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Your support makes all the difference.Antonio Conte’s Chelsea juggernaut seems to be unstoppable at the moment.
On New Year’s Eve, they can claim their 13th straight Premier League win and equal Arsenal’s record for the most consecutive victories in a single season.
Standing in their way is Stoke City, who initially impressed at Anfield on Tuesday night before being blown away and going down 4-1.
With one or perhaps both of Liverpool and Manchester City assured of dropping points later, Chelsea could potentially end the year eight points clear at the summit.
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It’s a big game for…
Jon Walters: The Stoke forward hasn’t scored since his goal in the Potters’ 2-0 victory over Burnley at the beginning of the month. With Marko Arnautovic out through suspension too, Walters may be the visitors’ main hope of a goal at Stamford Bridge.
Weird stat…
1: In the last three meetings between the two sides, neither team has scored more than one goal.
Remember when…
In an affair between the two sides in April 2015, Charlie Adam scored this audacious effort from his own half but saw his side fall to a 2-1 defeat.
Player to watch…
Eden Hazard: After a pretty dismal campaign last season, the Belgian looks invigorated under new boss Antonio Conte. Stoke will do well to avoid a drubbing from what seems like an unstoppable Chelsea side at the moment.
Past three meetings…
Chelsea 1 (Traore) Stoke 1 (Diouf), Premier League, March 2016
Stoke 1 (Arnautovic) Chelsea 0, Premier League, November 2015
Stoke 1 (Walters) Chelsea 1 (Remy) (Stoke win on penalties) EFL Cup, October 2015
Form guide…
Chelsea: WWWWWW
Stoke: LWWLDD
Vital information…
Kick-off time: 15:00, Saturday 31st December 2016
TV: Highlights on Match of the Day, BBC TWO – 10pm
Odds…
Chelsea to win: 2/7
Stoke to win: 12/1
Draw: 5/1
Paul Pogba on United's late win
"It's beautiful - it's why we love football. The win as very important.
"We had a lot of chances and we could have won the game easier, but we are very happy with the three points."
Albrighton - we need to build on this
Marc Albrighton says Leicester must use their narrow win over West Ham as a springboard for the new year.
"It's always nice to end the year on a high note and I think that game sums up our year," he said.
"Grit, determination, everything – we showed it in abundance today and we need to build on this result in the new year.
"It's no secret that we’re not in a place that we want to be at the moment, but the performance today was tremendous."
Cahill - We will not be beaten
Gary Cahill says Chelsea have forgotten how to lose, after the Blues held off a gallant Stoke to make it 13 wins in a row.
"We had to dig deep and work hard at times," Cahill said. "We were disappointed over their first goal, I thought it was offside.
"Nevertheless, we showed good character. We never felt like we were beaten, but it was a tough game, as we expected.
"We have to keep grounded and focused on what we are doing. This was difficult. We have a feeling at the minute that we don't think we will get beaten, but that is because we're working hard."
O'Shea - Sunderland nowhere near good enough
Sunderland captain John O'Shea on the 4-1 defeat at Burnley: "Unacceptable today, not good enough. Away from home you have to be resilient together, but the goals we conceded were not acceptable and the players have to take responsibility.
"Nowhere near good enough, and we will have to rectify this quickly. There is no excuse for what went on, and it's something we will have to look at collectively and individually and dust ourselves down very quickly.
"The dressing room is not a good place at the minute but we know we can quickly turn this around. We have to have the attitude that we fight together.
"We want to give ourselves a chance and make teams earn their goals, not gift them like we did today. Burnley took their chances well but we helped them a lot along the way."
Five minutes, give or take, until kick-off at Anfield. It is noisy.
2 mins: Early chance for City as Milner's foul gives them a free-kick on the edge of the area. De Bruyne takes but hits it into the wall.
4 mins: It's a bright start by City. Sterling runs at Milner but the Liverpool left-back stands his ground well. Liverpool fans singing some rather unfavourable songs about Sterling.
6 mins: An oddly subdued start by Liverpool as City continue to see more of the ball, passing it around comfortably.
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