Bristol City vs Stoke City Prediction: A win for the hosts

Bristol City will welcome Stoke City to the Ashton Gate Stadium on Wednesday. The visitors are winless in 16 of their last 18 games in all competitions. Can they return to winning ways? Below, I have the team news, possible starting 11, some interesting facts, expert betting tips, and odds.

Bristol City

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Bristol City suffered a 1-0 loss to Swansea City in their last game. Prior to the loss, they had enjoyed a three-game unbeaten run. They are unbeaten in six of their last eight games at home.

Bristol sit 9th on the table with 42 points in 32 games, scoring 38 and conceding 36. However, Joe Williams is still out of this game due to suspension, while Ayman Benarous, Cameron Pring, and Luke McNally are ruled out of this game.

Stoke City

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Stoke City were dumped out of the FA Cup after penalties in their last game against Cardiff. They will now return to the league where they secured a 2-1 win over Hull City in their last outing. They remain winless in 16 of their last 18 games in all competitions.

Stoke sit 18th on the table with 32 points in 30 games, scoring 28 goals and conceding 37. However, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Andre Vidigal, Ben Wilmot, Eric Bocat, Jordan Thompson, Lynden Gooch, Million Manhoef, Sam Gallagher, and Sol Sidibe are ruled out of this game due to injuries.

Possible Starting 11

Bristol City — Max O'Leary, Luke McNally, Robert Dickie, Zak Vyner, Mark Sykes, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Ross McCrorie, Scott Twine, George Earthy, Nahki Wells.

Stoke City — Viktor Johansson, Junior Tchamadeu, Ashley Phillips, Michael Rose, Enda Stevens, Tatsuki Seko, Andy Moran, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Nathan Lowe, Joon-ho Bae, Ali Al-Hamadi.

Interesting Facts

• Stoke are unbeaten in four of their last five games against Bristol City;
• The last five games between the two sides have seen 3+ goals;
• Stoke City have seen 3+ goals in three of their last four games.

Expert Betting Tips

Bristol City have been performing below par this season, but I believe they will return to winning ways here because Stoke City are not in good form as well. However, the hosts have won four of their last six games at home, and they should be able to win this clash as well. Also, clashes between these two sides have always seen lots of goals, so I expect this game to follow suit.

Our prediction for the match is to see more than two goals for odds of 1.91 at Betway.

Our second prediction is for both teams to score (BTTS) for odds of 1.83 at Bet365.

Our third prediction is for Bristol City to win for odds of 1.70 at 1xbet.