In a clash of two of the Premier League’s emerging ‘middle class’ sides, Crystal Palace and Stoke City come into this game with quite a bit of hope.Palace have finally signed themselves a striker, even if it is Emmanuel Adebayor, who hasn’t played top class football for quite some time. Yet that just means he has some sort of a point to prove. Everyone knows his quality and it’s up to him to show it. Perhaps this will be the game where we see it.Stoke City, on the other hand, will be hurting from another cup game they had to play in midweek. They lost to Liverpool in the Capital One Cup semi-final but only on penalties. Mark Hughes will surely be happy with how his team came back from the first-leg home defeat to beat Liverpool 1-0 on the night, their first victory at Anfield since 1959, even if it wasn’t enough to progress.The FA Cup represents another bite of the cherry for Stoke this season, and a chance to go one better than they did in 2011 when they reached the final, only to lose to Manchester City.Both these sides are sitting comfortably in the Premier League, and although both sides will be looking upwards in the hope of making a European place this season, perhaps the FA Cup should be the main priority - after all, both sides have shown their ability to beat the big teams this season. Will Stoke be up for this one after such a heartbreaking defeat in midweek?Here are the teams:

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