Soccer betting preview: Bristol City welcomes West Bromwich Albion in what could be a tight duel

Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (27000 seats)

A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 6th position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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

Overall stats at home this season for Bristol City are 7-7-6 (wins-draw-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Bristol City drew their last game, also a home match. Wigan Athletic was the opponent, 2-2 the score. A strong away win before that one, visiting Middlesbrough and winning 1-0.

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 four games. Bristol City has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There will be little rest for Bristol City after this match as they are travelling to Aston Villa for a Championship game in only three days.

Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 24 goals in 20 matches. Bristol City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

As the visiting team West Bromwich Albion have produced an overall stat of 11-3-6 so far.

Two away games in a row for West Bromwich Albion, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Millwall in the Championship. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Birmingham City.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 21 similar matches played by West Bromwich Albion in our archives, and the results are: 11 wins for West Bromwich Albion, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

A new game in only three days for West Bromwich Albion, the Championship home match versus Preston North End. Busy days.

West Bromwich Albion are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 31 times in 20 away games so far. As opposed to that, West Bromwich Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result West Bromwich Albion - Bristol City 4-2 entered in the official records. Bristol City-West Bromwich Albion H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Bristol City 1 win, West Bromwich Albion 4 wins, 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

J. Rodriguez
18 goals / 4 assists
D. Gayle
17 goals / 2 assists
F. Diedhiou
11 goals / 2 assists

Bristol City missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Bristol City West Bromwich Albion
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 20 Played 20 40
51 24 Scored 31 75
42 21 Conceded 25 52
97% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100%
64% 70% Over 1.5 75% 85%
36% 35% Over 2.5 50% 55%
23% 15% Over 3.5 30% 38%
15% 5% Over 4.5 15% 25%
51% 60% Both teams to score 50% 65%
33% 20% Clean Sheet 25% 20%
18% 20% Failed To Score 25% 15%
Key stats this season:
  • West Bromwich Albion hasn'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 D P
1 Norwich City 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
3 Leeds United 40 23 7 10 66 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 20 10 4 6 31 24 24 76
4 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 10 10 75 52 20 9 7 4 44 27 20 11 3 6 31 25 23 70
5 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
6 Bristol City 39 17 11 11 51 42 20 7 7 6 24 21 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 62
7 Derby County 39 16 12 11 55 48 20 10 7 3 31 19 19 6 5 8 24 29 7 60
8 Middlesbrough 40 15 13 12 41 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 20 8 7 5 22 20 5 58
9 Nottingham Forest 40 14 15 11 55 47 20 11 4 5 29 19 20 3 11 6 26 28 8 57
10 Preston North End 40 15 12 13 59 53 20 7 9 4 34 25 20 8 3 9 25 28 6 57
11 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
12 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 14 12 49 54 20 8 8 4 28 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -5 56
13 Swansea City 39 15 8 16 52 49 19 10 4 5 32 21 20 5 4 11 20 28 3 53
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 40 11 18 11 38 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 20 3 12 5 18 24 -4 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 40 12 11 17 53 63 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -10 47
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 40 8 8 24 29 66 20 4 4 12 13 30 20 4 4 12 16 36 -37 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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