Stoke City's notorious defensive style welcomes semi-high flying Everton who are again dealing with an injury to key players and a lack of depth.
Stoke City vs. Everton: Lineups
David Moyes has again lost Kevin Mirallas and Tony Hibbert, most likely until after the new year. Mirallas is a bigger blow as the Belgian has been a big part of the Everton attack and they've looked considerably better when he's in the lineup. Seamus Coleman starts at fullback, where Hibbert might have featured, and Steven Naismith will attempt to fill in for Mirallas in the midfield.
Stoke make only one change from what has become their recent standard lineup with fullback Ryan Shotton out and Andy Wilkinson starting in his place. American Geoff Cameron continues to play at fullback as well for all you USMNT fans out there.
Stoke City starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Asmir Begović; Geoff Cameron, Ryan Shawcross, Robert Huth, Andy Wilkinson; Glenn Whelan, Steven N'Zonzi; Jonathan Walters, Charlie Adam, Matthew Etherington; Kenwayne Jones.
Everton starting lineup (4-4-1-1): Tim Howard; Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka, Sylvain Distin, Leighton Baines; Darron Gibson, Steven Naismith, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar; Marouane Fellaini; Nikica Jelavić.
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