Hello everyone. I will be guiding you through all the action from Stoke vs Blackpool at the Britannia Stadium today.

Blackpool have not won in their last three league visits to Stoke, having won their previous three in a row there.

Blackpool have not won in their last eight top flight matches against Stoke, since a 1-0 home victory in old Division One in February 1964.

Stoke are unbeaten in their last seven league matches against Blackpool, since a 3-1 home defeat in the third tier in September 1998.

STOKE: Begovic, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Huth, Collins, Pennant, Whitehead, Delap, Etherington, Jones, Fuller. Subs: Sorensen, Higginbotham, Whelan, Gudjohnsen, Wilson, Walters, Sanli. BLACKPOOL: Kingson, Eardley, Cathcart, Evatt, Crainey, Grandin, Adam, Vaughan, Taylor-Fletcher, Campbell, Varney. Subs: Halstead, Southern, Ormerod, Euell, Phillips, Edwards, Carney. Today's referee is Anthony Taylor (Cheshire).

Their last meeting came in the League Cup third round last season – Stoke winning 4-3 at the Britannia Stadium in September 2009.

Stoke City and Blackpool have met 60 times in the league. Stoke City have won 23, Blackpool 19 and there have been 18 draws.