Stoke City are in trouble. With eight matches to play, they are one point from safety in a cluster at the bottom of the Premier League table. The two teams right above them in the standings, Southampton and Crystal Palace, have very winnable matches this weekend against Swansea City and Huddersfield Town, respectively. Everton give the Potters a tough matchup, but given the Blues struggles on the road, Stoke will be hoping to maximize points at the bet365 Stadium.

Stoke have not won a game since January 20. Everton took all three points from Brighton & Hove Albion at Goodison Park last week, but they have just one win in the league away from home the entire season. That lone victory came way back in December against Newcastle United.

These two sides first met this year back on Opening Day, August 12. Ah, there was hope back then. Everton was going to do big things! They beat Stoke 1-0 that day on the strength of Wayne Rooney’s headed goal. Sure, it wasn’t an amazing performance, but it counted all the same. Since then, both clubs have cratered and fired their managers. Everton seem almost safe from the drop at this point, but a loss for Stoke could be killer.

Match Details

Date and start time: Saturday, March 17th at 8 a.m. PT / 11 a.m ET / 3 p.m. BST

Stadium: bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Capacity: 30,089

Weather: 31°F/-1°C, chance of snow, 31% chance of precipitation, 23 mph winds

How to Watch/Listen

TV: none - United States; none - United Kingdom

Radio: Everton Match Centre, TalkSport Radio World

Live stream: NBC Sports Gold

Gamethread: Comments section below starting one hour before game time

Information from LiveSoccerTV.com

Lineups

Everton

Starting XI: Pickford, Coleman, Jagielka, Keane, Baines; Gueye, Davies, Rooney; Walcott, Tosun, Bolasie

Subs: Robles, Martina, Holgate, Klaassen, Schneiderlin, Calvert-Lewin, Niasse

Stoke City

Starting XI: Butland; Johnson, Zouma, Shawcross, Stafylidis; Badou, Adam, Allen; Shaqiri, Crouch, Ramadan

Subs: Haugaard, Bauer, Martins Indi, Fletcher, Choupo-Moting, Jese, Berahino