Stoke City vs Cardiff live match updates and team news from the bet365 Stadium

Stoke City welcome Cardiff to the bet365 Stadium hoping to continue a winning run which has catapulted them up the Championship table.

Stoke have won three league games in a row for only the second time since 2016 and are now aiming to make it four on the bounce for the first time since 2011. But Cardiff, four points ahead of Stoke, have won their last two as well and arrive in the Potteries sitting sixth and full of confidence under new manager Erol Bulut.

Alex Neil is without Jordan Thompson, who serves a one-match ban for picking up five yellow cards, while Lewis Baker and Tyrese Campbell are stepping up their rehabilitation from injury. However, Ben Wilmot is resigned to another few weeks on the sidelines. Kion Etete returns to the Cardiff squad after missing the last four games with a hamstring injury, However this match will come too soon for Aaron Ramsey and Callum O’Dowda.

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