Bristol City FC vs Stoke City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Bristol City FC vs Stoke City FC — Championship at Ashton Gate.
- Bristol City FC 46 games · 62 pts (2025/26)
- Stoke City FC 46 games · 55 pts (2025/26)
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 history30% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season28% Clean Sheets
Stoke City FC this seasonBristol City FC are 12th (62 pts). Stoke City FC are 17th (55 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Bristol City FC and Stoke City FC is underway.
- 1' What a strike from Delano Burgzorg! The score is 1-0.
- 6' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 11' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Stoke City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 16' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Stoke City FC that had 372 games and scored 334 goals.
- 21' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 26' Scott Twine needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 12 Yellow cards this season.
- 31' It looks surprising Bristol City FC does not make any changes. Joon-ho Bae has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' Stoke City FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 40' Stoke City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 50' Stoke City FC is showing some good football. However, Stoke 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.
- 55' 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.
- 60' Stoke City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 60.
- 63' The referee shows Bristol City FC player a card on 63.
- 68' 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 Ben Gibson suffering a number of foals already.
- 73' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 78' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sam Morsy, as he is very good at scoring at Ashton Gate with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Radek Vitek made 396 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 88' Goal! Sam Bell scores his 8 goal in 377 matches.
- 90' Jesurun Rak-Sakyi was booked on 90.
- Full Time. Bristol City FC beats Stoke City FC
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Bristol City FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 40
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- 10
- 11
- 2
- 4
- 21
- 12
- 14
- 38
- 23
Bench- 32
- 17
- 19
- 18
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- 30
- 44
- 24
- 42
Coach Roy HodgsonStoke City FC
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 -
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