Stoke fell victim to a Liverpool backlash during mid-week and were never really at the races at Anfield. Time will tell if Tony Pulis was foolish to allow both Tuncay and Eidur Gudjohnsen leave during the transfer window.

Sunderland contributed well to an entertaining scrap with Chelsea at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday, however ran out of steam second half as the champions overpowered them. Steve Bruce will hope to see his side push on, a win during the week could have made the Black Cats potential challengers for a Champions League place, however will need a number of strong results to get back into the reckoning.

Stoke welcome back Ryan Shawcross to their starting line-up and Sunderland may hand a debut to on loan Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari. Stoke have shown themselves able to bounce back from poor results, but I think a share of the spoils could be in the offing here.

Prediction: 2-2

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