Open game expected at Ashton Gate Stadium: Bristol City vs Derby County preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Bristol City are longing to get the points at their own arena in the upcoming fixture vs Derby County.

Insights:
  • Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Championship

Both sides have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an active fixture!

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Bristol City form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Bristol City have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. When Bristol City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Preston North End, Cardiff City, Hull City, Barnsley, Reading, Bristol City and Peterborough United), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

The fans are hoping that Bristol will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Championship game against Sheffield United (placed 13th). Alex Scott (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Scott hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Stoke City in a game that was won 1-0.

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 twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost four.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bristol City here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Bristol City have conceded 10 goals.

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Derby County form and stats

Derby County have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-5-4 (10 played). County has drawn their two previous away games.

County's previous game was their home loss versus Queens Park Rangers (1-2). Attacker Tom Lawrence got a player rating of 7.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Lawrence scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

A 0-0 draw at Fulham's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by County in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Derby County, zero draws and nine defeats.

Goals are few and far between in Derby County's away league games. Only 5 goals from 10 travels. County are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Bristol City won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Derby County have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
7 goals
BristolC. Martin
C. Martin
5 goals
Derby CountyT. Lawrence
T. Lawrence
5 goals

Bristol City missing players

Derby County missing players

Bristol City Derby County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 4 10 20
6 2 1 Won W 1 1 4
5 5 1 Drew D 1 5 10
9 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
21 8 2 Scored S 3 5 17
30 10 1 Conceded C 4 9 20
95% 90% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 70% 75%
80% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 60%
50% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 35%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
60% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 55%
10% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 35%
35% 30% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 35%
 
4 3.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.1 4
6.2 6.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 5.1
1.6 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.1 11.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9.6 9.7
3 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.8 3
35% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 18% 28%
 
15.2 14.3 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 13.5 13.2
4.7 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.4 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (17) 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 Fulham 20 13 4 3 49 16 10 7 2 1 23 6 10 6 2 2 26 10 33 43
2 AFC Bournemouth 20 12 6 2 36 16 10 6 3 1 23 11 10 6 3 1 13 5 20 42
3 Queens Park Rangers 20 10 5 5 33 25 10 6 3 1 16 8 10 4 2 4 17 17 8 35
4 West Bromwich Albion 20 9 7 4 27 16 10 6 4 0 16 5 10 3 3 4 11 11 11 34
5 Blackburn Rovers 20 9 6 5 34 27 10 6 2 2 23 16 10 3 4 3 11 11 7 33
6 Coventry City 20 9 6 5 27 23 10 7 2 1 19 8 10 2 4 4 8 15 4 33
7 Stoke City 20 9 4 7 24 21 10 6 2 2 15 9 10 3 2 5 9 12 3 31
8 Huddersfield Town 20 8 4 8 23 23 10 6 1 3 14 11 10 2 3 5 9 12 0 28
9 Swansea City 20 7 6 7 25 26 10 4 4 2 13 8 10 3 2 5 12 18 -1 27
10 Millwall 20 6 9 5 20 21 10 4 4 2 11 10 10 2 5 3 9 11 -1 27
11 Blackpool 20 7 6 7 20 22 10 4 2 4 7 9 10 3 4 3 13 13 -2 27
12 Middlesbrough 20 7 5 8 23 23 10 4 2 4 14 12 10 3 3 4 9 11 0 26
13 Sheffield United 20 7 5 8 25 26 10 4 2 4 15 11 10 3 3 4 10 15 -1 26
14 Birmingham City 20 7 5 8 19 21 10 4 2 4 10 12 10 3 3 4 9 9 -2 26
15 Luton Town 20 6 7 7 27 26 10 4 3 3 16 12 10 2 4 4 11 14 1 25
16 Nottingham Forest 20 6 7 7 24 23 10 2 3 5 10 15 10 4 4 2 14 8 1 25
17 Preston North End 20 6 7 7 22 26 10 4 4 2 13 11 10 2 3 5 9 15 -4 25
18 Bristol City 20 6 5 9 21 30 10 2 5 3 8 10 10 4 0 6 13 20 -9 23
19 Hull City 20 6 3 11 16 23 10 3 2 5 9 12 10 3 1 6 7 11 -7 21
20 Cardiff City 20 6 3 11 21 34 10 2 1 7 7 15 10 4 2 4 14 19 -13 21
21 Reading 20 8 2 10 26 32 10 4 2 4 15 15 10 4 0 6 11 17 -6 20
22 Peterborough United 20 4 4 12 17 38 10 3 4 3 12 10 10 1 0 9 5 28 -21 16
23 Barnsley 20 2 6 12 13 31 10 2 2 6 7 14 10 0 4 6 6 17 -18 12
24 Derby County 20 4 10 6 17 20 10 3 5 2 12 11 10 1 5 4 5 9 -3 1

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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.