Bristol City look to Ashton Gate Stadium supporters for inspiration before Birmingham City match

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Here's another action-packed fixture in the Championship. Bristol City is in the 9th position after participating in two fixtures. They receive Birmingham City who are placed 10th after two fixtures.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bristol City form and stats

A Championship draw at home so far for Bristol City. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

Bristol City enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Millwall's place. The match ended 1-0 with James scoring. Some amazing scenes last match, when James scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time. O'Leary, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.41 out of 10 in that game. O'Leary topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, a home win hosting Oxford United in the Carabao Cup. 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 Bristol City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.

Bristol City has scored {1 goals-1} so far and conceded {1 goals-2} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Birmingham City form and stats

One match played away so far in the Championship for Birmingham City and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses from 23 games.

Birmingham City are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Leeds United (placed 19th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Eustace when Jutkiewicz scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute. Laird, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.4. Laird hit one key pass and won 9 of 17 duels.

Previously, the Carabao Cup victory away at Cheltenham Town. We have checked recent matches where Birmingham have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were 4 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

{1 goals} so far away for Birmingham City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol City three wins, one draw and Birmingham City six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityM. James
M. James
1 goals
Bristol CityS. Bell
S. Bell
1 goals
Birmingham CityLukas Jutkiewicz
Lukas Jutkiewicz
1 goals

Bristol City missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Birmingham City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
2.5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.5
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 10.5
1.5 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3.5
67% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 29%
 
10.5 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 9
2.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 3.5
Bristol City Last season Birmingham City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
15 9   Won W   7 14
14 7   Drew D   5 11
17 7   Lost L   11 21
55 30   Scored S   23 47
56 24   Conceded C   34 58
91% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
80% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 67%
39% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 41%
15% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 15%
11% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
54% 57%   BTTS BTTS   48% 46%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 30%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.3
5.4 5   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5.4
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
2 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.7 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 10.5
3.4 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.3
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
11.6 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   13 12.3
3.4 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Leicester City 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Watford 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
4 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
6 Southampton 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Preston North End 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Bristol City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
13 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Millwall 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 3
17 Cardiff City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
18 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
19 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Rotherham United 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
21 Sunderland 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -3 0
23 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
24 Middlesbrough 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
Last season 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 46 29 14 3 87 35 23 16 6 1 49 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 52 101
2 Sheffield United 46 28 7 11 73 39 23 16 3 4 47 19 23 12 4 7 26 20 34 91
3 Luton Town 46 21 17 8 57 39 23 10 9 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 80
4 Middlesbrough 46 22 9 15 84 56 23 13 7 3 46 19 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 75
5 Coventry City 46 18 16 12 58 46 23 11 7 5 30 24 23 7 9 7 28 22 12 70
6 Sunderland 46 18 15 13 68 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 23 11 6 6 35 22 13 69
7 Blackburn Rovers 46 20 9 17 52 54 23 13 4 6 27 19 23 7 5 11 25 35 -2 69
8 Millwall 46 19 11 16 57 50 23 11 6 6 34 22 23 8 5 10 23 28 7 68
9 West Bromwich Albion 46 18 12 16 59 53 23 11 7 5 31 20 23 7 5 11 28 33 6 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 12 16 68 64 23 11 4 8 38 32 23 7 8 8 30 32 4 66
11 Watford 46 16 15 15 56 53 23 11 6 6 35 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 3 63
12 Preston North End 46 17 12 17 45 59 23 7 7 9 20 28 23 10 5 8 25 31 -14 63
13 Norwich City 46 17 11 18 57 54 23 8 5 10 27 27 23 9 6 8 30 27 3 62
14 Bristol City 46 15 14 17 55 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 23 6 7 10 25 32 -1 59
15 Hull City 46 14 16 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 23 5 10 8 27 34 -10 58
16 Stoke City 46 14 11 21 55 54 23 6 5 12 25 27 23 8 6 9 30 27 1 53
17 Birmingham City 46 14 11 21 47 58 23 7 6 10 24 24 23 7 5 11 23 34 -11 53
18 Huddersfield Town 46 14 11 21 47 62 23 9 6 8 26 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -15 53
19 Rotherham United 46 11 17 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 23 2 11 10 12 30 -11 50
20 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 11 22 44 71 23 6 5 12 21 35 23 7 6 10 23 36 -27 50
21 Cardiff City 46 13 10 23 41 58 23 6 7 10 20 24 23 7 3 13 21 34 -17 49
22 Reading 46 13 11 22 46 68 23 10 8 5 31 24 23 3 3 17 15 44 -22 44
23 Blackpool 46 11 11 24 48 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 23 5 5 13 20 38 -24 44
24 Wigan Athletic 46 10 15 21 38 65 23 5 7 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 39

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Leicester City 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Watford 2 1 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
4 Plymouth Argyle 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Norwich City 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 4
6 Southampton 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Preston North End 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Bristol City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
10 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
11 Coventry City 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Hull City 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
13 Stoke City 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 3
14 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Millwall 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 -3 3
17 Cardiff City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
18 Swansea City 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
19 Leeds United 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Rotherham United 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
21 Sunderland 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
22 Sheffield Wednesday 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 -3 0
23 Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
24 Middlesbrough 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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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.