It's early days in the Championship and both Bristol City and Middlesbrough are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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.
Bristol City form and stats
As mentioned below, Bristol City are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Championship games.
Bristol shared the glory with Barnsley in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Before that match, a win away at Nottingham Forest.
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 eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost two.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Swansea City in only four days. This game is also played here at Ashton Gate Stadium.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Bristol City at home in the league. 4 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Middlesbrough form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Championship for Middlesbrough with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Middlesbrough's last game was the home draw against Reading (0-0). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Barnsley.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Middlesbrough playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were six Middlesbrough wins, five draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Middlesbrough manager K. Blackwell as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cardiff City.
It's early days yet, but Middlesbrough has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Bristol wins - draws - Middlesbrough wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Weimann 2 goals |  J. Paterson 2 goals |  N. Wells 2 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Middlesbrough missing players
| Bristol City | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | 25 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 21 | 58 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 21% |
- All of Bristol City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City has the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Championship
- Bristol City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bristol City have scored in all their matches so far.
- Bristol City have scored more than double the goals of Middlesbrough.
- Bristol City have won all their matches at home so far.
- Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
| Bristol City | Last season | Middlesbrough | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 14 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Lost | L | 10 | 19 | ||
| 60 | 30 | Scored | S | 28 | 48 | ||
| 65 | 33 | Conceded | C | 32 | 61 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 96% | 96% | ||
| 74% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 63% | ||
| 54% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 41% | ||
| 30% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 11% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 7% | ||
| 59% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 48% | 48% | ||
| 22% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 26% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 30% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 467 | 259 | Total Shots | T S | 239 | 549 | ||
| 147 | 80 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 154 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 17 | Preston North End | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
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