Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Blackpool and Stoke City from Bloomfield Road.

Bright sunshine and blustery winds in the North West.

Stoke get this one underway.

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The referee today is Mark Clattenburg - Stoke have never won a Premier League away match with him as referee (3 defeats, 1 draws).

Stoke are looking to win back-to-back PL matches for the third time this season and the first since November 2010, but their hosts have no win in their last seven PL matches - their only victory in the last 14 PL was 3-1 at home against Tottenham in February.

Stoke have won five of their 13 PL matches against North-west clubs this season (6 defeats). They have conceded 13 goals in these 13 matches – only Chelsea (8), Manchester City (10) and Arsenal (12) have conceded more goals against these sides this season.

Blackpool and Stoke City have met 61 times in the league. The hosts have won 20, Stoke 23 and there have been 18 draws. The Tangerines are looking to complete the league double over Stoke for the first time since 1963-64, but the Potters are unbeaten in their last 10 league visits to Blackpool, winning four of the last five, since a 1-0 defeat in old Division One in February 1964.

Some match facts for you:

Blackpool: Gilks, Eardley, Evatt, Baptiste, Crainey, Southern, Adam, Vaughan, Phillips, Taylor-Fletcher, Campbell. Subs: Kingson, Ormerod, Varney, Cathcart, Kornilenko, Puncheon, Reid. /// Stoke: Begovic, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Wilson, Pennant, Whitehead, Whelan, Delap, Walters, Jones. Subs: Sorensen, Collins, Pugh, Diao, Carew, Faye, Shotton.

Stoke will be without influential winger Matthew Etherington for the trip to Bloomfield Road after he tore a hamstring in the midweek win over Wolves. Dean Whitehead, who replaced Etherington against Wolves, will hope to be given the chance to stake his claim for a cup final spot while John Carew could be given his first start in almost two months.

Blackpool manager Ian Holloway should have a virtually full squad to choose from for this clash - Striker James Beattie is the only real doubt - he has been feeling unwell but trained on Thursday; while Holloway expects Stephen Crainey to be available despite the defender sustaining a toe problem.

Some team news for you:

Stoke on the other hand all but secured Premier League football next season with a comfortable 3-0 win over Wolves on Tuesday and have the FA Cup final to look forward to.

Last weekend's 1-1 draw against Newcastle saw the Tangerines move out of the drop zone on goal difference, but with trips to Tottenham and Manchester United as two of their three remaining fixtures Blackpool's bid to preserve their top-flight status looks to be going right down to the wire.