It’s been 35 days since a fixture took place at Ashton Gate with the visit of a familiar Championship adversary in Stoke City ending that wait.
Although people are often quick to pinpoint the Robins’ bogey teams, City have actually been that for the Potters in recent times; they’ve lost just two of their last nine encounters, dating back to 2017 when Stoke dropped back into the second tier.
With confidence in the camp high after last weekend’s 3-1 win at Rotherham United which wasn’t a perfect performance by any stretch but City very much got the job done, and there’s not been too many games where you can say that.
