Stoke City are winless in their last nine matches against Cardiff City (D6 L3) since a 2-0 victory in February 2020, with all these matches coming in the Championship.

Cardiff have faced Stoke in the FA Cup in three previous tie and have been eliminated in all three ties, in 1967-68 (third round), 1986-87 (fourth round) and 2010-11 (third round).

Stoke are looking to reach the FA Cup fifth round for the third time in the last four seasons, having only gone beyond the fourth round once between 2012-13 and 2020-21.

Cardiff City have been knocked out in their last four FA Cup fourth round ties between 2014-15 and 2021-22. They last reached the fifth round in 2013-14, beating Bolton in the fourth round that season.

Stoke’s Tom Cannon has been involved in three goals in his last four FA Cup appearances (2 goals, 1 assist), scoring their opener in the 2-1 win at Sunderland in this season’s third round.