SHEFFIELD Tigers face a vital trip to Stoke in Premier Trophy action on Saturday (7.30).

Only the group winners are certain of a place in the semi-finals and with Birmingham claiming all four-points from their ain at Redcar on Thursday they are favourites.

It means the Sheffield Window Centre-backed side are under pressure to deliver the goods at Loomer Road.

Club owner Neil Machin said: "Meetings between Stoke and ourselves are always keenly contested and this is sure to be no different.

"It's a big night for us because we need to get a result there and we will go there with a positive attitude."

Tigers are unchanged from the side that beat Scunthorpe at Owlerton on Thursday night.

STOKE: Jason Bunyan, Hynek Stichauer, Michal Rajkowski, Ricky Wells, Klaus Jakobsen, Taylor Poole, James Holder.

SHEFFIELD: Ricky Ashworth, Hugh Skidmore, Richard Hall, Josh Auty, Josef Franc, Paul Cooper, Arlo Bugeja.