Interesting cup clash!

Stoke are in the Championship and have players worth of 50 million euros which naturally makes them favourites at home, but how big as they also have to worry about their survival at the league, and as there is no hope to win anything big in the cup they might be tempted to rotate.

There are new faces at Stoke, but the keeper Sarkic who is a much needed face is unavailable as he is cup tied, and the other new ones are doubts because of paper work, and the fact they are new.

Harry Souttar, Nick Powell and Sam Clucas are injured from the home side, Souttar is their centreback and most valuable player along with Sarkic, Clucas and Powell are midfielders.

Stevenage are looking for a straight promotion to League One, and in one scenario these two might both play in the same league next season.

Last round in the Cup Stevenage won over Aston Villa after a good fight, so they have no reason to be afraid of Stoke, and also their form is a strong one as they have lost only 3 of their last 20 games! The Villa win was also by the way on the road.

Stevenage will field a defensively solid lineup with a 5-man defense. If it was too much for Villa, it could be too much for Stoke as well as they are not a good side even with their optimal lineup, and today it is not the case.

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有趣的杯子碰撞!

斯托克城在英冠联赛中，拥有价值5000万欧元的球员，这自然使他们成为主场最受欢迎的球队，但他们也不得不担心自己在联赛中的生存问题，而且由于在杯赛中没有希望赢得任何重大奖项，他们可能会被吸引轮换。

斯托克城有一些新面孔，但是门将萨基奇是一个非常需要的面孔，因为他被杯赛束缚而无法上场，其他的新面孔也因为文书工作而存在疑问，而且他们都是新人。

哈里·苏塔、尼克·鲍威尔和山姆·克鲁卡斯在主队受伤，苏塔是他们的中后卫和最有价值的球员，还有萨基奇，克鲁卡斯和鲍威尔是中场。

斯蒂夫尼奇希望直接升到英甲，在某种情况下，这两支球队下赛季可能会在同一个联赛踢球。

在上一轮杯赛中，斯蒂夫尼奇在一场激烈的战斗后战胜了阿斯顿维拉，所以他们没有理由害怕斯托克城，而且他们的状态也很好，因为他们在过去的20场比赛中只输了3场!对维拉的胜利也是在客场取得的。

斯蒂夫尼奇将派出一个5人防守的稳固阵容。如果这对维拉来说太难了，那对斯托克城来说也可能太难了，即使他们的阵容最优，他们也不是一支好球队，而今天的情况并不是这样。

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