Ashton Gate: Bristol City vs Huddersfield Town Championship preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 30.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate (21497 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Bristol City leading Huddersfield Town by 11 points.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bristol City form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Bristol City at their home stadium (Ashton Gate) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

Bristol City's last game was hosting Huddersfield Town (placed 19th) and winning 5-2. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Bromwich Albion (1-4).

A goal frenzy last time out for Bristol City, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Huddersfield Town. Fun stuff to watch!

This is expected to be a close game, with Bristol City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bristol City as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Bristol City has won 3 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Bristol City has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Bristol City have conceded 8 goals.

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Huddersfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Huddersfield Town so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Huddersfield Town seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Huddersfield Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-5 to Bristol City (placed 8th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Swansea City.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Huddersfield Town, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huddersfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were 0 Huddersfield Town wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Huddersfield Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Huddersfield Town have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City-Huddersfield Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bristol City 5 wins, Huddersfield Town 4 wins, 1 draw. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Huddersfield TownK. Ahearne-Grant
K. Ahearne-Grant
10 goals
Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
6 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
4 goals

Bristol City missing players

Huddersfield Town missing players

Bristol City Huddersfield Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 2 9 19
8 4 2 Won W 0 2 4
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 6
3 1 0 Lost L 2 5 9
31 15 7 Scored S 3 12 22
27 10 5 Conceded C 7 19 31
89% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
79% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 84%
63% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 53%
42% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 21%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 11%
68% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 68%
26% 44% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 21%
16% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 16%
 
4.7 4.6 5.8 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.3 4.7
6.9 6.3 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 6.6 5.1
1.6 1.3 1.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.8
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
211 116 65 Total Shots T S 13 66 174
67 35 20 Shots on Target S O 3 23 61
46% 43% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 52% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Huddersfield Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Huddersfield Town 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 West Bromwich Albion 18 11 6 1 35 19 9 5 4 0 23 14 9 6 2 1 12 5 16 39
2 Leeds United 18 11 4 3 24 10 8 5 2 1 9 4 10 6 2 2 15 6 14 37
3 Fulham 19 10 5 4 31 19 10 6 2 2 20 11 9 4 3 2 11 8 12 35
4 Nottingham Forest 17 9 5 3 24 13 7 4 1 2 9 5 10 5 4 1 15 8 11 32
5 Preston North End 18 9 4 5 31 22 9 7 2 0 25 10 9 2 2 5 6 12 9 31
6 Swansea City 19 8 6 5 24 20 10 4 1 5 12 13 9 4 5 0 12 7 4 30
7 Sheffield Wednesday 19 8 5 6 26 18 9 4 4 1 10 6 10 4 1 5 16 12 8 29
8 Bristol City 18 7 8 3 26 25 8 3 4 1 10 8 10 4 4 2 16 17 1 29
9 Brentford 18 8 3 7 22 14 8 3 3 2 9 6 10 5 0 5 13 8 8 27
10 Hull City 18 7 5 6 29 23 10 4 2 4 16 13 8 3 3 2 13 10 6 26
11 Cardiff City 18 6 7 5 26 25 9 6 2 1 15 7 9 0 5 4 11 18 1 25
12 Millwall 18 6 7 5 22 24 9 5 3 1 14 9 9 1 4 4 8 15 -2 25
13 Blackburn Rovers 18 7 3 8 24 26 10 5 3 2 14 10 8 2 0 6 10 16 -2 24
14 Derby County 18 6 6 6 19 24 9 5 3 1 12 6 9 1 3 5 7 18 -5 24
15 Birmingham City 18 7 3 8 18 23 8 5 1 2 10 6 10 2 2 6 8 17 -5 24
16 Queens Park Rangers 18 7 3 8 27 36 10 3 3 4 17 22 8 4 0 4 10 14 -9 24
17 Charlton Athletic 19 6 5 8 26 26 10 4 2 4 13 11 9 2 3 4 13 15 0 23
18 Reading 17 5 3 9 19 22 9 4 0 5 12 13 8 1 3 4 7 9 -3 18
19 Huddersfield Town 18 4 6 8 20 26 10 2 4 4 10 12 8 2 2 4 10 14 -6 18
20 Middlesbrough 18 3 8 7 16 23 10 3 4 3 8 10 8 0 4 4 8 13 -7 17
21 Luton Town 18 5 2 11 25 33 9 3 2 4 14 15 9 2 0 7 11 18 -8 17
22 Wigan Athletic 18 4 4 10 16 28 8 4 1 3 8 9 10 0 3 7 8 19 -12 16
23 Stoke City 18 4 2 12 19 31 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 2 1 6 9 15 -12 14
24 Barnsley 18 1 6 11 18 37 9 1 4 4 12 19 9 0 2 7 6 18 -19 9

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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.