Bristol City vs Stoke City Prediction: The home team are favourites to win the game

Bristol is ready to welcome Stoke City on Saturday evening. Stoke has lost five of their last seven league games against Bristol. Would Stoke be able to bounce back this time?

Bristol City’s Form

Bristol's performance at home is as per expectations this season as they managed (W4 D3 L4) to win four out of eleven league games on four occasions. Their previous home game against Watford (0-0) ended as a draw. Earlier Bristol lost against Blades (0-1) at their home. Bristol scored 13 goals against their visitors in their eleven home league games and conceded 10 in return.

Bristol’s away performance is also poor as they managed (W2 L6 D3) to win on just two occasions out of eleven. With 27 points in 22 games, Bristol is sitting in the 16th position. They have netted 30 goals this season and conceded 30 in return.

Nahki Wells is the team’s top scorer with 7 goals and 3 assists followed by Tommy Conway (6) and Andres Weimann (4) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Bristol’s possible lineup

O’Leary; Tanner, King, Naismith; Weimann, Williams, James, Scott, Pring; Wells, Conway.

Stoke City’s Form

Stoke City’s away performance is average this season as they managed to win on (W4, L5, D2) four occasions out of eleven. They lost their previous away game against West Brom (0-2). In their, 11 away games, they scored 10 goals against their hosts and conceded 8 in return.

Their home form is also poor as they managed (W3 L5 D3) to win on three occasions out of eleven. With 26 points in 22 games, Stoke City is sitting in the 19th position. They have netted 24 goals this season and conceded 29 in return.

Lewis Baker is the team’s top scorer with 5 goals and 4 assists followed by Ben Wilmot (3) and Tyrese Campbell (3) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Stoke City’s possible lineup

Bonham; Clarke, Souttar, Wilmot, Tymon; Baker, Thompson; Campbell, Smallbone, Fosu; Delap.

Bristol vs Stoke expert tips

Bristol is looking to win consecutive league games for the first time since September but is currently winless in four at home. Stoke City lost two games in a row last season against Bristol. History could repeat itself. After analyzing all the facts, we favor Bristol for winning the match. In this match, we can expect less than 2.5 goals as both teams scored less than 2 goals in a face-off.