Championship match prediction and preview for Bristol City vs Brentford clash

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate (21497 seats)

Bristol City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 2 points behind Brentford.

It's no vacation for neither Bristol City nor Brentford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bristol City form and stats

5 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Bristol City have to build on here at Ashton Gate in the Championship.

The Bristol City fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Ashton Gate: A 0-4 defeat against Brentford (placed 4th). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Luton Town.

Bristol City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Bristol City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ashton Gate with 19 goals in 12 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Brentford form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Brentford have produced an overall stat of 5-1-7 so far.

Two travels in a row for Brentford, whose manager T. Frank could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Bristol City. Prior to that match, the Brentford manager T. Frank faced defeat when travelling to Millwall and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, Brentford was the only team on the pitch versus Bristol City in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Brentford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Brentford as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bristol City - Brentford 0-4 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bristol City won 1 game, 4 matches ended with a draw and Brentford has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordO. Watkins
O. Watkins
17 goals
Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
9 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
6 goals

Bristol City missing players

Brentford missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Brentford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 14 26
10 5 0 Won W 3 6 13
8 4 1 Drew D 0 1 4
8 4 2 Lost L 1 7 9
39 19 2 Scored S 7 19 41
40 18 5 Conceded C 2 12 20
92% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 58%
65% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 42%
38% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 21% 23%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
62% 46% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 29% 35%
23% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 35%
23% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 43% 35%
 
4.7 4.6 5.3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 5.9 6.3
6.7 5.9 5.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5 4.6
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.3
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
278 154 32 Total Shots T S 55 167 356
90 49 7 Shots on Target S O 23 55 122
43% 39% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 35% 34%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Brentford have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brentford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Brentford haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 25 15 6 4 42 20 12 7 4 1 19 8 13 8 2 3 23 12 22 51
2 West Bromwich Albion 25 14 9 2 47 27 12 6 5 1 29 18 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 51
3 Fulham 25 12 6 7 39 28 13 8 2 3 24 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 11 42
4 Brentford 25 12 4 9 37 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 13 5 1 7 15 12 17 40
5 Nottingham Forest 24 11 7 6 31 23 11 5 2 4 11 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 8 40
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 25 11 6 8 37 25 12 6 4 2 14 9 13 5 2 6 23 16 12 39
8 Preston North End 25 11 6 8 36 30 13 9 2 2 29 15 12 2 4 6 7 15 6 39
9 Bristol City 25 10 8 7 39 36 12 5 4 3 19 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 3 38
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Cardiff City 25 9 10 6 37 34 12 7 4 1 19 10 13 2 6 5 18 24 3 37
12 Hull City 25 10 6 9 39 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 12 4 4 4 18 18 5 36
13 Blackburn Rovers 25 10 6 9 32 31 13 6 5 2 16 11 12 4 1 7 16 20 1 36
14 Reading 24 9 5 10 31 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 12 3 5 4 13 11 4 32
15 Queens Park Rangers 25 9 5 11 38 47 13 4 4 5 22 26 12 5 1 6 16 21 -9 32
16 Middlesbrough 25 7 9 9 24 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 12 1 5 6 12 21 -8 30
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 25 8 5 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 3 7 12 23 -11 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 25 7 7 11 28 37 13 4 4 5 14 16 12 3 3 6 14 21 -9 28
21 Stoke City 25 6 3 16 28 40 13 4 2 7 17 20 12 2 1 9 11 20 -12 21
22 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
23 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
24 Wigan Athletic 25 4 8 13 21 37 12 4 4 4 12 15 13 0 4 9 9 22 -16 20

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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.