Stoke City vs Newcastle United : Out-of-shape duo meet at the Bet365 Stadium

Stoke and Newcastle will both go for most extreme focuses when they meet in the Premier League on New Year's Day in the wake of battling as of late. 

The Magpies have won only one of their last 12 coordinates in the best flight, and ground out a 0-0 draw against Brighton on Saturday, yet goalkeeper Karl Darlow says the group are keeping their spirits up. 

Both Stoke and Newcastle have battled for for points lately

Stoke are one place and one point in front of Newcastle in fifteenth, and will search for three focuses in the wake of being whipped 5-0 by Chelsea on Saturday. 

They could make a touch of history as well, having won their last four home Premier League gatherings with the Magpies and failing to win five successively against a solitary adversary in the opposition. 

Newcastle have lost each of their last 12 away group matches played on a Monday, a run that extends back to December 2012 - they have neglected to score in nine of those thrashings, including a 1-0 annihilation to Burnley this season. 

The Magpies haven't won successive Premier League away diversions since November 2014. 

Stoke's aggregate of 20 focuses after 21 diversions is their most exceedingly terrible ever pull at this phase of a Premier League season.