stoke face luton from the sky bet championship matches and tips live on sky sports football red button.
stoke skipper ryan shawcross could increase the potters relegation struggle by making his return against luton. shawcross hasnt played since breaking his leg as stoke endured a third consecutive sky bet championship defeat at 34, but he was an unused substitute on saturday.
fellow defender cameron carter-vickers missed out in the weekend through illness and will be checked. senegal midfielder badou ndiaye includes a virus along with peter etebo will step up his fitness.
after being the hero on saturday of luton, george moncur expects to make his first start since september. after coming off the bench for the last 16, moncur watched the injury-time winner.
lutons injury problems have deepened, using dan potts sustaining a groin injury. izzy brown (hamstring), brendan galloway (ruptured patella) and danny hylton (knee) were already on the sidelines.
following the renaissance stoke have slipped back to their old ways and are currently four points having suffered three successive defeats.
aving lost 7-0 to brentford on november 30, luton strengthened their bid to stave off relegation at the weekend with a 2-1 defeat against fellow strugglers wigan.
this is actually the first league meeting between stoke and luton since february 2007, a goalless draw.
luton match against stoke in any competition was at the second round of the league cup drawing 1-1 prior to heading out 8-7 on penalties.
stoke have won just two of their past four home league matches (l2), over they had in their past 15 in the bet365 stadium (w1 d7 l7).
luton have dropped their last five away league games since winning 2-1 in blackburn in september.
dwelling points that were fewer have been won by stoke . indeed, their haul of seven points is their lowest after 10 home games within their league history (switching to 3 points/win).
lutons games have seen more goals than any championship side this season (68), with the hatters scoring 27 and conceding 41.
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