Norwich will look to strengthen their bid for a top-10 Premier League finish when they visit a Stoke side that returned to winning ways last weekend.
Norwich remain 8th after losing to Manchester, They contended well but lost to a Giggs goal.
Stoke ended a woeful run of four consecutive defeats when they secured a home triumph over Swansea, a win which lifted them into 12th place in the table.
Another home victory, which would be just their sixth of the season, would see the Potters leapfrog Norwich, with just two points separating them in the standings.
The two sides have already met once this term, back in August, when a stoppage time strike from Kenwyne Jones cancelled out Ritchie de Laet's opener to seal a 1-1 draw at Carrow Road.
Before that clash they had not gone head-to-head since the 2007-08 season, when Stoke did the double over the Canaries during their promotion-winning Championship campaign.
The Potters' recent home record over their visitors is solid, having gone unbeaten in their last six against Norwich at the Britannia Stadium, winning the last three.
But the Canaries have proved this season they can trounce home records, having recently become only the second top-flight side to leave Swansea's Liberty Stadium with a maximum haul.
Team news
Stoke have Robert Huth back available for the clash, with the defender set to return to the Potters side having completed a three-match suspension following his sending-off against Sunderland last month.
Manager Tony Pulis will check on the condition of midfielder Glenn Whelan, who suffered a knock on international duty with the Republic of Ireland, ahead of kick-off.
Norwich team news to follow.
Possible starting XIs:
Stoke: Begovic, Wilson, Upson, Huth, Wilkinson, Shotton, Whitehead, Palacios, Etherington, Crouch, Walters.
Norwich: Ruddy, Drury, Whitbread, Ward, Naughton, Fox, Surman, Pilkington, Johnson, Holt, Jackson.
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