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

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Ahead of this weekend's 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 Chelsea on Sunday.

Stoke vs Chelsea (Bet365 Stadium, 15:00)

Team news

Stoke

Stoke boss Mark Hughes will be without three of his main centre-half options and possibly four for Saturday's Premier League clash with Chelsea at the bet365 Stadium.

While on-loan Kurt Zouma is ineligible to face his parent club, Ryan Shawcross (back) and Geoff Cameron (hamstring) remain sidelined, and Kevin Wimmer is a doubt due to a hamstring problem of his own.

Hughes, who is set to restore several regular starters after making six changes for the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, may opt to deploy Glen Johnson or fellow full-back Erik Pieters alongside Bruno Martins Indi in central defence.

Provisional Squad: Butland, Grant, Martins Indi, Wimmer, Johnson, Pieters, Souttar, Diouf, Tymon, Allen, Fletcher, Adam, Jese, Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting, Sobhi, Berahino, Crouch.

Kurt Zouma will not be eligible to play for Stoke against his parent club Chelsea

Chelsea 

Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard is expected to make his first Premier League start of the season at Stoke on Saturday.

Hazard has fully recovered from his broken ankle after three substitute appearances and one start, in the Carabao Cup win over Nottingham Forest.

Forward Pedro has recovered from the leg injury which saw him miss the Forest win, but defender David Luiz is suspended and midfielder Danny Drinkwater (calf) is out.

Eden Hazard looks set to make his first Premier League start of the season this weekend

Provisional squad: Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Kante, Morata, Hazard, Pedro, Bakayoko, Moses, Kenedy, Musonda, Zappacosta, Willian, Batshuayi, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Clarke-Salter, Scott, Eduardo.

Key stats - Supplied by Opta

- Stoke City have suffered 13 Premier League defeats against Chelsea in the Premier League; more than they have against any other opponent.

- Chelsea have won seven of their last eight Premier League away matches (W7 D0 L1), scoring at least two goals in six of these wins.

- Chelsea need a point in this game to reach 1800 Premier League points (currently 1799) – only Arsenal (1829) and Manchester United (2034) have more in the competition.

- Stoke have only won one of their last 10 Premier League home games against the ‘big six’ clubs (D3 L6), however, they did record a win against Arsenal in their first home game of the season.

Xherdan Shaqiri is one player who could create a moment of magic for the hosts 

- Chelsea have been given as many red cards in their last five Premier League games (3) as they had in their previous 73.

- The Blues have also committed a league-high 68 fouls in the Premier League after five matchdays of 2017-18.

- Mark Hughes will be facing Chelsea for the 24th time in the Premier League as a manager; he has lost more times (15) and conceded more goals (43) against the Blues than any other club.

- Cesc Fabregas has provided seven Premier League assists against Stoke; only against Tottenham Hotspur has the Spaniard managed more in the competition (11).

- Willian has scored four Premier League goals against Stoke City; more than he has against any other opponent in the competition.

- Xherdan Shaqiri and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting have combined to create nine goalscoring chances for one another in the Premier League this season – only Spurs’ Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen (10) have combined more often.