Bristol City vs Huddersfield Town match preview: Even contest expected at Ashton Gate Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

18th- against 10th position might not sound all that tempting to look into. Fear not: We have the details that makes Bristol City - Huddersfield Town (even) more action-packed!

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  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Bristol City form and stats

The overall Championship statistics at home this season for Bristol City are 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Bristol City after consecutive victories at their own ground.

An away draw last time out for Bristol, facing Hull City in a game that ended 2-2. Midfield player Matty James got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. James scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Derby County.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bristol here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). From these home matches, Bristol City have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

There's been little loot from Huddersfield Town's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Championship. Huddersfield Town only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.

Huddersfield's last game was the home draw against Coventry City (1-1). Goalkeeper Nicholls made a total of eleven saves, making him a hero against Coventry City. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Lee Nicholls was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.01. The agile goalkeeper Nicholls stopped the opponent with eleven saves.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Barnsley that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Huddersfield as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Huddersfield in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bristol City won seven games, zero matches ended with a draw and Huddersfield Town got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: nine / one

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
7 goals
Bristol CityC. Martin
C. Martin
5 goals
Huddersfield TownD. Ward
D. Ward
5 goals

Bristol City missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 5 11 22
7 3 0 Won W 1 2 8
6 5 2 Drew D 3 4 6
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 8
24 9 1 Scored S 7 10 25
32 10 2 Conceded C 5 13 25
95% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
77% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 68%
50% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 45% 41%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
59% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 55% 45%
14% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 36%
32% 27% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 27%
 
4 3.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.1
5.8 6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 4.4
1.7 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 10.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 10.6 10.6
2.9 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.2 3.4
38% 30% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 29% 33%
 
14.8 13.9 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.5 12.4
4.5 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 4.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 22 13 6 3 51 18 11 7 3 1 24 7 11 6 3 2 27 11 33 45
2 AFC Bournemouth 22 12 7 3 37 19 11 6 3 2 23 13 11 6 4 1 14 6 18 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 7 4 30 17 11 7 4 0 17 5 11 4 3 4 13 12 13 40
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 11 6 5 37 27 11 7 2 2 24 16 11 4 4 3 13 11 10 39
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 17 17 6 35
6 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 4 2 5 11 12 5 35
7 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 7 2 2 20 10 11 2 5 4 9 16 3 34
8 Nottingham Forest 22 8 7 7 30 24 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 5 4 2 18 9 6 31
9 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 24 23 11 5 2 4 15 12 11 3 4 4 9 11 1 30
10 Huddersfield Town 22 8 6 8 25 25 11 6 2 3 15 12 11 2 4 5 10 13 0 30
11 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 2 5 4 10 13 0 30
12 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
13 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 11 4 3 4 13 17 0 29
14 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
15 Birmingham City 22 7 6 9 22 26 11 4 3 4 12 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -4 27
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Blackpool 22 7 6 9 20 26 11 4 2 5 7 12 11 3 4 4 13 14 -6 27
18 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 24 32 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 4 1 6 15 22 -8 27
19 Hull City 22 6 5 11 19 26 11 3 3 5 11 14 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 11 2 1 8 9 18 11 4 3 4 16 21 -14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 22 5 4 13 19 41 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 1 0 10 5 30 -22 19
23 Barnsley 22 2 7 13 15 34 11 2 3 6 8 15 11 0 4 7 7 19 -19 13
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -3 4

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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 Fulham 22 13 6 3 51 18 11 7 3 1 24 7 11 6 3 2 27 11 33 45
2 AFC Bournemouth 22 12 7 3 37 19 11 6 3 2 23 13 11 6 4 1 14 6 18 43
3 West Bromwich Albion 22 11 7 4 30 17 11 7 4 0 17 5 11 4 3 4 13 12 13 40
4 Blackburn Rovers 22 11 6 5 37 27 11 7 2 2 24 16 11 4 4 3 13 11 10 39
5 Queens Park Rangers 21 10 5 6 33 27 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 17 17 6 35
6 Stoke City 22 10 5 7 26 21 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 4 2 5 11 12 5 35
7 Coventry City 22 9 7 6 29 26 11 7 2 2 20 10 11 2 5 4 9 16 3 34
8 Nottingham Forest 22 8 7 7 30 24 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 5 4 2 18 9 6 31
9 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 24 23 11 5 2 4 15 12 11 3 4 4 9 11 1 30
10 Huddersfield Town 22 8 6 8 25 25 11 6 2 3 15 12 11 2 4 5 10 13 0 30
11 Millwall 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 2 5 4 10 13 0 30
12 Luton Town 22 7 8 7 31 27 11 4 4 3 17 13 11 3 4 4 14 14 4 29
13 Sheffield United 21 8 5 8 28 28 10 4 2 4 15 11 11 4 3 4 13 17 0 29
14 Preston North End 22 7 7 8 24 28 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 2 3 6 9 16 -4 28
15 Birmingham City 22 7 6 9 22 26 11 4 3 4 12 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -4 27
16 Swansea City 22 7 6 9 26 31 11 4 4 3 14 12 11 3 2 6 12 19 -5 27
17 Blackpool 22 7 6 9 20 26 11 4 2 5 7 12 11 3 4 4 13 14 -6 27
18 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 24 32 11 3 5 3 9 10 11 4 1 6 15 22 -8 27
19 Hull City 22 6 5 11 19 26 11 3 3 5 11 14 11 3 2 6 8 12 -7 23
20 Cardiff City 22 6 4 12 25 39 11 2 1 8 9 18 11 4 3 4 16 21 -14 22
21 Reading 22 8 3 11 27 34 11 4 3 4 16 16 11 4 0 7 11 18 -7 21
22 Peterborough United 22 5 4 13 19 41 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 1 0 10 5 30 -22 19
23 Barnsley 22 2 7 13 15 34 11 2 3 6 8 15 11 0 4 7 7 19 -19 13
24 Derby County 22 5 10 7 18 21 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 1 5 5 5 10 -3 4

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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.