About Match
4 points and 9 places separate them: Stoke City 13th with 6, Bristol City 4th with 10. In league terms the two rates read 1.6/1.8 for Stoke City and 1.8/1.4 for Bristol City (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.43. Victory would move Stoke City to 9 points and up to 7th, with other results unchanged.
Three consecutive wins precede this game for Bristol City.
17 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Stoke City 6, draws 2, Bristol City 9, at 2.65 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 35% of those meetings. The last five meetings averaged 3.6 goals, well above the all-time 2.65.
Bet365 Stadium in Stoke stages the fixture, a ground that holds 30,089.