Source: Team_Talk
Everton v Stoke preview
Team news for Saturday afternoon's Premier League clash between Everton and Stoke at Goodison Park.[LNB] Everton manager David Moyes will make a late decision on Mikel Arteta's availability.[LNB]Midfielder Arteta, who missed last week's 1-1 draw at Tottenham with a slight hamstring strain, will undergo a fitness test tomorrow.[LNB]Moyes concedes the game comes "too soon" for Jack Rodwell who is closing in on a return after two months out with an ankle injury, meaning he remains on the sidelines alongside Leon Osman (ankle), Marouane Fellaini (hamstring), Ross Barkley (broken leg) and Victor Anichebe (knee).[LNB]Tony Pulis hopes Kenwyne Jones and Jermaine Pennant will have recovered from a virus in time to face the Toffees.[LNB]Winger Pennant and striker Jones both played in the midweek Carling Cup tie at West Ham despite suffering from flu-like symptoms and were given yesterday off in a bid to speed their recovery.[LNB]Striker Mamady Sidibe is Stoke's only long-term absentee, although Matt Etherington, Danny Collins and Ricardo Fuller missed the Upton Park match.[LNB]Etherington and Collins are certain to return, while Fuller will be given every chance to prove his fitness.[LNB]Everton (from): Howard, Neville, Distin, Heitinga, Baines, Hibbert, Cahill, Arteta, Beckford, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, Coleman, Yakubu, Mustafi, Silva, Baxter, Wallace, Mucha, Pienaar, Saha.[LNB]Stoke (from): Sorensen, Begovic, Huth, Faye, Shawcross, Collins, Wilkinson, Higginbotham, Diao, Wilson, Delap, Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington, Pennant, Walters, Fuller, Jones, Gudjohnsen, Tuncay.
