Carrying a 5 point dominance in the league table, Bristol City fans want to see their side win max points from this game versus Stoke City.
- Stoke City have yet to win a game away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Carabao Cup. That game, against AFC Bournemouth, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Stoke City.
Bristol City form and stats
Bristol City have played 4 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Bristol City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Leicester City (0-1). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through four league matches. O'Leary had a busy but productive day in the Leicester City match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Plymouth Argyle.This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Bristol City has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Bristol City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Rotherham United awaits in four days.
Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games.
Stoke City form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Two away games in a row for Stoke, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 vs AFC Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup.
A 1-3 loss hosting Hull City before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Stoke City in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Stoke City, 2 draws and 7 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Stoke City, the Championship home match versus Southampton. Busy days.
Stoke are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 4 away games. Stoke City have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Bristol wins - draws - Stoke City wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cunha Vidigal 4 goals |   S. Bell 3 goals |  M. James 2 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Bristol City | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 5.2 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.2 | 7.1 |
| 4.2 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 14.8 | 14.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 39% | 45% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 12.6 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 15.5 | 12.2 |
| 4.1 | 2.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 5.2 |
- Bristol City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stoke City have scored away.
- Stoke City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Stoke City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Stoke City have yet to win a game away.
- Stoke City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Hull City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Cardiff City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Norwich City | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Birmingham City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Millwall | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Southampton | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 16 | Watford | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 17 | Huddersfield Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Coventry City | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 21 | Swansea City | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 5 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 2 |
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