(Reuters) - Chairman Peter Coates has said Stoke City will be seriously tested in their final seven Premier League games as they miss a host of first-team players through injury.
Mark Hughes will be without a majority of their first-choice rearguard in Saturday's league game against Swansea City as goalkeeper Jack Butland, captain Ryan Shawcross, right-back Glen Johnson and left-back Erik Pieters are all injured.
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