Bristol City FC vs Stoke City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Bristol City FC vs Stoke City FC — Championship at Ashton Gate.
- Bristol City FC 46 games · 62 pts (2026/27)
- Stoke City FC 46 games · 55 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Ben Toner
- Assistant 1
- Assistant 2 Nigel Lugg
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Stoke City FC H 2–0 W 25 Apr Birmingham City FC A 1–2 L 21 Apr Southampton FC A 2–2 D 18 Apr Norwich City FC H 2–4 L 11 Apr Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–0 D 06 Apr Sheffield United FC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Bristol City FC A 0–2 L 25 Apr Portsmouth FC H 1–3 L 21 Apr Millwall FC H 1–3 L 18 Apr Wrexham AFC A 0–2 L 11 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–1 D 06 Apr Derby County FC A 0–2 L Season Stats
Bristol City FC Stoke City FC #12 Position #17 62 Points 55 46 Played 46 17 / 11 / 18 W / D / L 15 / 10 / 21 59 Scored 51 59 Conceded 56 +0 GD -5 1.35 PPG 1.20 37% Win % 33% Key Stats
44% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyBristol City FC are 12th (62 pts). Stoke City FC are 17th (55 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Bristol City FC and Stoke City FC is underway.
- 1' GOAL! Delano Burgzorg scores on 1.
- 6' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Stoke City FC winning 50% of all matches.
- 11' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 16' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 16 minutes.
- 21' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jason Knight made 385 appearances and scored 21 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 26' Bristol City FC is showing some good football. However, Bristol City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 31' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Sorba Thomas suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' Stoke City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 35.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Radek Vitek, as he is very good at scoring at Ashton Gate with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 45' It looks like no one’s ball. Stoke City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Stoke City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 60' It’s a booking for Stoke City FC player. Junior Tchamadeu gets a card.
- 63' That looks like a foul for a card for Ross McCrorie.
- 68' The travelling Stoke City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 73' Stoke City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 78' Bristol City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 78.
- 83' Stoke City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 88' GOAL! Sam Bell scores on 88.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Jesurun Rak-Sakyi.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Bristol City FC players.
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Lineups
Bristol City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 40
- 16
- 10
- 11
- 2
- 4
- 21
- 12
- 14
- 38
- 23
Bench
- 32
- 17
- 19
- 18
- 20
- 30
- 44
- 24
- 42
Coach Roy HodgsonStoke City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 7
- 23
- 4
- 15
- 17
- 1
- 42
- 22
- 29
- 26
- 10
Bench
- 20
- 3
- 8
- 11
- 12
- 49
- 21
- 25
- 50
Coach Mark Robins -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Nahki Wells 5 Anis Mehmeti 3 Nick Powell 2 Million Manhoef 2 Famara Diedhiou 2 Sam Bell 2 Andreas Weimann 1 Sead Haksabanovic 1 Head to Head
Bristol City FC Form
2026-05-02 Bristol City FC 2–0 Stoke City FC W 2026-04-25 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Bristol City FC L 2026-04-21 Southampton FC 2–2 Bristol City FC D 2026-04-18 Bristol City FC 2–4 Norwich City FC L 2026-04-11 Queens Park Rangers FC 0–0 Bristol City FC D 2026-04-06 Bristol City FC 1–0 Sheffield United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.57 Bristol City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.16 Stoke City FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bristol City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.73Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 51% 49% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
Bristol City FC or Draw 76%Draw or Stoke City FC 50%Bristol City FC or Stoke City FC 74%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Bristol City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.8%1 – 0 9.3%2 – 1 9%0 – 0 8.4%2 – 0 Actual1 – 2 6.6%0 – 1 6.6%2 – 2 5.2%3 – 1 4.7%0 – 2 4.3%3 – 0 4.1%3 – 2 2.8%Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC
Handicap Bristol City FC covers Push Stoke City FC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 14% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 22% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 73% — 27% +1 73% 16% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet 32% ✗Stoke City FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.