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title: "Liverpool Predicted XI: Stoke City (H)"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "First Team"
published: "2016-12-26T09:51:28Z"
modified: "2016-12-26T09:51:28Z"
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# Liverpool Predicted XI: Stoke City (H)

Christmas has come and gone and Liverpool, hopefully not too full of turkey and gravy, welcome Stoke City to Anfield for yet another massive game in their bid to become Premier League champions.

Fresh off of a Derby Day win over Everton, the Reds should be full of confidence and will be looking for another win, albeit one that’s a bit more comfortable!

Liverpool are starting to get players back from injury now with Joel Matip, Daniel Sturridge and Emre Can all looking ready to start games once again.

Jurgen Klopp knows that his team has to play three games in six days and will have to keep that in mind as he picks his team for Stoke, but he’ll likely have to just go full strength as anything less than a win will be classed as a poor result.

With all that in mind, here’s the XI that I think he’ll pick for the visit of Mark Hughes’ side: