Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stoke City & Tottenham Hotspur face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Stoke nor Tottenham Hotspur as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Stoke City form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.When playing at home in the Championship, Stoke City have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Carabao Cup for Stoke City.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Adam Davies not having conceded a league goal in 284 minutes.
The Stoke supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Blackburn Rovers in Championship and win 1-0. 0-0 away at Queens Park Rangers before that.
There will be little rest for Stoke after this match as they are travelling to Coventry City for a Championship game in only three days.
Stoke have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bet365 Stadium with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Stoke have conceded 15 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
Spurs's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.Tottenham Hotspur have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Leicester City with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Liverpool wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The Spurs manager J. dos Santos Mourinho has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Stoke two wins, one draw and Tottenham Hotspur seven victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Son 11 goals |  H. Kane 9 goals |   T. Campbell 6 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Stoke City | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Scored | S | 27 | 54 | ||
| 20 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Brentford | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Watford | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 7 | Stoke City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Reading | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 27 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 26 |
| 16 | Millwall | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -6 | 22 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 22 | Derby County | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -12 | 16 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Everton | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Southampton | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Manchester City | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 20 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 18 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Arsenal | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 12 |
| 17 | Fulham | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Burnley | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -19 | 7 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -17 | 2 |