Carling cup highlights
Michael Tonge and Tom Soares will not be able to make their full Stoke debuts as both are cup-tied for the third round Carling Cup tie against Reading.
Ricardo Fuller may feature, but it will largely be a second-string Stoke side.
Reading boss Steve Coppell may rest most of his first team, so Brynjar Gunnarsson could feature for the first time since January after a knee injury.
Kalifa Cisse will also start but Graeme Murty is still out and Marek Matejovsky (knee) is also missing for the Royals.
