For a team that failed to win in their first nine league games of the campaign, Stoke have staged a great recovery to sit in ninth place after 21 matches. Manchester United will offer a stern test for Mark Hughes’s side and although the visitors’ run of nine straight wins in all competitions was ended by last week’s draw with Liverpool, they are still favourites to avenge the 2-0 defeat they suffered here in December 2015. Rich Flower

Kick-off Saturday 3pm

Venue Bet365 Stadium

Last season Stoke City 2 Manchester United 0

Referee Mark Clattenburg

This season G15, Y52, R2, 3.73 cards per game

Odds H 5-1 A 4-7 D 3-1

Stoke City

Subs from Given, Haugaard, Verlinden, Ngoy, Teixeira, Krkic, Bardsley, Imbula, Afellay, Krkic

Doubtful Krkic (hip)

Injured Butland (ankle, Feb), Cameron (knee, Feb), Ireland (leg, Feb), Walters (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Unavailable Bony, Diouf, Sobhi (Africa Cup of Nations)

Form DDLLWW

Discipline Y37 R1

Leading scorer Allen 5

Manchester United

Subs from Romero, Fosu-Mensah, Tuanzebe, Young, Schweinsteiger, Lingard, Rashford, Mata, Rooney, Fellaini, Shaw, Smalling, Darmian

Doubtful None

Injured None

Suspended None

Unavailable Bailly (Africa Cup of Nations)

Form WWWWWD

Discipline Y47 R1

Leading scorer Ibrahimovic 14