Bristol City vs Leeds United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (27000 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Bristol City welcome Leeds United for the opening game at Ashton Gate Stadium. Read on!

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

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Bristol City, who have participated in three training matches. Bristol City have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

Last season, Bristol City's league statistics were 19 wins, 13 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Championship. Over these 46 matches they scored 59 goals and conceded 53. Playing at home last season Bristol City managed 8-8-7 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 26 conceded.

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Leeds United form and stats

It's a day of discovery for Leeds United as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Leeds United have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Leeds United has scored 0 goals and conceded 4 times.

Let's have a look at how Leeds United performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 25 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 73 and conceded 50 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 35/29 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bristol City won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Leeds United has 7 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

Bristol City missing players

Leeds United missing players

Bristol City Leeds United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
3 3 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Bristol City Last season Leeds United
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   24 48
19 8   Won   12 26
13 8   Drew   4 8
14 7   Lost   8 14
59 28   Scored   36 76
53 26   Conceded   29 54
98% 100%   Over 0.5   100% 98%
70% 74%   Over 1.5   71% 77%
37% 35%   Over 2.5   50% 50%
22% 17%   Over 3.5   25% 25%
15% 9%   Over 4.5   21% 17%
54% 61%   BTTS   54% 54%
28% 17%   Clean Sheets   33% 35%
20% 22%   Failed To Score   12% 12%
 
5.4 6   Corners For (avg)   6.9 6.6
5 4.5   Corners Against (avg)   4.1 3.6
1.8 1.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   2 2
2 1   Red Cards   2 5
Key stats last season:
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Bristol City
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 CH Hull City 1 - 1 Bristol City
09-07-19 CF AFC Wimbledon 2 - 3 Bristol City
24-07-19 CF Forest Green Rovers 3 - 4 Bristol City
27-07-19 CF Bristol City 0 - 5 Crystal Palace
04-08-19 CH Bristol City 15:30 Leeds United
10-08-19 CH Birmingham City 14:00 Bristol City
13-08-19 CC Queens Park Rangers 18:45 Bristol City
17-08-19 CH Bristol City 14:00 Queens Park Rangers
20-08-19 CH Derby County 18:45 Bristol City
24-08-19 CH Hull City 14:00 Bristol City
Leeds United
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
05-05-19 CH Ipswich Town 3 - 2 Leeds United
11-05-19 CH Derby County 0 - 1 Leeds United
15-05-19 CH Leeds United 2 - 4 Derby County
17-07-19 CF Manchester United 4 - 0 Leeds United
04-08-19 CH Bristol City 15:30 Leeds United
10-08-19 CH Leeds United 11:30 Nottingham Forest
13-08-19 CC Salford City 18:45 Leeds United
17-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 14:00 Leeds United
21-08-19 CH Leeds United 18:45 Brentford
24-08-19 CH Stoke City 14:00 Leeds United

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 46 27 13 6 93 57 23 15 4 4 51 34 23 12 9 2 42 23 36 94
2 Sheffield United 46 26 11 9 78 41 23 15 4 4 42 17 23 11 7 5 36 24 37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 23 14 4 5 38 21 23 11 4 8 35 29 23 83
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 23 12 7 4 53 31 23 11 4 8 34 31 25 80
5 Aston Villa 46 20 16 10 82 61 23 11 8 4 50 36 23 9 8 6 32 25 21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 23 13 7 3 40 20 23 7 7 9 29 34 15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 23 10 6 7 23 17 23 10 7 6 26 24 8 73
8 Bristol City 46 19 13 14 59 53 23 8 8 7 28 26 23 11 5 7 31 27 6 70
9 Nottingham Forest 46 17 15 14 61 54 23 13 4 6 34 21 23 4 11 8 27 33 7 66
10 Swansea City 46 18 11 17 65 62 23 12 6 5 42 28 23 6 5 12 23 34 3 65
11 Brentford 46 17 13 16 73 59 23 14 4 5 50 23 23 3 9 11 23 36 14 64
12 Sheffield Wednesday 46 16 16 14 60 62 23 10 8 5 34 27 23 6 8 9 26 35 -2 64
13 Hull City 46 17 11 18 66 68 23 11 6 6 37 24 23 6 5 12 29 44 -2 62
14 Preston North End 46 16 13 17 67 67 23 8 10 5 41 30 23 8 3 12 26 37 0 61
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 23 10 7 6 32 21 23 6 5 12 32 48 -5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 23 8 9 6 26 24 23 3 13 7 19 28 -7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 23 7 11 5 31 24 23 7 8 8 33 34 6 52
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 23 11 8 4 29 20 23 2 5 16 22 44 -13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 23 9 3 11 33 31 23 5 6 12 20 40 -18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 23 8 6 9 29 31 23 2 11 10 20 35 -17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 23 7 9 7 26 27 23 3 5 15 22 37 -16 44
22 Rotherham United 46 8 16 22 52 83 23 7 8 8 32 38 23 1 8 14 20 45 -31 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 46 8 8 30 29 78 23 4 4 15 13 35 23 4 4 15 16 43 -49 32
24 Ipswich Town 46 5 16 25 36 77 23 3 11 9 22 31 23 2 5 16 14 46 -41 31

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