Stoke City supporters put their faith in manager Neil to deliver victory against Bristol City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 07.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City and Bristol City have both delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf phrase. Both have mid-table places in the Championship.

Insights:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Stoke City and Bristol City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Stoke City have to build on here at Bet365 Stadium in the Championship.

Stoke City are confident in defense, having played 247 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Stoke City, who won 4-0 against Coventry City (placed 8th). As indicated by the result mentioned above, Stoke played a great game against Coventry City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Norwich City that ended 0-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Stoke City matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 7 games).

Stoke are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Birmingham City awaits in three days.

The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 19 matches. Stoke have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

Bristol City have only collected 19 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-7-8 (19 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Bristol City are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Bristol City delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Reading (placed 18th) in their previous game. Defender Vyner was the best team player with a rating of 7.6. Vyner hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Swansea City's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bristol City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.

A bet on few goals? 5 league games in a row with this side have had two goals or less.

After this away game Bristol return home for a Championship game against Middlesbrough. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Bristol City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 19 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bristol City have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved encountered each other earlier on this season: Bristol City - Stoke 1-2. Stats for the previous ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Stoke City, one draw and six wins for Bristol City. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
11 goals
Stoke CityT. Campbell
T. Campbell
9 goals
StokeL. Baker
L. Baker
7 goals

Stoke City missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 5 Played P 5 19 39
14 6 0 Won W 2 4 12
9 5 1 Drew D 1 7 13
16 8 4 Lost L 2 8 14
52 23 2 Scored S 5 21 46
45 21 9 Conceded C 7 28 47
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 90%
69% 63% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 84% 79%
46% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 42% 36%
33% 32% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 15%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 13%
41% 32% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 54%
31% 32% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 16% 28%
36% 47% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 37% 28%
 
5.6 6.4 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.5 5.3
5 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 5.3
1.8 1.6 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.4 13.4 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 8.4 9.9
4.8 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.3
28% 26% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 35%
 
10.2 8.8 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.8 11.6
3.3 2.8 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.3 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 38 24 12 2 74 29 20 14 6 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 84
2 Sheffield United 38 22 7 9 59 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 26 73
3 Middlesbrough 39 20 7 12 71 46 19 11 6 2 36 14 20 9 1 10 35 32 25 67
4 Luton Town 39 18 13 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 13 67
5 Millwall 39 17 10 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 4 15 43 43 18 13 1 4 25 14 20 6 3 11 18 29 0 61
7 Norwich City 39 16 9 14 52 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 57
8 Coventry City 39 15 12 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 19 6 6 7 23 20 6 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 11 12 47 39 20 10 6 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 56
10 Preston North End 39 15 11 13 37 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 19 9 5 5 20 21 -7 56
11 Watford 39 14 13 12 45 42 19 9 6 4 28 17 20 5 7 8 17 25 3 55
12 Sunderland 39 14 12 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 9 16 52 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 20 8 4 8 29 24 7 51
14 Bristol City 39 12 13 14 46 47 20 8 6 6 25 19 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 49
15 Swansea City 39 13 10 16 54 59 19 8 3 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 49
16 Birmingham City 39 13 9 17 43 50 20 7 5 8 23 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -7 48
17 Hull City 39 12 12 15 43 53 20 7 5 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 48
18 Reading 39 13 7 19 41 59 19 10 4 5 28 21 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 46
19 Queens Park Rangers 39 11 9 19 38 60 19 6 4 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 18 33 -22 42
20 Rotherham United 38 9 14 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 20 2 9 9 11 28 -10 41
21 Cardiff City 38 10 9 19 30 44 20 6 6 8 18 20 18 4 3 11 12 24 -14 39
22 Huddersfield Town 39 10 9 20 36 55 20 7 5 8 21 23 19 3 4 12 15 32 -19 39
23 Blackpool 39 8 11 20 41 61 19 5 6 8 24 26 20 3 5 12 17 35 -20 35
24 Wigan Athletic 39 8 13 18 34 59 20 4 6 10 15 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -25 34

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 38 24 12 2 74 29 20 14 6 0 43 13 18 10 6 2 31 16 45 84
2 Sheffield United 38 22 7 9 59 33 18 11 3 4 35 17 20 11 4 5 24 16 26 73
3 Middlesbrough 39 20 7 12 71 46 19 11 6 2 36 14 20 9 1 10 35 32 25 67
4 Luton Town 39 18 13 8 48 35 20 8 8 4 26 19 19 10 5 4 22 16 13 67
5 Millwall 39 17 10 12 48 40 19 10 5 4 29 17 20 7 5 8 19 23 8 61
6 Blackburn Rovers 38 19 4 15 43 43 18 13 1 4 25 14 20 6 3 11 18 29 0 61
7 Norwich City 39 16 9 14 52 42 20 8 4 8 27 23 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 57
8 Coventry City 39 15 12 12 47 41 20 9 6 5 24 21 19 6 6 7 23 20 6 57
9 West Bromwich Albion 38 15 11 12 47 39 20 10 6 4 26 15 18 5 5 8 21 24 8 56
10 Preston North End 39 15 11 13 37 44 20 6 6 8 17 23 19 9 5 5 20 21 -7 56
11 Watford 39 14 13 12 45 42 19 9 6 4 28 17 20 5 7 8 17 25 3 55
12 Sunderland 39 14 12 13 53 46 19 6 6 7 24 25 20 8 6 6 29 21 7 54
13 Stoke City 39 14 9 16 52 45 19 6 5 8 23 21 20 8 4 8 29 24 7 51
14 Bristol City 39 12 13 14 46 47 20 8 6 6 25 19 19 4 7 8 21 28 -1 49
15 Swansea City 39 13 10 16 54 59 19 8 3 8 30 28 20 5 7 8 24 31 -5 49
16 Birmingham City 39 13 9 17 43 50 20 7 5 8 23 21 19 6 4 9 20 29 -7 48
17 Hull City 39 12 12 15 43 53 20 7 5 8 21 26 19 5 7 7 22 27 -10 48
18 Reading 39 13 7 19 41 59 19 10 4 5 28 21 20 3 3 14 13 38 -18 46
19 Queens Park Rangers 39 11 9 19 38 60 19 6 4 9 20 27 20 5 5 10 18 33 -22 42
20 Rotherham United 38 9 14 15 41 51 18 7 5 6 30 23 20 2 9 9 11 28 -10 41
21 Cardiff City 38 10 9 19 30 44 20 6 6 8 18 20 18 4 3 11 12 24 -14 39
22 Huddersfield Town 39 10 9 20 36 55 20 7 5 8 21 23 19 3 4 12 15 32 -19 39
23 Blackpool 39 8 11 20 41 61 19 5 6 8 24 26 20 3 5 12 17 35 -20 35
24 Wigan Athletic 39 8 13 18 34 59 20 4 6 10 15 32 19 4 7 8 19 27 -25 34

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.