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Premier League – Stoke City vs. Chelsea FC kick-off time

Stoke vs. Chelsea takes place this evening in the Premier League.

The game, which takes place at the Britannia Stadium, is scheduled to kick off at 17:30 GMT and airs live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports 1/Sky Sports 1 HD and online.

Speaking ahead of the game, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that will not appeal against his stadium ban for the game against the Potters.

The Football Association punished Mourinho for his behaviour towards the match officials during Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat at West Ham last month, and also fined him £40,000 – punishment for a misconduct charge over his language and behaviour during the game.

The Portuguese will travel to Stoke with the team, but will watch the game from outside the stadium.

“I have decided to give up,” Mourinho told reporters when asked about the ban.

“It is stupid to fight a fight you know you are going to lose.”

On how he will watch the game, the Blues boss added: “You can imagine that it’s not easy. You can imagine how I feel.

“I have no plans to watch. Maybe I sit in the street corner with my iPad. Maybe I don’t even watch the game. Maybe, live scores? Results?”

 

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Ian Horne
Ian goes back to the very early days of CrunchSports, having been tirelessly covering soccer, cricket and motorsports for us for over 10 years.

Ian goes back to the very early days of CrunchSports, having been tirelessly covering soccer, cricket and motorsports for us for over 10 years.

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