Crystal Palace welcome Stoke to Selhurst Park this afternoon as the Eagles look to build on their first win of the season - a 2-1 win against newly promoted Middlesborough last week. Travelling Stoke sit rock bottom of the Premier League as Mark Hughes' side look for their first win of the season.The Potters drew at Middlesborough on the opening day of the season, however a poor run of form since which saw them lose three games in a row, conceding 9 goals in the process - losing 4-1 to a rampant Manchester City and 4-0 to Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham, with a 1-0 defeat to Everton in between.Many were expecting Stoke to kick on and push for European football this season following the club’s impressive 9th placed finish of last season - which incidentally was their third in a row - however their slow start has left fans with little hope of challenging for football on the continent.Alan Pardew will want to build on last weekend's win over Middlesbrough, and has gone with this XI to keep their form going:

The Potters will be desperate to get their season going and move away from that bottom spot, and this is the XI that Hughes thinks can do that today:

Crystal Palace will hope they can record back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since Christmas.

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