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Stoke City v Bristol City

Stoke City
0–0Full time
Bristol City

Championship · SAT 24 OCT · bet365 Stadium

Full timeGraded 24 Oct 18:08
Stoke City 0–0 Bristol City STOKE CITY WIN · WRONGUNDER 2.5 · RIGHTNOT BOTH TO SCORE · RIGHTOVER 1.5 · WRONGUNDER 3.5 · RIGHT1–1 EXACTLY · WRONG
We said Stoke City win41%
The market said39%
Brier score, this match · lower is better0.788
The market’s Brier score0.760

The prediction on this page is exactly as published before kick-off. Match events and statistics come from the match and are corrected when the official figures change. Wrong calls are shown exactly like right ones.

The match replay8 notes · 19 alerts
  1. 0′Before kick-off: we said Stoke City win at 41%.
  2. 1′Much as we predicted: Stoke City was 41% before kick-off and our model makes it 40% now. 0–0 · 40–28–32
  3. 1′KICK-OFF Stoke City v Bristol City
  4. 22′SUBSTITUTION · 21' Stoke City · On: George Hirst · Off: Lamine Cissé
  5. 39′THE CALL SWINGS · 39' Draw is now our likeliest result at 39% (was Stoke City win 36%)
  6. 45′HALF-TIME Stoke City 0–0 Bristol City
  7. 45′SECOND HALF Stoke City 0–0 Bristol City
  8. 46′🟨 YELLOW · 31' El Hadji Soumare · Stoke City
  9. 46′🟨 YELLOW · 43' Luke McNally · Bristol City
  10. 47′OUR NUMBER MOVES DOWN · 47' Stoke City win: 41% at kick-off, 31% now
  11. 53′We said Stoke City at 41%. It is not going that way — our model now has it at 29%. 0–0 · 29–47–24
  12. 55′We expected about 2.4 goals. There have been none, and the clock is running down. 0–0 · 32–42–26
  13. 63′SUBSTITUTION · 62' Bristol City · On: Sam Bellis · Off: lorent tolaj
  14. 63′SUBSTITUTION · 62' Bristol City · On: Brian de Keersmaecker · Off: Gibson Osahumen Yah
  15. 64′We said Stoke City at 41%. It is not going that way — our model now has it at 24%. 0–0 · 24–56–20
  16. 69′OUR NUMBER MOVES DOWN · 69' Stoke City win: 41% at kick-off, 21% now
  17. 70′SUBSTITUTION · 69' Stoke City · On: Junior Tchamadeu · Off: El Hadji Soumare
  18. 73′We said Stoke City at 41%. It is not going that way — our model now has it at 18%. 0–0 · 18–67–15
  19. 73′🟨 YELLOW · 71' Jason Knight · Bristol City
  20. 78′We said Stoke City at 41%. It is not going that way — our model now has it at 14%. 0–0 · 14–74–12
  21. 81′OUR NUMBER MOVES DOWN · 81' Stoke City win: 41% at kick-off, 11% now
  22. 82′SUBSTITUTION · 81' Stoke City · On: Róbert Boženík · Off: Justin Devenny
  23. 83′We said Stoke City at 41%. It is not going that way — our model now has it at 9%. 0–0 · 9–84–8
  24. 88′SUBSTITUTION · 87' Bristol City · On: Jed Wallace · Off: Dominic Ballard
  25. 88′SUBSTITUTION · 88' Bristol City · On: Adam Randell · Off: Jason Knight
  26. 90′We said Stoke City at 41%. It is not going that way — our model now has it at 4%. 0–0 · 4–92–4
  27. 94′OUR NUMBER MOVES DOWN · 90+4' Stoke City win: 41% at kick-off, 1% now
  28. FTFULL TIME Stoke City 0–0 Bristol City
  29. FTStoke City 0–0 Bristol City · Stoke City win: wrong · Under 2.5: right · Not both to score: right · Over 1.5: wrong · Under 3.5: right · 1–1 exactly: wrong

What our live read said during the match, as it was said, with the score and our numbers for home–draw–away at that moment; and every alert we raised, with the minute. Nothing is written after the final whistle.

AI match analysis

Pitchside prediction · before kick-off

Stoke City are narrow favourites.

The Pitchside prediction: Stoke City 41%, draw 28%, Bristol City 32%. Over 2.5 goals 44%, both teams to score 49%.

The AI’s read on Stoke City v Bristol CityBefore, during and after the match · From £5.99 + VAT · paid once, never renewsSee the passes

Pre-match prediction

First published 18 Oct 01:23 · locked at kick-off

Stoke City win41%
Draw28%
Bristol City win32%

Kick-offSAT 24 OCT · 15:00

RoundMatchday 12

Venuebet365 Stadium

RefereeJames Bell

Line-ups

Stoke City

3-4-3

Bristol City

4-2-3-1

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · every competition we cover

Stoke City

Bristol City

7Days since last match7

Last match: 17 Oct · the English Championship

Last match: 17 Oct · the English Championship

3Matches in previous 14 days3

Counted across every competition we cover, before kick-off. Club friendlies are not counted.

