Welcome to live coverage of Stoke City v Wolverhampton Wanderers from the Britannia Stadium!

Wolves have conceded the opening goal on 23 previous occasions in the division this season – more than any other club.

Jarvis runs the ball out of play, and Stoke have a goalkick. Wolves certainly the brighter side so far.

Wolves captain Roger Johnson has been dropped to the bench. The club have failed to win in all four Premier League matches without him in the side this season.

Good play by Jarvis to earn his side a corner before Ward wallops a shot well over seconds later. Wolves's first real attack of the match.

Only 900 Wolves fans have made the trip to support their side today - a third of their allocation for the game.

Walters goes for goal from 35 yards out. Seemed to try a chip, but well over the visiting bar.

Zubar goes to ground under pressure from Whelan, and is awareded the free-kick in his own half.

Wilson catches Kightly with a late tackle. Wolves have possession out wide, but the free-kick goes straight through to Begovic in the home goal.

Appeals for a penalty for the home side. Walters went to ground in the area from Etherington's corner, but the referee doesn't want to know. Looked a clear foul on Walters.

Stearman across to make the tackle on Walters. A corner for Stoke.

The last time Wolves kept a clean sheet, Stoke striker Peter Crouch was still at Tottenham - August 27th v Aston Villa.

We are off and running in this one. Huge day really for Wolves.

Wolves manager Terry Connor on the home defeat to Bolton: "We will make our mistakes and I have said before that we're not the best team in the league, but if we play like that and come up short I can't ask for anything more. Yes, we can have more quality in the final third and defend better but we need to keep going. If we play like that for seven more games and we do go down then that's our fate."

Stoke manager Tony Pulis: "I hope and pray that the players finish the season well over the next seven games because they deserve to do so. The effort and commitment with what we have taken on this season has been absolutely fantastic and it's important that we don't take our foot off the gas now. We want to finish as high as we can in the table so that we make it a season that everybody talks about and we have an excellent opportunity to do that."

Wolves have conceded at least two goals in each of their last seven games. The last time they did this in eight successive top-flight games was October 1964.

Since arriving in the Premier League in August 2008, Stoke have averaged 38.4% possession in their games - 39.8% in home games.

Stoke’s recent home results have seen a pattern of pairs of results LLWWDDLLWWD meaning if the pattern continues this game will end as a draw.

Stoke's season has just stuttered slightly of late - Peter Crouch's wondergoal notwithstanding - and West Brom's win against Blackburn has pushed the Potters down to 14th. However, three points here will take them to the dizzy heights of 11th.

Wolves come into this game six points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, but the good news for them is the two teams directly above them, Blackburn and Wigan, have both lost.

STOKE: Begovic, Shotton, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson, Pennant, Whelan, Whitehead, Etherington, Crouch, Walters... Subs: Sorensen, Jones, Fuller, Upson, Delap, Jerome, Palacios. /// WOLVERHAMPTON: Hennessey, Stearman, Zubar, Bassong, Ward, Kightly, Henry, Edwards, Jarvis, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher... Subs: De Vries, Johnson, Berra, Milijas, Davis, Doyle, Forde... Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)