Simon Brotherton
MOTD commentator at Britannia Stadium

"Stoke were really impressive in beating Manchester City 2-0 in their last home game and this one is a sellout, but Crystal Palace will likely prove to be stubborn opponents.

"They've won 10 away games in the league since Alan Pardew took over in January, a figure bettered only by Arsenal (12 victories) in that time.

"It'll probably be tight with goals at a premium. Stoke have kept clean sheets in seven of the last nine in the league, while Palace have only let in half a dozen goals on the road."

Image source, Reuters

Looking at my pictures of the Britannia, it looks windy and dark. I'm not sure we've seen any daylight in that part of the country today.

Luckily we've got Bojan and Bolasie to light things up for us.

Hopefully you're all pumped for today's game. We now live in a world where Stoke v Crystal Palace is the clash of the two most entertaining teams in the country (I might be overegging that slightly. But only slightly).

Manchester United? Boring. They're so last decade. Give me a 3pm with Stoke and the Palace any day of the week (don't tell any Man Utd fans I said that!).

First thing's first though... here are your teams...

Image source, Opta

Image source, Opta

Image source, PA

Afternoon one and all. Welcome to what I believe has been termed 'Panic Saturday'.

Got your Christmas shopping sorted?

If you have, well done. If not, what are you playing at?

Now's not the time to start though. We've got football to follow.

Welcome to our live page for Stoke City v Crystal Palace. We’ll have local radio and text commentary here from 14:30 GMT. You can keep up to date with all the build-up to today’s games here.