Stoke vs Manchester United: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Stoke's home clash with Manchester United.

Stoke vs Manchester United (bet365 Stadium)

Team news

Stoke

Stoke skipper Ryan Shawcross will miss Saturday's home game against former club Manchester United due to a back injury.

Latest signing and fellow centre-half Kevin Wimmer could make his debut in the absence of Shawcross and midfielder Darren Fletcher is hoping to shake off a knee injury in time to face his former club.

Ryan Shawcross will be absent for Stoke against Manchester United due to a back injury

Mame Diouf (knee) could also return to contention, but winger Maxim Choupo-Moting is doubtful after straining his hamstring while on international duty with Cameroon.

Provisional squad: Butland, Zouma, Martins Indi, Wimmer, Cameron, Diouf, Fletcher, Allen, Pieters, Jese, Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting, Grant, Johnson, Berahino, Adam, Crouch, Ramadan.

Manchester United 

Jose Mourinho will assess those returning from international duty ahead of Manchester United's Premier League trip to Stoke.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo (both knee) remain long-term absentees, while Andreas Pereira has joined Valencia on loan since their last match.

Jose Mourinho will assess his players that are returning from international duty 

Luke Shaw and Ashley Young have stepped up their return from serious injuries with the Under-23s.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Valencia, Darmian, Blind, Shaw, Young, Jones, Bailly, Smalling, Lindelof, Matic, Pogba, Fellaini, Herrera, Carrick, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, McTominay, Rashford, Martial, Lukaku.

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

Stoke are unbeaten in their last four home Premier League games against Manchester United (W2 D2) since losing four of their first five between 2008-09 and 2012-13.

Under Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United’s win percentage in the Premier League against Stoke was 90% (won nine out of 10) – since he left in May 2013, they’ve won three out of eight; a win ratio of 37.5%.

Coming in to this matchday, Manchester United will have ended 27 days at the top of the Premier League table this season – more than the total of the previous four seasons combined (16 days).

The Red Devils have scored four goals from substitutes so far this season; more than any other Premier League team (Martial x2, Rashford and Fellaini). In 2016-17, they only scored six goals through subs in 38 games.

Jose Mourinho hasn’t been on the winning side in any of his last four clashes against Stoke (D3 L1), with one of those draws in the League Cup in October 2015 which his Chelsea side lost 5-4 on penalties.

Stoke are unbeaten in their last four home Premier League encounters with United

Mourinho has lost his fourth league match of the season in four of the last five seasons (W1), with his first defeat as Manchester United boss coming on the fourth Premier League matchday against Man City last season.

Mark Hughes is unbeaten in his last three league meetings with Jose Mourinho (W1 D2 L0) – the only manager to have gone 4+ games in a row unbeaten against the Portuguese boss in the Premier League is Ronald Koeman (five in a row).

Romelu Lukaku has scored 16 goals and assisted two more in his last 18 Premier League appearances.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has provided five assists in his first three Premier League games this season. Only two players have provided six assists in their first four Premier League apps of the season – Thierry Henry in 2004-05 and Cesc Fabregas in 2014-15.

Saido Berahino hasn’t scored a Premier League goal since 27th February 2016, with his current drought extending to 1823 minutes (over 30 hours of action).