Stoke vs Bristol C
Sky Bet Ch’boat
3:00pm Saturday 14th September
Bet365 Stadium
(Att: 22357)
Stoke are still searching for their first win of the Championship season following a 2-1 defeat at home to Bristol City.
It had seemed as though it could be Stoke’s day following Sam Clucas slotted home.
But their hopes suffered a setback when Joe Allen had been red-carded for a late night tackle after just 12 minutes on Josh Brownhill.
The Potters could have doubled their lead and continued to keep up the pressure but Daniel Bentley did well to keep out James McClean after 21 minutes.
Since their man advantage count was made by Bristol However, drained after the restart.
Plus they finished the comeback win with goals from Famara Diedhiou and Tom Edwards’ goal inside the distance of seven minutes.
Clucas got Stoke off into a perfect start when he blasted at home after a fantastic lay-off by Bruno Martins Indi.
When Allen had been sent-off for going in with his claws on 19, However, the game turned on its mind.
Han-Noah Massengo needed to flip the ball over his own crossbar for a 19th minute corner since the Potters continued to dominate.
Bentley spread himself two minutes to keep out a close-range effort from McClean.
Jack Butland saved to keep an Andreas Weimann shot after 23 minutes since the game burst into life.
Tommy Rowe was not able to discover the goal with a header out of Brownhill’s cross 30 minutes.
Antoine Semenyo blazed over from a tight angle before Clucas failed to maintain a effort back on the stroke of half-time.
Tom Ince saw a shot saved about 48 minutes by Bentley after a surging run into the box.
Badou Ndiaye dragged an effort wide from distance moments looked for a decisive moment.
However, Diedhiou headed home by Jack Hunt on 55 minutes from the goal-line after a cross that was dazzling to drag Bristol level.
The people were ahead seven minutes when Edwards turned to his own while under pressure.
Before delivering another deadly cross to the back post after he beat his man, but Hunt again deserved the credit.
Stoke were unable to make a fantastic chance to level in the closing stages with the volley from Clucas how they can offer.
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