Mame Biram Diouf helped Stoke City to a top-half of the table finish in the English Premier League in 2014-2015 and forward looks to move Stoke closer to the top-four in 2015-2016. (Getty)
No team finished the 2014-2015 season on a higher note than Stoke City, who demolished Liverpool 6-1 to close the season, and the Potters look to build on the strong end of the season that saw the side beat Tottenham 3-0 as well and finish ninth in the Premier League. Stoke has not finished in the top five of the top flight of English football since 1974-1975 and have not played in European competition since 2011-2012. Stoke lost starting goalie Asmir Begovic and strikeman Steven N’Zonzi this offseason in big transfer moves, but added Glen Johnson and Joselu for the 2015-2016 season.
Stoke has a great start to the season, playing a Liverpool team at home that they thrashed 6-1 on the last weekend of the 2014-2015 season, and play only three top 10 teams from 2014-2015 in their first 12 games. The month of April is brutal for Stoke though, as they play Swansea and Tottenham at home and travel to Liverpool and Manchester City.
Read below for the EPL schedule for Stoke (subject to change with English Cup fixtures):
August 9, 2015: Liverpool
August 15, 2015: at Tottenham Hotspur
August 22, 2015: at Norwich City
August 29, 2015: West Bromwich Albion
September 12, 2015: at Arsenal
September 19, 2015: Leicester City
September 26, 2015: Bournemouth
October 3, 2015: at Aston Villa
October 17, 2015: at Swansea City
October 24, 2015: Watford
October 31, 2015: at Newcastle United
November 7, 2015: Chelsea
November 21, 2015: at Southampton
November 28, 2015: at Sunderland
December 5, 2015: Manchester City
December 12, 2015: at West Ham United
December 19, 2015: Crystal Palace
December 26, 2015: Manchester United
December 28, 2015: at Everton
January 2, 2016: at West Bromwich Albion
January 13, 2016: Norwich City
January 16, 2016: Arsenal
January 23, 2016: at Leicester City
February 2, 2016: at Manchester United
February 6, 2016 : Everton
February 13, 2016: at Bournemouth
February 27, 2016: Aston Villa
March 1, 2016: Newcastle United
March 5, 2016: at Chelsea
March 12, 2016: Southampton
March 19, 2016 : at Watford
April 2, 2016: Swansea
April 9, 2016 : at Liverpool
April 16, 2016: Tottenham
April 23, 2016: at Manchester City
April 30, 2016: Sunderland
May 7, 2016 : at Crystal Palace
May 15, 2016: West Ham United
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