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 following a 2-1 defeat at home to Bristol City.
It had seemed like it could be the day of Stoke following Sam Clucas slotted home from a corner.
But their hopes suffered a significant blow when Joe Allen was red-carded to get a late lunging tackle on Josh Brownhill after just 12 minutes.
The Potters continued to keep the pressure up and may have doubled their lead but Daniel Bentley failed to maintain James McClean after 21 minutes.
However, Stoke, who remain rooted to the foot of desk, exhausted after the restart as Bristol left their individual advantage count.
Plus they finished the comeback win with goals from Famara Diedhiou and Tom Edwards‘ own purpose in the space of seven minutes.
Clucas got off Stoke into a perfect start when he smashed home after a by Bruno Martins Indi.
When Allen had been sent-off for moving in with his studs but the match turned on its head.
Han-Noah Massengo needed to flip the ball over his own crossbar to get a minute corner as the Potters continued to dominate.
Bentley spread himself brightly two minutes to keep out a close-range effort.
Jack Butland saved with his toes to keep an Andreas Weimann shot after 23 minutes since the game burst out into life.
Tommy Rowe was unable to discover the goal 30 minutes with a header out of the cross of Brownhill.
Before Clucas failed to keep down a effort on the stroke of half-time antoine Semenyo blazed over after 42 minutes.
Tom Ince saw a shot saved by Bentley on 48 minutes after a run into the box.
Badou Ndiaye dragged an effort wide from distance minutes looked for a moment that was decisive.
However, Diedhiou headed home by Jack Hunt on 55 minutes by the goal-line following a dazzling cross to drag Bristol level.
When Edwards turned into his own net while under 17, the visitors were ahead seven minutes.
But Hunt deserved the credit when which he beat his man before sending another deadly chipped cross.
Stoke were then not able to make a good opportunity to level in the closing phases with an volley out of Clucas.

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