Bristol City vs Stoke City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

A total of 22 league matches are done and Bristol City are -1 points ahead of Stoke City. What happens?

Bristol City and Stoke 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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Bristol City form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Bristol City have to build on here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the Championship.

Happy days for Bristol in their previous game, a fixture away at Rotherham United (placed 18th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. At last, a league victory after five games without. Midfielder Pring was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Pring scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the match before that, Bristol City hosted Watford and drew the game 0-0.

Bristol City has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Bristol have conceded only 10 goals.

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Stoke City form and stats

Playing away, Stoke City have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Championship this season.

Stoke City's last game was the home draw against Cardiff City (2-2). Midfielder Thompson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Thompson hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Luton Town.

13 goals have been conceded by Stoke City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Bristol City won six games, one match ended in a draw and Stoke City have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
7 goals
BristolT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals
Stoke CityL. Baker
L. Baker
5 goals

Bristol City missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 1 11 22
7 4 2 Won W 0 4 7
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
9 4 0 Lost L 0 5 10
30 13 4 Scored S 0 11 24
30 10 0 Conceded C 0 13 29
91% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 91% 95%
86% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 73% 77%
50% 36% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 41%
23% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 27%
18% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 45% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 41%
27% 45% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 45% 32%
23% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 27% 32%
 
5 5.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 5.7
6 5.2 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 5.9
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.7
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 11.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 12.5 13.3
3.2 3.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.9 4.3
43% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 26%
 
11.6 9.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20 13.1 11.4
3.5 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.5

  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 21 11 8 2 40 23 11 7 4 0 23 10 10 4 4 2 17 13 17 41
2 Sheffield United 22 12 5 5 36 19 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 17 38
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 12 0 10 25 26 11 8 0 3 18 11 11 4 0 7 7 15 -1 36
4 Norwich City 22 10 5 7 30 23 11 5 3 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 12 11 7 32
5 Preston North End 22 9 7 6 22 21 11 3 4 4 7 11 11 6 3 2 15 10 1 31
6 Watford 21 9 6 6 28 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 11 3 5 3 11 12 6 33
7 Reading 22 10 2 10 24 30 11 7 1 3 16 11 11 3 1 7 8 19 -6 29
8 Millwall 22 9 5 8 27 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 31
9 Swansea City 22 8 7 7 27 29 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 3 5 3 12 15 -2 31
10 Queens Park Rangers 21 9 4 8 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 4 2 5 11 14 2 31
11 Luton Town 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 2 7 2 14 12 11 5 2 4 10 12 0 30
12 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 31 27 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 4 1 6 18 16 4 27
13 Sunderland 21 8 6 7 29 23 10 3 4 3 13 10 11 5 2 4 16 13 6 30
14 Coventry City 20 8 5 7 21 19 9 5 1 3 10 6 11 3 4 4 11 13 2 29
15 Birmingham City 22 7 8 7 23 20 11 3 5 3 13 10 11 4 3 4 10 10 3 28
16 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 30 30 11 4 3 4 13 10 11 3 3 5 17 20 0 24
17 Stoke City 22 7 5 10 24 29 11 3 3 5 13 16 11 4 2 5 11 13 -5 25
18 Rotherham United 22 6 8 8 26 29 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 2 5 4 8 14 -3 26
19 Cardiff City 22 7 4 11 19 27 11 4 2 5 9 10 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 24
20 Hull City 21 7 3 11 25 39 11 4 0 7 11 20 10 3 3 4 14 19 -14 24
21 Wigan Athletic 22 6 6 10 22 32 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 4 3 4 14 14 -10 23
22 Blackpool 22 6 5 11 24 33 11 3 2 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 12 17 -9 22
23 West Bromwich Albion 20 5 8 7 24 24 11 3 4 4 14 14 9 2 4 3 10 10 0 23
24 Huddersfield Town 21 5 4 12 19 27 11 4 2 5 10 10 10 1 2 7 9 17 -8 19

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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 21 11 8 2 40 23 11 7 4 0 23 10 10 4 4 2 17 13 17 41
2 Sheffield United 22 12 5 5 36 19 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 17 38
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 12 0 10 25 26 11 8 0 3 18 11 11 4 0 7 7 15 -1 36
4 Norwich City 22 10 5 7 30 23 11 5 3 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 12 11 7 32
5 Preston North End 22 9 7 6 22 21 11 3 4 4 7 11 11 6 3 2 15 10 1 31
6 Watford 21 9 6 6 28 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 11 3 5 3 11 12 6 33
7 Reading 22 10 2 10 24 30 11 7 1 3 16 11 11 3 1 7 8 19 -6 29
8 Millwall 22 9 5 8 27 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 31
9 Swansea City 22 8 7 7 27 29 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 3 5 3 12 15 -2 31
10 Queens Park Rangers 21 9 4 8 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 4 2 5 11 14 2 31
11 Luton Town 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 2 7 2 14 12 11 5 2 4 10 12 0 30
12 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 31 27 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 4 1 6 18 16 4 27
13 Sunderland 21 8 6 7 29 23 10 3 4 3 13 10 11 5 2 4 16 13 6 30
14 Coventry City 20 8 5 7 21 19 9 5 1 3 10 6 11 3 4 4 11 13 2 29
15 Birmingham City 22 7 8 7 23 20 11 3 5 3 13 10 11 4 3 4 10 10 3 28
16 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 30 30 11 4 3 4 13 10 11 3 3 5 17 20 0 24
17 Stoke City 22 7 5 10 24 29 11 3 3 5 13 16 11 4 2 5 11 13 -5 25
18 Rotherham United 22 6 8 8 26 29 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 2 5 4 8 14 -3 26
19 Cardiff City 22 7 4 11 19 27 11 4 2 5 9 10 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 24
20 Hull City 21 7 3 11 25 39 11 4 0 7 11 20 10 3 3 4 14 19 -14 24
21 Wigan Athletic 22 6 6 10 22 32 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 4 3 4 14 14 -10 23
22 Blackpool 22 6 5 11 24 33 11 3 2 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 12 17 -9 22
23 West Bromwich Albion 20 5 8 7 24 24 11 3 4 4 14 14 9 2 4 3 10 10 0 23
24 Huddersfield Town 21 5 4 12 19 27 11 4 2 5 10 10 10 1 2 7 9 17 -8 19

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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.