Lambert confident of Stoke's survival chances

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Lambert's side secured an important point against Leicester. AFP

Stoke head coach Paul Lambert is confident his side will win enough games to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

The 'Potters' took a point away from the King Power Stadium on Saturday after a Jack Butland howler cancelled out Xherdan Shaqiri's first-half strike.

However, Stoke remain in the relegation zone and are one point from safety but with things so close between the bottom-half teams, Lambert believes his side are playing well enough to stay up.

Speaking after the game, the boss said: "It's frustrating not to get three points but I could say the same [about the matches] against Brighton and Bournemouth." 

"Since we came in we've only won one game but we've always been in games, which is important for us, to compete. We need a bit of a break, like every other team, but if we keep playing the way we are then we'll certainly climb the table".

He continued: "The good thing for me is we are playing ever so well. We've only been beaten once since I came in and we've had some really hard games. Performance-wise we can match anyone in the division and with a little bit of a break we will certainly win games. Anybody coming to our games in the last few weeks would see Stoke City as a good side."

Their next league fixture is against Southampton, who also secured a point on Saturday against middle-of-the-table Burnley

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