This one finished Stoke and Bristol City 0-1 Storm Boelo.

The weather might have won the day but a point for the Potters will feel like one gained if they can follow it up with a win against struggling Preston next week.

The wind played havoc with both teams' attempts to break the other down but it was a compliment to Stoke that the visitors changed to a back five and by the end only one team looked like they really wanted a winner.

The game was a learning curve for players like Luca Bombino who won't have encountered conditions like this too often in California and Stoke's other MLS import Jack McGlynn (pictured).

Losing Lamine Cisse to injury early in the game was a blow but Stoke carried enough of a threat to move on from this one with confidence intact.

Championship teams are judged on sequences of results and with three more fixtures to come, that look reasonably winnable on paper, they'll hope that this draw forms part of an unbeaten run in the same way the draw at Cardiff earlier in the season did.