Both squads are doing all right, Swansea City having a 6 point advantage on Bristol City in the standings. Let's get started!
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Championship
- Swansea City have the most points from losing position (10) in Championship
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Bristol City form and stats
Bristol City have played 8 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Pearson led his Bristol City to a defeat away at Reading. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Ashton Gate Stadium. The attacker Scott was declared "man of the match" for Bristol City with a rating of 7.15/10. Scott hit one key pass.
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting West Bromwich Albion.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sheffield United are coming to town in three days.
Bristol City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ashton Gate Stadium with 12 goals in 8 league matches.
Swansea City form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Swansea City had fun at their own home (Ashton Gate Stadium) last time out, beating Cardiff City 2-0. Cooper and Obafemi scored. Midfielder Grimes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Grimes served one assist, hit four key passes and had 126 successful passes (of 138 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Reading.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Swansea City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 4 Swansea City wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Preston North End.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Swansea have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Swansea City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Bristol City won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Swansea City managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Wells 7 goals |  T. Conway 5 goals |   J. Piroe 4 goals |
Bristol City missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Bristol City | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 26 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 57% | 56% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 59% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 18% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 6.1 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 11.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 10.4 | 11.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 45% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 32% |
| 11.6 | 10.1 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 11.1 | 9.6 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
- Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Championship
- Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Swansea City have the most points from losing position (10) in Championship
- Swansea City 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
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