Matthew Etherington and Michael Carrick return to the squad after
injury layoffs.
The pair travel to Stoke after missing three and two games respectively.
Nigel Reo-Coker serves the second and last game of his suspension while Tomas Repka, who has a three match ban that ends after Watford, is still out.
SQUAD: Bywater, Srnicek, Melville, Dailly, Lomas, Connolly, Hutchison, Carrick, Ferdinand, Mullins, Horlock, McAnuff, Nowland, Etherington, Deane, Zamora, Harewood, Cohen.