QPR vs Stoke team news: Joey Barton and Jordan Mutch start for Rangers while Potters recall Mame Diouf
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Your support makes all the difference.Joey Barton and Jordan Mutch have both overcome injury concerns to start for Queens Park Rangers as they host Stoke in Saturday's early kick off.
There is a first league start for Eduardo Vargas despite needing stitches to a head wound.
QPR lost 4-0 to Manchester United last weekend and make four changes to that team.
For Stoke, Jonathon Walters has not recovered from his calf injury and misses out.
Mark Hughes' men lost 1-0 at home to Leicester last time out and now recall Charlie Adam and Mame Diouf.
Ex-Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic drops to the bench.
How the sides line-up...
QPR: Green; Isla, Ferdinand, Caulker, Traore; Barton, Fer, Kranjcar, Mutch; Vargas, Austin
Subs: Phillips, McCarthy, Onuoha, Henry, Dunne, Hoilett, Zamora
Stoke: Begovic; Bardsley, Shawcross, Wilson, Pieters; Whelan, Nzonzi; Diouf, Adam, Moses; Crouch
Subs: Huth, Muniesa, Arnautovic, Sidwell, Assaidi, Bojan, Sorensen
Referee: Martin Atkinson
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