TEAM NEWS: Assaidi could make second Stoke debut, Leicester trio set for debut

OUSSAMA ASSAIDI is in contention to make his second debut for Stoke against Leicester on Saturday (3pm) after rejoining on another season-long loan deal from Liverpool on transfer deadline day.

Oussama Assaidi has rejoined Stoke on loan from Liverpool[GETTY]

The Potters will assess the condition of forward Mame Biram Diouf ahead of Saturday's Premier League clash with Leicester at the Britannia Stadium.

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Midfielder Stephen Ireland (rib) looks set to miss out along with Geoff Cameron (hernia) and Peter Odemwingie (knee), both of whom have undergone surgery.

New Leicester signings defender Danny Simpson and strikers Tom Lawrence and Nick Powell - the latter on loan from Manchester United - are added to the squad for the Premier League clash.

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Defender Matthew Upson (foot) remains sidelined, and although Matty James is training again after a lay-off with a shin injury, the game comes too soon for the midfielder.

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Stoke provisional squad: Begovic, Sorensen, Bardsley, Pieters, Huth, Muniesa, Wilson, Shawcross, Teixeira, Wilkinson, Whelan, Palacios, Nzonzi, Adam, Sidwell, Walters, Arnautovic, Diouf, Bojan, Crouch, Moses.

Leicester provisional squad: Schmeichel, Hamer, De Laet, Konchesky, Wasilewski, Schlupp, Moore, Morgan, King, Hammond, Albrighton, Knockaert, Mahrez, Vardy, Taylor-Fletcher, Ulloa, Nugent, Wood, Drinkwater, Cambiasso, Simpson, Powell, Lawrence.

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