Stoke City vs Bristol City 0-0

Stoke City and Bristol City finished level at 0-0 after a match that never produced a breakthrough. Stoke had most of the ball and the larger share of the passing, while Bristol City left with a point.

There were no goals in the first half, with Stoke forced into an early change on 21 minutes when Lamine Cissé went off and George Hirst came on. El Hadji Soumare was booked on 31 minutes and Luke McNally was shown a yellow card on 43 minutes, before the sides went in level at 0-0.

Bristol City made two changes on 62 minutes, with Lorent Tolaj replaced by Sam Bellis and Gibson Osahumen Yah making way for Brian de Keersmaecker. Stoke then changed again on 69 minutes, when Junior Tchamadeu came on for El Hadji Soumare, before Róbert Boženík replaced Justin Devenny on 81 minutes. Bristol City finished with more changes in the closing stages, as Jed Wallace came on for Dominic Ballard on 87 minutes and Adam Randell replaced Jason Knight on 88 minutes. Jason Knight had already been booked on 71 minutes.

Stoke had 63% of possession and 584 passes to Bristol City's 329, while they also had 11 shots to 8 and 1 shot on target to Bristol City's 0. Bristol City still finished ahead on xG, 0.79 to 0.31, and won 6 corners to Stoke's 5. Stoke committed 7 fouls to Bristol City's 13, and the away side had 1 save to Stoke's 0.

Stoke City's only booking went to El Hadji Soumare on 31 minutes. Bristol City were booked twice, with Luke McNally on 43 minutes and Jason Knight on 71 minutes.