Preview: Town – Stoke

By Aston
April 7 2006

STB brings you team news, manager previews, betting odds and the officials ahead of Towns game against Stoke City tomorrow (KO 3:00pm).

Town have doubts over the fitness of Alan Lee and Jim Magilton but both have been included in the squad for the game against Stoke tomorrow, Chris Casement looks set to make his first start.

 

Town manager Joe Royle: “We want to win the game.

 

“We want to finish as high as we can. If we can't finish sixth then I would dearly love for us to finish seventh, which would be a fantastic season given what has happened to us.

 

“It would also be nice to finish above our neighbours Norwich.”

 

Stoke pair Michael Duberry and Sambegou Bangoura are both doubts for the game, while Peter Kopteff is expected to play.

 

Stoke Boss Johan Boskamp: no pre-match thoughts currently available.

 

Match Odds from William Hill:

Town: 1/1

Draw: 21/10

Stoke: 23/10

 

Officials:

Referee: P Miller (Bedfordshire)

Assistants: S P Beck (Essex) and S P Rubery (Essex)

Fourth Official: C J Francis (Cambridgeshire)

 

Source: EADT

 

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