Match preview: 11 points stand between the teams until now, Stoke City having done best. Will Bristol City upset the odds?
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bristol and Stoke City.
Bristol City form and stats
With 1 Championship win, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Bristol City are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Bristol drew their last game, also a home match. Blackburn Rovers (placed 8th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Callum O'Dowda (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.73/10. O'Dowda scored one goal.
A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Coventry City.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bristol as they are travelling to their away game against Sheffield United in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bristol here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Stoke City form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Stoke City have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Stoke, as they have won on their previous two travels.
The Stoke goalkeeper Adam Davies is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 289 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Stoke won their last game, 2-0 versus Peterborough United played at home. Midfield player Mario Vrančić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.03/10. Vrančić scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Luton Town at their stadium, the result 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Blackburn Rovers in just three days.
Stoke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 9 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Stoke City have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's five Bristol victories, one draw and three Stoke City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Weimann 7 goals |  C. Martin 5 goals |   N. Powell 5 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Bristol City | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 24 |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 83% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 56% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 56% | 44% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 67% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 50% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 39% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10.2 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 36% | 26% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 33% |
| 15.1 | 14.6 | 17.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3 | 3 |
- Stoke 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 | Fulham | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 41 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Stoke City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Millwall | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Reading | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 21 | Hull City | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -17 | 15 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 0 |
- Bristol City
- Bristol Live - (local newspaper)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)