Chelsea travel to Stoke today for the afternoon kickoff at the Britannia stadium.

The Blues have had a very good winter so far, with consecutive wins over Southampton and Sunderland keeping them within touching distance with leaders Arsenal.

Stoke have suffered of late, with the midweek 0-0 draw with Cardiff doing little to ease their relegation fears.

Here are the Confirmed Starting Lineups for Stoke vs. Chelsea:

Stoke: Begovic; Cameron, Shawcross (c), Huth, Muniesa; Walters, Nzonzi, Whelan, Adam, Arnautovic; Crouch

Subs: Sorensen, Pennant, Palacios, Jones, Assaidi, Wilkinson, Ireland

Chelsea: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Ramires, Mikel; Hazard, Mata, Schurrle; Torres

Subs: Schwarzer, Cole, Essien, Lampard, De Bruyne, Ba, Eto’o.