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Stoke
EFL Championship
14:00
UTC, Saturday 24 October 2026
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Bristol City

Stoke vs Bristol City: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

Stoke City host Bristol City at bet365 Stadium on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 14:00 UTC, in the EFL Championship (round 12). Prediction markets make Stoke the favourite at 40%, with the draw at 28% (Polymarket). Stoke have had 7 days of rest since playing Derby (EFL Championship); Bristol City have had 7 after facing Sheffield Utd and travel about 175 km. Stoke are without 5 players (Eric Bocat, Sam Gallagher, Svante Ingelsson and others); Bristol City are missing 2 (Lorent Tolaj, Noah Eile). James Bell is the referee, averaging 3.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8. The forecast at kick-off is 11°C with rain and windy.

Win chances

Stoke 40%Draw 28%Bristol City 32%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Stoke 3-4-3

Coach: Mark Robins

  1. 1 Viktor Johansson GK
  2. 16 Ben Wilmot DEF
  3. 18 Bosun Lawal DEF
  4. 5 Luke Graham DEF
  5. 2 Ben Johnson MID
  6. 27 Djibril Soumaré MID
  7. 8 Ethan Galbraith MID
  8. 17 Eric Bocat MID
  9. 7 Jack McGlynn FWD
  10. 11 Lamine Cissé FWD
  11. 13 Justin Devenny FWD

Bench

  • 24 Joshua Griffiths GK
  • 22 Junior Tchamadeu DEF
  • 40 Maksym Talovierov DEF
  • 21 Luca Bombino DEF
  • 4 Ben Pearson MID
  • 10 Bae Jun-Ho MID
  • 15 George Hirst FWD
  • 9 Róbert Bozeník FWD
  • 42 Million Manhoef FWD

Bristol City 4-2-3-1

Coach: Michael Skubala

  1. 1 Sam Tickle GK
  2. 19 George Tanner DEF
  3. 15 Luke McNally DEF
  4. 5 Robert Atkinson DEF
  5. 3 Cameron Pring DEF
  6. 12 Jason Knight MID
  7. 27 Gibson Yah MID
  8. 21 Rio Cardines FWD
  9. 10 Scott Twine MID
  10. 7 Yu Hirakawa FWD
  11. 23 Dominic Ballard FWD

Bench

  • 40 Bradley Collins GK
  • 2 Lisav Naif Eissat DEF
  • 17 Jed Wallace MID
  • 14 Tomi Horvat MID
  • 20 Sam Greenwood MID
  • 4 Adam Randell MID
  • 6 Brian De Keersmaecker MID
  • 45 Elijah Adebayo FWD
  • 11 Sam Bell FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Stoke

  • Eric Bocat injury, back Doubtful
  • Sam Gallagher injury, back Early November 2026
  • Svante Ingelsson injury, back Doubtful
  • Ato Ampah injury, back Mid January 2027
  • Aaron Cresswell injury, back Doubtful

Bristol City

  • Lorent Tolaj injury, back Doubtful
  • Noah Eile injury, back Doubtful
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 2 May 2026: Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City
  • Saturday 1 November 2025: Stoke City 5-1 Bristol City
  • Wednesday 12 February 2025: Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City
  • Tuesday 22 October 2024: Stoke City 2-2 Bristol City
  • Saturday 4 May 2024: Stoke City 4-0 Bristol City