Cameron Jerome will make his Stoke City debut against Dynamo Kyiv in the Potters' first Europa League group stage match.
Wilson Palacios also claims a place in Tony Pulis's starting XI, while captain Ryan Shawcross retains his position.
Thomas Sorensen replaces Asmir Begovic in goal, while Jonathan Woodgate and Peter Crouch haven't travelled with the squad.
Rory Delap, Matthew Etherington and Marc Wilson will not feature for the Premier League side as they recover from injury.
Stoke City XI: Sorensen; Shotton, Huth, Shawcross, Upson; Wilkinson, Whelan, Diao, Palacios; Jerome, Jones
Dynamo Kiev XI: Shovkovsky; Danilo Silva, Betao, Popov, Vukojevic; Garmash, Ninkovic, Yussuf, Shevchenko; Yarmolenko, Milevskiy
