Godd afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of Stoke City versus Chelsea. I don't think we'll have any planes towing banners, but there is a chance for the league leaders to go 13 points clear.

FT: Stoke 1-2 Chelsea. They left it late, but Chelsea pick up a deserved win and now go 13 points clear at the top of the table.

Bardsley picks up a second booking for clattering into Fabregas by the corner flag and he's off.

Grant tips a Loftus-Cheek shot wide.

Costa hits the post after being teed up by Pedro. With Stoke throwing men forward, Chelsea are having a lot of joy.

Four added minutes.

Pedro curls a shot just wide of the far post.

Zouma on for Willian.

GOAL! Chelsea lead! The corner isn't cleared by Pieters and falls to Cahill outs yards out who smashes in. Pieters has had a shocker.

Pieters concedes a cheap corner with a poor backpass.

Ramadan plays in Walters who overhits his square ball for Diouf, who would have had a great chance, and then after Stoke recycle the ball well Walters and Ramadan both have efforts that actually travel away from the Chelsea goal.

Stoke have improved in the last few minutes and Arnautovic wins another corner but they can't do anything with it.

Loftus-Cheek comes on for only his second Premier League appearance of the season in place of Matic.

Stoke finally have another shot as Arnautovic sees an effort blocked.

Diouf wins Stoke a corner to give the defence some restbite.

The goal remains the only shot Stoke have had.

Costa heads an Azpilicueta cross over. All Chelsea now.

A Chelsea corner is taken long to Pedro at the top of the box but he scuffs his shot.

Willian slips in Pedro down the left of the penalty area and his first-time shot is tipped wide by Grant at his near post.

Willian on teh left cuts the ball back for Fabregas who gets tackled just as he was about to shoot.