Stoke City v Cardiff City Live: Score updates from the bet365 Stadium

Good afternoon from the bet365 Stadium as Stoke City lock horns with Cardiff in an important Championship clash.

Both of these sides arrived into this weekend hoping to end six-match winless streaks, with Stoke having lost their last three to Burnley, Sunderland and Luton while Cardiff lost at home to Preston in mid-week in their first match since the appointment of Omer Riza as manager until the end of the season.

Narcis Pelach has been setting out what improvements he knows are required from his team to improve results in the short-term and knows he has to stay calm under pressure like this to see a huge job through in the long-term.

We will have all the news, action and reaction as it happens from the bet365 Stadium. with team news due at 2pm and kick-off at 3pm.

Scroll down for live updates from StokeonTrentLive's Peter Smith...