Stoke City Vs Crystal Palace - 5 Things To Look Forward To
4. Resilient Back Fours
Despite the wealth of attacking talent that both teams can boast, Stoke and Palaces good starts to the season have actually been built on their resilient back fours with both teams conceding fewer than one goal per game over the course of the season. Scott Dann and Ryan Shawcross have been the outstanding performers in their respective sides defences with Stoke boasting the remarkable stat of having only conceded one goal while Shawcross has been on the pitch this season. If the attacking players from either team are going to get anything out of this match up, theyll have to be on the very top of their game
