The AFC Bournemouth & Bristol City managers J. Tindall and D. Holden are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Championship league table.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
Seven points from three Championship home games is a great start for AFC Bournemouth, who are hoping to build on that form here at Vitality Stadium. The last three games played by AFC Bournemouth, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns to Vitality Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Watford (placed 3rd) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Cardiff City that finished 1-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bournemouth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost one.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Derby County in only three days. This game is also played here at Vitality Stadium.
Bournemouth has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Bournemouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vitality Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Bristol City form and stats
The seven points Bristol City have gathered from their first three away trips in the Championship is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues.
Bristol played 1-1 against Swansea City in their previous match. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Middlesbrough.
The draw against Swansea City came from a losing position. The Bristol manager D. Holden brought on Nahki Wells as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
After this away game Bristol return home for a Championship game against Norwich City. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The Bristol City manager D. Holden has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. 3 goals have been conceded by Bristol City in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Bournemouth victory, two draws and two Bristol City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.AFC Bournemouth missing players
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| AFC Bournemouth | Bristol City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | 31 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 27 | 69 |
| 33 | 10 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 11 | 26 |
| 30% | 40% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 55% | 42% |
- AFC Bournemouth have not yet lost a game.
- All of Bristol City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City have not yet lost a game away.
- Bristol City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Bristol City | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Watford | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Millwall | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Brentford | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Rotherham United | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 22 | Derby County | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 4 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | -4 |
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