Bristol City fights AFC Bournemouth in Championship battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 03.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Bristol City have their presumed home advantage while AFC Bournemouth are ahead 7 points in the Championship table.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bristol City and AFC Bournemouth.

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Bristol City form and stats

7 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Bristol City have to build on here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the Championship. Three consecutive losses here at Ashton Gate Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

A strong away win for Bristol against Swansea City the last match, as Antoine Semenyo, Kasey Palmer and Nahki Wells were on target. Before that match, a win away at Middlesbrough.

Daniel Bentley loved the game against Swansea City. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Queens Park Rangers in only three days. This game is also played here at Ashton Gate Stadium.

Bristol aren't scoring a lot here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the league, with only 14 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Bristol have conceded 16 goals.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, AFC Bournemouth have produced an overall stat of 4-7-5 so far.

Arnaut Danjuma scored in AFC Bournemouth's previous match, the home game against Watford that ended 1-0. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Cardiff City.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Preston North End.

AFC Bournemouth have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Bournemouth have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City and AFC Bournemouth have met before this season: AFC Bournemouth - Bristol 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Bristol City won two games, two matches ended with a draw and AFC Bournemouth has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
10 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Stanislas
J. Stanislas
9 goals
BristolF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
8 goals

Bristol City missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Bristol City AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 16 33
14 7 0 Won W 1 4 14
3 2 2 Drew D 3 7 10
16 7 4 Lost L 0 5 9
35 14 2 Scored S 2 19 47
44 16 9 Conceded C 1 16 32
97% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 81% 88%
70% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 62% 61%
42% 25% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 42%
21% 6% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 30%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
42% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 52%
21% 31% 17% Clean Sheets C S 75% 31% 39%
39% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8 9.1 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.6 12
2.6 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.9 4.3
41% 32% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 31% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 33 21 7 5 47 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 17 11 2 4 25 16 22 70
2 Brentford 33 18 9 6 61 35 17 10 5 2 34 18 16 8 4 4 27 17 26 63
3 Watford 33 17 9 7 43 24 16 12 2 2 32 12 17 5 7 5 11 12 19 60
4 Swansea City 31 17 8 6 39 22 17 10 5 2 21 9 14 7 3 4 18 13 17 59
5 Reading 33 16 6 11 45 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 17 7 6 4 21 17 8 54
6 AFC Bournemouth 33 14 10 9 47 32 17 10 3 4 28 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 15 52
7 Barnsley 32 15 6 11 38 36 16 9 3 4 22 17 16 6 3 7 16 19 2 51
8 Cardiff City 33 14 8 11 49 35 16 6 3 7 27 19 17 8 5 4 22 16 14 50
9 Middlesbrough 33 13 8 12 38 35 17 8 3 6 20 18 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 47
10 Stoke City 33 11 12 10 38 37 16 7 4 5 22 19 17 4 8 5 16 18 1 45
11 Bristol City 33 14 3 16 35 44 16 7 2 7 14 16 17 7 1 9 21 28 -9 45
12 Millwall 33 9 16 8 32 30 16 3 10 3 15 13 17 6 6 5 17 17 2 43
13 Preston North End 33 13 4 16 37 42 17 5 3 9 14 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -5 43
14 Luton Town 32 11 8 13 27 37 16 6 6 4 20 19 16 5 2 9 7 18 -10 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 32 11 7 14 46 38 16 6 5 5 24 19 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 40
16 Nottingham Forest 33 10 10 13 28 32 16 5 6 5 15 14 17 5 4 8 13 18 -4 40
17 Queens Park Rangers 31 10 10 11 31 36 15 6 4 5 16 16 16 4 6 6 15 20 -5 40
18 Derby County 32 10 8 14 25 33 17 5 5 7 12 17 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 38
19 Huddersfield Town 33 10 6 17 38 50 16 8 2 6 24 17 17 2 4 11 14 33 -12 36
20 Coventry City 33 8 11 14 30 44 16 6 6 4 17 17 17 2 5 10 13 27 -14 35
21 Birmingham City 33 8 10 15 25 41 17 3 3 11 12 28 16 5 7 4 13 13 -16 34
22 Rotherham United 31 8 5 18 33 42 16 4 3 9 20 22 15 4 2 9 13 20 -9 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 32 9 7 16 23 38 15 6 5 4 12 9 17 3 2 12 11 29 -15 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 32 5 8 19 23 53 17 3 5 9 10 21 15 2 3 10 13 32 -30 23

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.