Championship game preview: Bristol City against Hull City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

No shortage of loss and gain for these two squads so far, holding positions near the median of the Championship table. Here's the Bristol City - Hull City latest:

Insights:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Bristol City and Hull City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

The overall Championship results at home this season for Bristol City are 6-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Bristol City shared the glory with Sunderland in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Wells was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sunderland after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder James was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. James hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 50 successful passes (of 61 total).

Before that, Bristol City drew at home versus Wigan Athletic.

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 as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Bristol City has won 5 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 17 league matches, 13 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Manchester City are coming to town in three days.

The Bristol City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 17 matches. Bristol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hull City form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Hull City playing as the away team in the Championship this season.

Hull City played 0-0 against Preston North End in their previous match. Defender McLoughlin was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. McLoughlin won 3 of 3 duels.

A 1-3 defeat away at Norwich City before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hull City in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Hull City, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's last 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.

The visiting Hull have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Hull City have conceded 24 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City and Hull City have faced each other previously this season: Hull City - Bristol City 2-1. Bristol-Hull City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bristol City five wins, Hull City two wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
12 goals
Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
10 goals
Bristol CityT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals

Bristol City missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Hull City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 17 5 Played P 4 16 33
10 6 2 Won W 0 5 11
11 5 2 Drew D 1 5 9
11 6 1 Lost L 3 6 13
42 21 4 Scored S 3 20 38
41 18 4 Conceded C 11 24 47
91% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 85%
84% 76% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 73%
44% 35% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 48%
19% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 27%
16% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 15%
62% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
25% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 24%
22% 24% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 39%
 
5.2 5.7 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.6 4.9
5.7 5.3 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.6 5.3
1.9 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.6 10.6 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.1 10.6
3.2 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.1
42% 36% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 37%
 
11.8 9.9 13 Shots against (avg) S A 19.2 13 12.1
3.3 2.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Burnley 32 21 9 2 63 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 15 9 4 2 27 14 36 72
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
5 Sunderland 32 13 10 9 47 34 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 49
6 Millwall 31 14 7 10 39 32 15 9 4 2 24 11 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 49
7 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 4 13 34 37 15 10 1 4 21 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -3 49
8 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
9 Norwich City 32 13 7 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 7 3 6 21 16 7 46
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 32 11 9 12 45 47 15 7 2 6 25 21 17 4 7 6 20 26 -2 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
18 Birmingham City 32 10 8 14 37 42 17 5 5 7 20 20 15 5 3 7 17 22 -5 38
19 Stoke City 32 10 7 15 36 39 16 5 4 7 20 18 16 5 3 8 16 21 -3 37
20 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
21 Rotherham United 32 7 12 13 34 44 15 5 5 5 24 19 17 2 7 8 10 25 -10 33
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 32 7 10 15 32 47 16 4 5 7 17 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -15 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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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 Burnley 32 21 9 2 63 27 17 12 5 0 36 13 15 9 4 2 27 14 36 72
2 Sheffield United 32 18 7 7 54 30 16 10 3 3 34 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 24 61
3 Middlesbrough 33 17 6 10 56 38 16 9 5 2 26 13 17 8 1 8 30 25 18 57
4 Luton Town 32 13 11 8 39 32 16 5 7 4 20 17 16 8 4 4 19 15 7 50
5 Sunderland 32 13 10 9 47 34 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 7 5 4 26 17 13 49
6 Millwall 31 14 7 10 39 32 15 9 4 2 24 11 16 5 3 8 15 21 7 49
7 Blackburn Rovers 32 15 4 13 34 37 15 10 1 4 21 13 17 5 3 9 13 24 -3 49
8 Watford 32 12 11 9 38 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 17 5 7 5 17 21 3 47
9 Norwich City 32 13 7 12 43 36 16 6 4 6 22 20 16 7 3 6 21 16 7 46
10 West Bromwich Albion 31 12 9 10 40 33 16 7 5 4 22 15 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 45
11 Coventry City 32 12 9 11 35 33 17 8 5 4 21 15 15 4 4 7 14 18 2 45
12 Swansea City 32 11 9 12 45 47 15 7 2 6 25 21 17 4 7 6 20 26 -2 42
13 Hull City 33 11 9 13 38 47 17 6 4 7 18 23 16 5 5 6 20 24 -9 42
14 Preston North End 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 3 5 8 10 21 16 8 4 4 18 16 -9 42
15 Bristol City 32 10 11 11 42 41 17 6 5 6 21 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 1 41
16 Reading 32 12 5 15 35 47 15 9 3 3 24 17 17 3 2 12 11 30 -12 41
17 Queens Park Rangers 33 10 9 14 34 46 16 5 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 16 23 -12 39
18 Birmingham City 32 10 8 14 37 42 17 5 5 7 20 20 15 5 3 7 17 22 -5 38
19 Stoke City 32 10 7 15 36 39 16 5 4 7 20 18 16 5 3 8 16 21 -3 37
20 Cardiff City 33 9 8 16 25 36 17 5 5 7 13 16 16 4 3 9 12 20 -11 35
21 Rotherham United 32 7 12 13 34 44 15 5 5 5 24 19 17 2 7 8 10 25 -10 33
22 Huddersfield Town 32 8 7 17 30 43 16 6 3 7 16 16 16 2 4 10 14 27 -13 31
23 Blackpool 32 7 10 15 32 47 16 4 5 7 17 21 16 3 5 8 15 26 -15 31
24 Wigan Athletic 32 7 10 15 29 50 17 3 4 10 12 30 15 4 6 5 17 20 -21 31

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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.