Bristol City vs Preston North End betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 22.July
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Bristol City will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Preston North End.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bristol and Preston North End.

Bristol can neither be promoted or relegated from Championship. Preston North End is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Bristol City form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Bristol City are 8-6-8 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager D. Holden led his Bristol to a defeat in the Championship match away at Swansea City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ashton Gate Stadium. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Stoke City that ended 1-1.

Bristol's goalkeeper Daniel Bentley was extremely busy against Swansea City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Famara Diédhiou for missing a penalty kick versus Swansea City in the 69th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

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 has won five of these, drawn four and lost two.

The Bristol City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 29 in 22 matches. 32 goals have been conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

6-7-9 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Preston North End in their Championship matches away.

Preston North End had fun at their own home (Ashton Gate Stadium) last time out, beating Birmingham City 2-0. Brad Potts and Patrick Bauer scored. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Brentford's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Preston North End in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Preston, four draws and six defeats.

The visitors have scored 19 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Preston have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Preston North End - Bristol 3-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Bristol City, four draws and six wins for Preston North End. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
12 goals
BristolF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
11 goals
Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
9 goals

Bristol City missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Preston North End
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played P 7 22 45
17 8 0 Won W 2 6 18
11 6 3 Drew D 1 7 11
17 8 4 Lost L 4 9 16
59 29 2 Scored S 6 19 58
64 32 12 Conceded C 8 24 53
96% 91% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
73% 77% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 64% 76%
56% 59% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 23% 40%
31% 32% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 14% 22%
11% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 9%
58% 55% 29% BTTS BTTS 43% 36% 51%
22% 27% 29% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 20%
24% 27% 71% Failed to Score F T 57% 45% 33%
 
4.7 4.8 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 4.9
6.3 5.9 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.7 5.4
1.4 1.1 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
451 243 64 Total Shots T S 72 234 504
142 75 14 Shots on Target S O 19 68 159
42% 39% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 28% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 45 24 9 12 79 36 22 14 5 3 43 16 23 10 4 9 36 20 43 81
4 Fulham 45 23 11 11 63 47 23 15 2 6 40 26 22 8 9 5 23 21 16 80
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 45 18 16 11 65 58 22 10 9 3 32 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 7 70
7 Swansea City 45 17 16 12 58 52 23 10 5 8 27 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 6 67
8 Preston North End 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 12 4 7 39 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 5 65
9 Millwall 45 16 17 12 53 50 22 9 8 5 29 24 23 7 9 7 24 26 3 65
10 Blackburn Rovers 45 17 12 16 64 60 23 10 9 4 33 24 22 7 3 12 31 36 4 63
11 Bristol City 45 17 11 17 59 64 22 8 6 8 29 32 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 62
12 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
13 Wigan Athletic 45 15 13 17 56 55 22 10 6 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 58
14 Queens Park Rangers 45 16 9 20 65 74 23 9 5 9 42 42 22 7 4 11 23 32 -9 57
15 Reading 45 15 11 19 58 54 22 7 4 11 25 30 23 8 7 8 33 24 4 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 45 15 11 19 57 64 22 7 7 8 18 28 23 8 4 11 39 36 -7 56
17 Stoke City 45 15 8 22 58 67 23 11 3 9 36 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -9 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
19 Middlesbrough 45 12 14 19 46 60 23 6 8 9 20 29 22 6 6 10 26 31 -14 50
20 Birmingham City 45 12 14 19 53 72 22 6 7 9 32 39 23 6 7 10 21 33 -19 50
21 Charlton Athletic 45 12 12 21 50 61 23 8 6 9 28 27 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 48
22 Luton Town 45 13 9 23 51 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 23 6 2 15 21 45 -29 48
23 Hull City 45 12 9 24 57 84 23 7 3 13 29 37 22 5 6 11 28 47 -27 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

Bristol City:
Preston North End:
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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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 45 24 9 12 79 36 22 14 5 3 43 16 23 10 4 9 36 20 43 81
4 Fulham 45 23 11 11 63 47 23 15 2 6 40 26 22 8 9 5 23 21 16 80
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 45 18 16 11 65 58 22 10 9 3 32 21 23 8 7 8 33 37 7 70
7 Swansea City 45 17 16 12 58 52 23 10 5 8 27 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 6 67
8 Preston North End 45 18 11 16 58 53 23 12 4 7 39 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 5 65
9 Millwall 45 16 17 12 53 50 22 9 8 5 29 24 23 7 9 7 24 26 3 65
10 Blackburn Rovers 45 17 12 16 64 60 23 10 9 4 33 24 22 7 3 12 31 36 4 63
11 Bristol City 45 17 11 17 59 64 22 8 6 8 29 32 23 9 5 9 30 32 -5 62
12 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
13 Wigan Athletic 45 15 13 17 56 55 22 10 6 6 32 22 23 5 7 11 24 33 1 58
14 Queens Park Rangers 45 16 9 20 65 74 23 9 5 9 42 42 22 7 4 11 23 32 -9 57
15 Reading 45 15 11 19 58 54 22 7 4 11 25 30 23 8 7 8 33 24 4 56
16 Sheffield Wednesday 45 15 11 19 57 64 22 7 7 8 18 28 23 8 4 11 39 36 -7 56
17 Stoke City 45 15 8 22 58 67 23 11 3 9 36 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -9 53
18 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
19 Middlesbrough 45 12 14 19 46 60 23 6 8 9 20 29 22 6 6 10 26 31 -14 50
20 Birmingham City 45 12 14 19 53 72 22 6 7 9 32 39 23 6 7 10 21 33 -19 50
21 Charlton Athletic 45 12 12 21 50 61 23 8 6 9 28 27 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 48
22 Luton Town 45 13 9 23 51 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 23 6 2 15 21 45 -29 48
23 Hull City 45 12 9 24 57 84 23 7 3 13 29 37 22 5 6 11 28 47 -27 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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.