The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Bristol City leading Birmingham City by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
- Bristol City has the most points from losing position (8) in Championship
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 and Birmingham City.
Bristol City form and stats
3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Bristol City so far this season.
A good away victory last time out for Bristol, who won 2-1 against Queens Park Rangers (placed 17th). Heartbreak before that as Bristol City lost 1-3 at Reading's place.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Bristol as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Blackburn Rovers are visiting.
Bristol City has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Bristol are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Birmingham City form and stats
As the visiting team in Championship matches, Birmingham City have produced an overall stat of 1-5-1 so far. Two points from the last two away games for Birmingham City, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Barnsley with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Millwall.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Birmingham manager A. Karanka de la Hoz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Reading.
The attacking power of Birmingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Bristol won two, Birmingham City won six and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Wells 5 goals |  J. Paterson 3 goals |  J. Hunt 2 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Bristol City | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 57% | 73% |
| 67% | 57% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 43% | 53% |
| 47% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 20% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 53% | 43% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 43% | 53% |
| 33% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 33% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 57% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9.5 | 10.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 9.7 | 10.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 40% | 28% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 21% | 27% |
- Bristol City has the most points from losing position (8) in Championship
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Bristol City | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Brentford | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Watford | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Reading | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 12 | Millwall | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 14 | Preston North End | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 16 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 10 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -15 | 8 |
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