Stoke 1-2 Bristol City: Joe Allen red card costs struggling Potters
Stoke vs Bristol C
Sky Bet Ch’ship
3:00pm Saturday 14th September
Bet365 Stadium
(Att: 22357)
Stoke are searching for their first win of the Championship season after a 2-1 defeat at home to Bristol City.
It had seemed as though it could be Stoke’s day after Sam Clucas slotted home from a corner.
However, their hopes suffered a setback when Joe Allen was red-carded for a lunging tackle on Josh Brownhill.
The Potters may have doubled their lead and continued to keep the pressure up however, Daniel Bentley failed to keep out James McClean after 21 minutes.
But Stoke, who remain rooted to the foot of table, tired after the restart as Bristol made their individual advantage count.
Plus they completed the comeback win with goals from Famara Diedhiou and Tom Edwards‘ own target in the space of seven minutes.
When he blasted home after a from Bruno Martins Indi clucas got off Stoke to a start.
When Allen had been sent-off for moving in with his studs However, the game turned on its mind.
Han-Noah Massengo needed to flip the ball over his own crossbar for a 19th second corner since the Potters continued to control.
Bentley spread himself two minutes afterwards to keep a close-range campaign from McClean.
Jack Butland maintained with his toes to keep an Andreas Weimann shot after 23 minutes because the game burst to life.
Tommy Rowe was not able to obtain the target on 30 minutes with a header from the cross of Brownhill.
Before Clucas failed to maintain back a long-range effort on the stroke of half-time antoine Semenyo blazed over after 42 minutes.
Tom Ince saw a shot saved after a surging run to the box on 48 minutes by Bentley.
Badou Ndiaye dragged an effort wide from distance moments looked for a pivotal moment.
But Diedhiou headed home by the goal-line following a cross that was brilliant by Jack Hunt about 55 minutes to haul Bristol level.
When Edwards turned into his own while the visitors were ahead seven minutes later.
Before delivering another chipped cross to the back post when he beat his man, However, Hunt deserved the credit.
Stoke were unable to produce a good chance to level at the closing stages with an volley from Clucas.
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