Both the home- and away side have had their share of problems so far, but a win and three points in this key game would definitely provide a boost. Let's hear it for Bristol City - Birmingham City!
This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last played a game. Get ready!
Bristol City form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Bristol City at their home stadium (Ashton Gate Stadium) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. When Bristol City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City, Bristol City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bristol City, their manager Pearson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Swansea City in the FA Cup last time out and are looking for a victory here.
1-1 away at Coventry City before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bristol City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 11 league matches, 9 have contained two goals or less.
Bristol are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 14 goals have been conceded. Bristol City has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Birmingham City form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Birmingham City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Birmingham City as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Reading match.
The manager Eustace was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground St. Andrew's Stadium. Birmingham suffered a 1-3 loss to Middlesbrough (placed 5th). Chong, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Chong scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Hull City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Birmingham City playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 2 Birmingham City wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Birmingham have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Birmingham City - Bristol City 3-0 was the outcome when these two teams previously met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Bristol won three, Birmingham City triumphed in six and we saw one draw. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Hogan 9 goals |   N. Wells 8 goals |  T. Conway 6 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Birmingham City missing players
| Bristol City | Birmingham City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 32 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 35 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 29 |
| 88% | 85% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 85% |
| 85% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 58% | 65% |
| 46% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 33% | 42% |
| 19% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 46% |
| 27% | 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 31% |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 5.8 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.8 | 11.1 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9 | 10 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 39% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 35% |
| 11.6 | 9.4 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.9 | 12.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Burnley | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 27 | 56 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 4 | Watford | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Millwall | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -2 | 37 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 36 |
| 13 | Reading | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -7 | 36 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 16 | Hull City | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -10 | 33 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 32 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 30 |
| 19 | Bristol City | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 28 |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -11 | 27 |
| 22 | Blackpool | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -8 | 25 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -20 | 24 |
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