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Stoke manager Mark Hughes looks ahead to his side's Premier League match against Hull City.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Stoke coach Mark Hughes

"They had two big games against teams in and around them so they needed positive results and they were able to get them. So they're in a better place than they were possibly two or three weeks ago. It won't be easy for us. They are a good team. You look at the quality of their playing staff, they have good talent there and we'll have to play well. But we're playing well ourselves so we look forward to it."

"So, we've got two home games coming up now which we feel we've got a real opportunity to pick up maximum points. We've got to play well obviously, Hull have picked up in form of late so they will be coming with confidence, possibly more confidence than they had in recent weeks prior to the back to back results that they've had so it should be a good match up. We've got Everton on Wednesday as well so we've got good opportunities. We're playing well. We're looking forward to games. We're not hoping for positive results, we're expecting them so we're in decent shape at the moment. We've got a good points tally, as I've said on numerous occasions and we're looking to add to that."