Stoke remain without a handful of players for their home Boxing Day clash with Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League.
Midfielder Stephen Ireland is still working his way back from a hamstring injury and will also miss the December 28 trip to Everton but could be back in contention for West Brom on January 2.
Striker Peter Crouch (hamstring) is back in training but not yet match fit while defenders Geoff Cameron and Marc Muniesa are also still sidelined with hamstring problems.
Provisional squad: Butland, Haugaard, Johnson, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Pieters, Joselu, Bardsley, Wilson, Whelan, Affelay, Van Ginkel, Adam, Walters, Sidwell, Arnautovic, Bojan, Shaqiri, Diouf.
Source: PA-WIRE
