Bristol City 2-3 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023

Result

Bristol City 2-3 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 30 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bristol City 2-3 Stoke City: match report

Bristol City lost to Stoke City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 30 September 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Sam Bell opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Sam Bell (5') and Nahki Wells (15'). Stoke City scored through Mehdi Léris (20'), Sead Hakšabanović (47') and Nathan Lowe (89').

Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 10th on 12 points from 8 and Stoke City 20th on 7 points from 8. Bristol City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Stoke City 17th with 56.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Stoke City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Travers of Stoke City (7.7), ahead of Nahki Wells (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bristol City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Stoke City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Sam BellBristol City · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Nahki WellsBristol City · 2-0
  • 20'Goal · Mehdi LérisStoke City · 2-1
  • 47'Goal · Sead HakšabanovićStoke City · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Nathan LoweStoke City · 2-3
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Junior TchamadeuStoke City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Andreas WeimannBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 6, draws 1, Stoke City 3.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (4-3-3)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Rob Dickie, Kal Naismith, Cameron Pring, Jason Knight, Matty James, Joe Williams, Mark Sykes, Nahki Wells, Sam Bell

Stoke City line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Travers, Ki-Jana Hoever, Michael Rose, Ben Wilmot, Lynden Gooch, Josh Laurent, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Mehdi Léris, Wesley Moraes, Sead Haksabanovic