England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Bristol City and Stoke City, taking place on Saturday, 17 December 2022, at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol.
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Bristol City, Recent FormBristol City will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 3-1 winners in their away fixture against Rotherham United. In that game they had 45% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 4 on target, compared to Rotherham United who had 16 attempts and 5 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 5 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 6 and seen valuable points lost. Finding the net regularly has been an issue for them in their home stadium, with zero goals scored in 3 of their last 6 matches. They have not been performing well at all defensively, not delivering a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 matches.
They've had a less than ideal run of form recently, winning just 1 of their last 6 games.
Stoke City, Recent FormLast time out for Stoke City resulted in a perhaps unsurprising 2-2 draw against Cardiff City in a match they really wanted to win. In that game they recorded 44 of the possession, with 11 attempts on goal, 4 on target. Their opponents found the target on 5 of their 8 shots on goal.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 7 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 9, and leading to valuable points being dropped. Having found the net in 5 of their last 6 matches, they will be pleased that their forward line have found some good and consistent form of late. They are proving to be well organised on their travels, having kept 3 clean sheets in their last 6 games.
Their current form can't be viewed positively, having clocked up 3 losses from their last 6 games and only 2 wins to speak of.
It was not a positive ending for Stoke City last time they met Bristol City in the league, with the game ending in a 0-1 defeat.
In the previous 2 league encounters between these two teams, The Potters have failed to score a single goal against Bristol City. Playing away from home, Stoke have scored in 2 of their last 3 league games against Bristol City.
Bristol City has won the last 2 games they've played against Stoke in the league.
With only Ayman Benarous (Cruciate ligament) and Tomáš Kalas (Calf) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Nigel Pearson will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Alex Neil has a number of injury concerns in his Stoke squad to contend with: Sam Clucas (Back), Gavin Kilkenny (Medial Collateral Ligament), Josh Laurent (Leg) and Nick Powell (Rib)
Bristol City Playing at home | Stoke City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 1.2 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 56' |
| 46' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1.7 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 3.1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 3-2 | Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
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