Premier League preview: Stoke v Tottenham

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Stoke team news
Stoke's three-goal leading scorer Ricardo Fuller is unlikely to play from the start against Tottenham on Sunday after playing two World Cup qualifiers for Jamaica in the past week.

Mamady Sidibe is expected to start the Barclays Premier League match in Fuller's place, while defender Abdoulaye Faye will take a late fitness test on a groin strain picked up on international duty with Senegal. Ibrahima Sonko is on standby.

Winger Liam Lawrence remains absent with a sprained ankle and defender Andrew Davies is to see a specialist after suffering a setback in his recuperation from a knee injury.

Provisional squad: Sorensen, Griffin, Sonko, Cort, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Tonge, Diao, Olofinjana, Amdy Faye, Delap, Kitson, Sidibe, Fuller, Cresswell, Simonsen, Whelan, Shawcross, Soares, Wilkinson.

Spurs team news
Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has not totally written off striker Roman Pavlyuchenko's chances of playing in Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash away to Stoke.

Pavlyuchenko was originally expected to be out for three weeks after scans showed he had partially torn ankle ligaments during the 1-0 home defeat by Hull two weeks ago but Ramos will wait until he has trained tomorrow before making a final decision.

Club skipper Ledley King, whose appearances have been limited by his recurring knee problem, today declared himself fit to play at the Britannia Stadium.

Team (from) : Gomes, Gunter, Corluka, Woodgate, Bale, Zokora, Lennon, Jenas, Modric, Campbell, Pavlyuchenko, Bentley, Giovani, Bent, King, Cesar, Dawson, O'Hara, Assou-Ekotto .

The New Football Pools pundits' predictions
John Barnes: Away win
Tony Cascarino: Draw
Graham Poll: Away win

Opta Match Facts
Spurs are the league's lowest goalscorers with just four strikes.
Spurs have won just one of their last 14 league games and lost six of the last eight.
Stoke have scored four goals from long throw set plays - Portsmouth with two are the only other team to score via this route.
Spurs start is their worst since the 1912-13 season and the eighth worst start of any club in Premier League history.
Stoke have fired in the fewest shots on target this season - 15.
Spurs have not led at any point in their last eight Premier League matches.
Tottenham have gone four hours and 33 minutes without scoring in the league.
Spurs are the only team not to have scored a right-footed goal this season.
Stoke have only mustered 20 goal attempts from open play this season, fewer than any other team.
Roman Pavlyuchenko has managed only one shot on target in four appearances for Tottenham.

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