-4 D 9-4

Stoke City v Southampton: probable starters in bold, contenders in light

Stoke City

Subs from Butland, Pieters, Bardsley, Muniesa, Palacios, Moses, Arnautovic, Sidwell, Teixeira, Crouch, Wilkinson

Doubtful Wilson (hip)

Injured Odemwingie (knee, 16 May), Moses (hamstring, Jun), Krkic (knee, Sep)

Suspended None

Form WWLLLD

Discipline Y72 R0

Leading scorer Diouf 8

Southampton

Subs from Gazzaniga, Cropper, Gardos, Yoshida, Targett, McCarthy, Reed, Elia, Tadic, Gallagher

Doubtful Gardos (match fitness)

Injured Djuricic (ankle, 25 Apr), Mayuka (groin, Jun), Forster (knee, unknown), Rodriguez (knee, unknown)

Suspended Wanyama (first of two)

Form LWDWLW

Discipline Y48 R2

Leading scorer Pellè 9