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TEAM NEWS
Stoke manager Mark Hughes is hopeful Jon Walters will be available this weekend despite nursing a knee injury.
Jack Butland will keep his place in goal after returning from 13 months out with ankle problems last week.
West Ham striker Andy Carroll has been ruled out again with a groin injury, but Mark Noble and Sam Byram return from suspension.
However, Cheikhou Kouyate, Winston Reid, Arthur Masuaku and Diafra Sakho are all injury doubts for the Hammers.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Stoke are unbeaten against West Ham in the Premier League under Mark Hughes (W3, D4), although four of the last five meetings have been draws.
- The Hammers have only won one of their last seven away trips to Stoke in all competitions (D2, L4).
Stoke City
- Stoke have lost five of their last six games, with their only points coming in the win against Hull in their last home match.
- They have failed to score in four of their previous seven league games.
- The Potters have 39 points from 34 matches – only once before in the Premier League have they had fewer points at this stage of the season (37 in 2012-13).
- Saido Berahino has gone 11 games without scoring for Stoke since joining from West Brom in January. He last scored in February 2016, although he has scored in three of his four starts against West Ham in the Premier League.
West Ham United
- West Ham have only won one of their last 10 league matches but they are unbeaten in their last three league games, with two draws and one win.
- They have kept two clean sheets in their last three league matches following a run of 10 games without one.
- The Hammers have scored a league-high 20 goals from set pieces this season.
- Slaven Bilic’s side have conceded in the 83rd minute or later in each of their last four Premier League away games.
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