Match Day Thread v stoke city

Winless Stoke City welcome back forward Nick Powell, who has been out since picking up a knock on the opening day.
Goalkeeper Jack Butland may be recalled by the Championship's bottom side after missing the past two league matches.
Bristol City striker Benik Afobe is not eligible to play against his parent club with Senegalese Famara Diedhiou in line to replace the loanee.
Midfielder Adam Nagy will be assessed after returning from an ankle injury for Hungary on international duty.
Match facts

• Stoke City have not lost consecutive league games against Bristol City since October 1959.
• Bristol City are looking to win consecutive away league matches against Stoke for the first time in their history, with this their 25th visit to the Potters.
• Stoke have picked up just one point from their opening six league games (W0 D1 L5) for the first time since the 1900-01 season, when they were in the top flight.
• Bristol City have scored more goals in the final 15 minutes of Championship games than any other team this season (5).
• Stoke manager Nathan Jones has won three of his last 28 league matches in charge of both Luton and Stoke (W3 D14 L11) and is now winless in 12 games (W0 D5 L7).
• Only Andreas Weimann (11) has created more chances in the Championship for Bristol City this season than Niclas Eliasson (10), despite Eliasson playing only 153 minutes for the Robins.

 

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However … some interesting fixtures this weekend
Fulham v WBA
Charlton v Brum
Swansea v Florest

I would settle for 3 draws! but looking like 3 home wins …..
No Afobe so...……….. Fammy and Weimann and Semenyo?
C O D gets a start?
who will be fit enough for a back 3? or 4?
with 2 weeks to train hopefully will have a trick or 2 in the bag!

 

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A potentially dangerous game straight after the international break. Previous form this early in the season can be irrelevant after a break.

 

Getting your excuses in early?

 

If we are serious then we need to be beating teams with one point on the board.

 

I reckon if you beat them today, Nathan Jone's head will be on the block if it isn't already.

 

a draw will be fine Stoke potentially has the ability to be top 8!

 

Funnily enough OS, I was thinking of you earlier when I looked at the league table, and more specifically those comments of yours on why anyone would think Swansea would be above Cardiff this season........

 

Guilty!!........

 

A start for Williams is interesting? I guess LJ is hoping that Williams has a point to prove to Stoke as his former club.

 

or could be to mentor moore? keep him focus'd
looks a bit narrow our line up …. maybe when we get to be 2 down will bring on some wide players and win 6-2

 

Nervy game, but take the three (3 for RR) points

 

Nice 3 points lads and I wait to hear why Moore was replaced so early and it's probably an Injury. Playing against 10 men for most of the match meant Stoke probably parked all the buses but in the end we prevailed. Onward and upward boys.

 

Another centre half injury, when will this curse end...... Hopefully, this is nothing serious

 

Nice result guys.

One Welshman off and another about to get the boot?

 

I assumed it was to replace a defender with an attacking player once we knew we were facing 10 men.

 

He wasn’t injured. LJ changed to a more wider attacking formation with the sending off.

 

Another good 3 points today. Well done lads.