Possible nail-biting contest in Bristol City - Rotherham United game

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Bristol City are in the 13th position while the guesting Rotherham United worry at 22nd.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Championship

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

7 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Bristol City have to build on here at Ashton Gate Stadium in the Championship. The home stadium (Ashton Gate Stadium) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Bristol it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?

The Bristol goalkeeper Max O'Leary is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 248 minutes without conceding a goal in the Championship.

Bristol travelled for their previous game, a trip to Blackburn Rovers that ended 0-0. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Birmingham City.

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 six of these, drawn two and lost five.

Bristol have scored 15 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bristol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Playing away, Rotherham United, who have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Championship, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Championship this season.

Rotherham United might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Watford proved too strong as Rotherham United slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at AESSEAL New York Stadium. Prior to that result Rotherham United won their away game at Sheffield Wednesday. The scoreline was 2-1.

It's a bit worrying for Rotherham that their goalkeeper Jamal Blackman made six saves in the Watford game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Rotherham in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Rotherham United, two draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Rotherham United have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Rotherham United - Bristol 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Bristol City wins - draws - Rotherham United wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BristolF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
8 goals
Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
8 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
8 goals

Bristol City missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 4 16 33
15 7 5 Won W 1 5 9
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 5
18 9 1 Lost L 3 9 19
39 15 9 Scored S 5 15 36
48 20 4 Conceded C 7 21 47
95% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 70%
43% 28% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 44% 52%
19% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 18%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 9%
41% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 48%
24% 28% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 18%
41% 44% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.8 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
7.8 8.6 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 9.9 10.7
2.6 2.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 2.9
41% 31% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (6) in Championship
  • Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 37 25 7 5 55 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 19 13 2 4 29 17 29 82
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Barnsley 37 19 7 11 48 40 18 10 4 4 23 17 19 9 3 7 25 23 8 64
6 Reading 37 18 7 12 51 40 18 11 0 7 28 20 19 7 7 5 23 20 11 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 37 11 16 10 37 36 18 4 10 4 17 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 1 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 36 13 10 13 38 42 19 8 4 7 21 22 17 5 6 6 17 20 -4 49
13 Bristol City 37 15 4 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 19 8 2 9 24 28 -9 49
14 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
15 Blackburn Rovers 37 12 9 16 49 41 19 6 7 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 45
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 41 52 18 8 4 6 25 18 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 42
18 Nottingham Forest 37 10 11 16 29 37 19 5 7 7 16 18 18 5 4 9 13 19 -8 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 37 9 11 17 28 47 19 4 3 12 14 32 18 5 8 5 14 15 -19 38
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 36 9 8 19 26 46 18 6 6 6 15 14 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 29
24 Wycombe Wanderers 37 6 8 23 25 61 19 4 5 10 12 24 18 2 3 13 13 37 -36 26

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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 Norwich City 37 25 7 5 55 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 19 13 2 4 29 17 29 82
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Barnsley 37 19 7 11 48 40 18 10 4 4 23 17 19 9 3 7 25 23 8 64
6 Reading 37 18 7 12 51 40 18 11 0 7 28 20 19 7 7 5 23 20 11 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 37 11 16 10 37 36 18 4 10 4 17 16 19 7 6 6 20 20 1 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 36 13 10 13 38 42 19 8 4 7 21 22 17 5 6 6 17 20 -4 49
13 Bristol City 37 15 4 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 19 8 2 9 24 28 -9 49
14 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
15 Blackburn Rovers 37 12 9 16 49 41 19 6 7 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 45
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 41 52 18 8 4 6 25 18 19 3 5 11 16 34 -11 42
18 Nottingham Forest 37 10 11 16 29 37 19 5 7 7 16 18 18 5 4 9 13 19 -8 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 37 9 11 17 28 47 19 4 3 12 14 32 18 5 8 5 14 15 -19 38
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 36 9 8 19 26 46 18 6 6 6 15 14 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 29
24 Wycombe Wanderers 37 6 8 23 25 61 19 4 5 10 12 24 18 2 3 13 13 37 -36 26

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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.