League table

2026/27

Positions before kick-off

#TEAMPGDPTS
6Stoke City11+219
15Bristol City11−314

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

Stoke City

3-4-3

1 V. Johansson

16 B. Wilmot

18 B. Lawal

5 L. Graham

2 B. Johnson

27 El Hadji Djibril Soumaré

8 E. Galbraith

21 L. Bombino

7 J. McGlynn

13 J. Devenny

11 L. Cissé

Coach · M. Robins

Substitutes

10 · Bae Jun-Ho

9 · R. Boženík

23 · B. Gibson

24 · J. Griffiths

15 · G. Hirst

4 · B. Pearson

19 · T. Rigo

40 · M. Talovierov

22 · J. Tchamadeu

Bristol City

4-2-3-1

40 B. Collins

3 C. Pring

19 G. Tanner

15 L. McNally

2 L. Eissat

12 J. Knight

8 J. Williams

21 Rio Cardines

23 D. Ballard

27 G. Yah

9 L. Tolaj

Coach · M. Skubala

Substitutes

5 · R. Atkinson

11 · S. Bell

6 · B. De Keersmaecker

20 · S. Greenwood

7 · Y. Hirakawa

4 · A. Randell

1 · S. Tickle

10 · S. Twine

17 · J. Wallace

Our number · stoke city winFirst published 18 Oct 01:23 · locked at kick-off
41% The market39%
Us41%
Market39%

We make Stoke City a 41% chance to win. The market has them at 39%. We are within 2 points of the market. The model expects 1.3–1.1.

What the number rests on

Our model
Expected goals · Stoke City v Bristol City1.30 – 1.12
Form · last six in Championship this season · since 8 SeptW4 D1 L1 · W1 D1 L4
Table places · points 19 v 146 v 15
The market · Stoke City win39% · ours 41%

Built from every result and the chances each side creates and concedes, recent matches counting most, with home advantage in it. Line-ups, injuries and rest are not in the number.

How the number movedSince we published
35%40%45% 18 OCT 01:2324 OCT 14:15
Our probability · Stoke City win The market, margin stripped

Our number has not moved since we published. No bookmaker had priced it when we published; the market has it at 39% now.

Every market, from one calculation
MarketUsMarketGap
Stoke City win41%39%+2
Draw28%29%−1
Bristol City win32%32%0
Over 2.5 goals44%46%−2
Both teams to score49%53%−4
Over 1.5 goals70%71%−1
Over 3.5 goals23%27%−4
Stoke City or draw68%68%0
Stoke City clean sheet33%––
Bristol City clean sheet27%––

Every figure here is read off one scoreline distribution, so no two can contradict each other. The market is the median of 9 bookmakers, each with its margin stripped — what we are measured against, never an input to the model.

Every scorelineMost likely 1–1 at 13.0%
0123450 9.2 9.7 5.6 2.1 1 11.4 13.0 7.2 2.7 2 7.5 8.4 4.7 3 3.3 3.7 2.0 4 5
under 2% 5% 12%+Stoke City down, Bristol City across0–5 goals a side shown (99.6% of outcomes)

This is a probability, not a recommendation. We take no bets and hold no affiliate relationships with any gambling operator. Model 1.2 — Pitchside Lab's own model.

Head to head

Last 10 meetings
Goals a meeting3.10
Over 2.56 of 10
Both scored5 of 10
Last meetingsBRI 2–0 STO · STO 5–1 BRI · BRI 2–0 STO · STO 2–2 BRI

Every competition we cover, the latest meeting first.

Form · last six in Championship this season · since 8 Sept

STOKE CITY

DWWWLW1–1 · 2–1 · 2–1 · 2–1 · 2–3 · 1–0

BRISTOL CITY

LLWDLL1–4 · 0–1 · 1–0 · 1–1 · 0–1 · 0–1

The table

2026/27
#TEAMPGDPTS
1Middlesbrough12+1025
2Swansea11+823
3West Ham11+1822
4Birmingham11+920
5West Brom11+320
6Stoke City11+219
7Wolves11+318
8Southampton11+1117
9QPR11+317
10Blackburn11+115
11Sheffield Utd11+115
12Millwall11015
13Portsmouth11015
14Wrexham11−114
15Bristol City11−314
16Charlton11−514
17Bolton12−714
18Lincoln11−1012
19Cardiff11+111
20Watford11−911
21Norwich11−49
22Burnley11−58
23Derby11−116
24Preston11−154

The competition's standings before kick-off.