Fellow centre-back Abdoulaye Faye and midfielder Salif Diao, both rested for Saturday's FA Cup victory over York, will also be brought back for the Premier League encounter against Roy Hodgson's Cottagers.
Goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen is hopeful of being fit despite being forced off at half-time against the Minstermen with a finger injury.
Stoke (from): Sorensen, Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Collins, Lawrence, Sidibe, Whitehead, Delap, Diao, Tonge, Kitson, Etherington, Beattie, Fuller, Tuncay, Simonsen, Cort, Pugh, Whelan.
