Home advantage could prove decisive in Stoke City - Bristol City battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Fri 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

Stoke City have delivered 9 home wins up until now, Bristol City have won 5 away. Which team upgrades their results in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Championship

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Stoke City form and stats

All-inclusive Championship statistics at home this season for Stoke City are 9-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Stoke City bring valid hopes of a third.

A good away victory last time out for Stoke City, who won 3-1 against West Bromwich Albion (placed 11th). Forrester, defender, was given a rating of 6.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Forrester won 6 of 19 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Reading.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stoke's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won three matches, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stoke City as they are travelling to their away game against Blackburn Rovers in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

The Stoke City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 28 in 20 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Stoke's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

Bristol City have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Championship, after 5-2-13 (20 played). Bristol City seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Bristol City's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Peterborough United (placed 24th). Defender Atkinson was the best team player with a rating of 8.84. Atkinson scored one goal and won 16 of 24 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting AFC Bournemouth's place.

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

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bristol City have scored 25 goals in 20 league games away. The Bristol City manager Pearson has some worries about the defense as 45 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stoke and Bristol City have duelled previously this season: Bristol City - Stoke City 1-0. Stoke City-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stoke City three wins, Bristol City six wins, one draw. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
19 goals
StokeJ. Brown
J. Brown
11 goals
Bristol CityC. Martin
C. Martin
9 goals

Stoke City missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Bristol City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 7 Played P 7 20 41
15 9 3 Won W 1 5 12
10 4 3 Drew D 1 2 9
16 7 1 Lost L 5 13 20
53 28 14 Scored S 8 25 52
47 21 10 Conceded C 16 45 73
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 98%
71% 65% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 90% 85%
49% 45% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 86% 75% 63%
20% 20% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 57% 45% 32%
7% 15% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 25% 20%
54% 45% 71% BTTS BTTS 71% 65% 71%
32% 40% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 10%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 30% 22%
 
5.1 4.8 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.5 4.3
5.2 4.8 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6.3 6.2
2.1 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.1 1.9
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 10.8 11.1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 9.3 10.4
3.8 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.1 3.3
34% 38% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 40% 39%
 
10 9.2 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.1 14.7 14.2
3.2 2.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.1 5.5 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most dropped points from leading position (33) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Championship
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 19 12 4 3 45 16 20 13 4 3 48 16 61 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 39 21 10 8 62 35 19 11 5 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 73
3 Nottingham Forest 39 19 10 10 61 36 21 11 4 6 34 21 18 8 6 4 27 15 25 67
4 Huddersfield Town 40 18 12 10 52 43 19 10 5 4 27 20 21 8 7 6 25 23 9 66
5 Luton Town 40 18 11 11 59 45 20 10 6 4 34 21 20 8 5 7 25 24 14 65
6 Sheffield United 41 18 11 12 53 41 20 11 5 4 32 13 21 7 6 8 21 28 12 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 41 17 12 12 52 42 21 12 5 4 36 22 20 5 7 8 16 20 10 63
8 Middlesbrough 40 18 8 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 20 6 6 8 23 24 10 62
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 21 11 6 4 27 15 20 5 7 8 18 25 5 61
10 Queens Park Rangers 41 17 8 16 55 53 21 9 6 6 28 22 20 8 2 10 27 31 2 59
11 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 12 14 45 40 20 10 7 3 27 15 21 5 5 11 18 25 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 14 15 12 43 46 20 8 9 3 27 22 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 9 15 48 53 19 9 5 5 25 21 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 57
14 Coventry City 40 15 11 14 51 50 21 10 5 6 31 21 19 5 6 8 20 29 1 56
15 Stoke City 41 15 10 16 53 47 20 9 4 7 28 21 21 6 6 9 25 26 6 55
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47 21 10 3 8 23 23 19 4 8 7 21 24 -3 53
17 Cardiff City 40 14 7 19 47 61 21 7 3 11 21 27 19 7 4 8 26 34 -14 49
18 Birmingham City 41 11 12 18 43 60 20 7 5 8 22 25 21 4 7 10 21 35 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 20 5 2 13 25 45 -21 45
20 Hull City 41 12 8 21 34 45 20 5 3 12 16 26 21 7 5 9 18 19 -11 44
21 Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 21 7 4 10 29 39 20 5 3 12 19 38 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 20 5 7 8 17 22 20 1 4 15 13 37 -29 29
23 Derby County 41 12 13 16 40 47 20 10 7 3 27 17 21 2 6 13 13 30 -7 28
24 Peterborough United 41 6 10 25 34 82 20 4 7 9 20 31 21 2 3 16 14 51 -48 28

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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 Santos Laguna 11 7 2 2 26 14 6 5 1 0 19 4 5 2 1 2 7 10 12 23
2 Necaxa 12 6 3 3 23 14 7 3 3 1 16 7 5 3 0 2 7 7 9 21
3 América 12 5 6 1 19 13 7 4 3 0 16 8 5 1 3 1 3 5 6 21
4 León 11 5 4 2 25 16 5 2 3 0 10 7 6 3 1 2 15 9 9 19
5 Pachuca 12 5 3 4 26 19 6 3 0 3 11 9 6 2 3 1 15 10 7 18
6 Querétaro 11 5 3 3 19 13 5 2 1 2 7 8 6 3 2 1 12 5 6 18
7 Tigres UANL 11 4 5 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 2 3 1 6 5 4 17
8 Pumas UNAM 11 5 2 4 12 9 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 1 1 3 3 6 3 17
9 Atlas 12 5 2 5 14 13 7 3 1 3 9 7 5 2 1 2 5 6 1 17
10 Tijuana 11 5 2 4 19 21 5 3 2 0 9 6 6 2 0 4 10 15 -2 17
11 Morelia 11 5 1 5 13 12 5 3 0 2 4 2 6 2 1 3 9 10 1 16
12 Monterrey 12 5 1 6 15 17 6 4 0 2 10 8 6 1 1 4 5 9 -2 16
13 Atlético San Luis 11 4 2 5 15 18 6 1 2 3 7 10 5 3 0 2 8 8 -3 14
14 Cruz Azul 12 2 7 3 12 14 5 1 4 0 6 4 7 1 3 3 6 10 -2 13
15 Toluca 12 3 3 6 10 15 5 2 0 3 5 6 7 1 3 3 5 9 -5 12
16 Puebla 11 3 3 5 13 22 6 2 1 3 7 13 5 1 2 2 6 9 -9 12
17 Guadalajara 11 3 2 6 15 20 5 3 0 2 9 6 6 0 2 4 6 14 -5 11
18 Juárez 11 3 2 6 8 14 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 0 1 5 2 11 -6 11
19 Veracruz 11 0 3 8 6 30 6 0 3 3 6 13 5 0 0 5 0 17 -24 3

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