Team News: Michael Owen returns to Stoke City squad

Michael Owen has been named in Stoke City's matchday squad for the first time since September.

The 33-year-old former England forward, who has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, will start on the substitutes' bench, alongside Peter Crouch, as the Potters face Southampton at the Britannia Stadium this afternoon.

Stoke's starting XI shows two changes following their 3-1 win over Liverpool on Boxing Day.

Ryan Shotton and Matthew Upson come in for Geoff Cameron and Ryan Shawcross.

Meanwhile, Saints boss Nigel Adkins makes three changes following his side's 1-1 draw with Fulham.

Jos Hooiveld, Guly do Prado and Jay Rodriguez replace Steven Davis, Nathaniel Clyne and Gaston Ramirez.

Stoke: Begovic, Shotton, Huth, Upson, Wilkinson, Kightly, Whelan, Nzonzi, Etherington, Walters, Jones Subs: Sorensen, Palacios, Owen, Adam, Whitehead, Crouch, Jerome

Southampton: K Davis, Yoshida, Fonte, Hooiveld, Shaw, Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Cork, Do Prado, Rodriguez, Lambert Subs: Boruc, S Davis, Ramirez, Fox, Richardson, Mayuka, De Ridder