Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion regulars look forward to Championship bout at Ashton Gate Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Bristol City have won 27 points performing as the team playing at home. West Bromwich Albion have got 26 points being the away side. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bristol City form and stats

Bristol City have played 11 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Bristol City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Stoke City here at Ashton Gate Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league games. Defender Naismith got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Naismith hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Rotherham United.

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

Bristol has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 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 City have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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West Bromwich Albion form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

West Bromwich Albion lost away at Coventry City (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That defeat was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points. It is not a good sign for WBA that their goalie Palmer pulled off seven saves in the Coventry City game, but still couldn't rescue them from a beating.

Before that, West Bromwich Albion secured a home win against Rotherham United with the score 3-0.

Low on goals? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league rounds have had two or less goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Preston North End in just three days.

The visiting West Bromwich Albion have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. WBA have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion have played each other previously this season: West Bromwich Albion - Bristol City 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol three wins, two draws and West Bromwich Albion five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
8 goals
Bristol CityT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals
Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
4 goals

Bristol City missing players

West Bromwich Albion missing players

Bristol City West Bromwich Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
7 4 2 Won W 3 3 7
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 8
10 5 1 Lost L 0 4 8
31 14 5 Scored S 6 12 29
32 12 2 Conceded C 2 12 26
91% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
87% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 74%
52% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 36% 35%
22% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
61% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 52%
26% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 30%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 26%
 
5 5.7 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 6.7
5.9 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5 3.8
2 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.1 11.5 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.7 13.2
3.3 3.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 4
41% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 36% 32%
 
11.4 8.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.2 9.7
3.5 2.6 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • West Bromwich Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Burnley 22 12 8 2 43 23 11 7 4 0 23 10 11 5 4 2 20 13 20 44
2 Sheffield United 22 12 5 5 36 19 11 6 3 2 23 11 11 6 2 3 13 8 17 41
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 12 0 10 25 26 11 8 0 3 18 11 11 4 0 7 7 15 -1 36
4 Norwich City 22 10 5 7 30 23 11 5 3 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 12 11 7 35
5 Watford 22 9 7 6 28 22 11 6 2 3 17 10 11 3 5 3 11 12 6 34
6 Preston North End 22 9 7 6 22 21 11 3 4 4 7 11 11 6 3 2 15 10 1 34
7 Coventry City 21 9 5 7 22 19 10 6 1 3 11 6 11 3 4 4 11 13 3 32
8 Millwall 22 9 5 8 27 26 11 7 2 2 17 8 11 2 3 6 10 18 1 32
9 Reading 22 10 2 10 24 30 11 7 1 3 16 11 11 3 1 7 8 19 -6 32
10 Queens Park Rangers 22 9 4 9 26 27 11 5 2 4 15 13 11 4 2 5 11 14 -1 31
11 Swansea City 22 8 7 7 27 29 11 5 2 4 15 14 11 3 5 3 12 15 -2 31
12 Sunderland 22 8 6 8 30 25 11 3 4 4 14 12 11 5 2 4 16 13 5 30
13 Middlesbrough 22 8 6 8 31 27 11 4 5 2 13 11 11 4 1 6 18 16 4 30
14 Luton Town 22 7 9 6 24 24 11 2 7 2 14 12 11 5 2 4 10 12 0 30
15 Birmingham City 22 7 8 7 23 20 11 3 5 3 13 10 11 4 3 4 10 10 3 29
16 Bristol City 22 7 6 9 30 30 11 4 3 4 13 10 11 3 3 5 17 20 0 27
17 West Bromwich Albion 22 6 8 8 26 26 11 3 4 4 14 14 11 3 4 4 12 12 0 26
18 Rotherham United 22 6 8 8 26 29 11 4 3 4 18 15 11 2 5 4 8 14 -3 26
19 Stoke City 22 7 5 10 24 29 11 3 3 5 13 16 11 4 2 5 11 13 -5 26
20 Cardiff City 22 7 4 11 19 27 11 4 2 5 9 10 11 3 2 6 10 17 -8 25
21 Hull City 22 7 4 11 25 39 11 4 0 7 11 20 11 3 4 4 14 19 -14 25
22 Wigan Athletic 22 6 6 10 22 32 11 2 3 6 8 18 11 4 3 4 14 14 -10 24
23 Blackpool 22 6 5 11 24 33 11 3 2 6 12 16 11 3 3 5 12 17 -9 23
24 Huddersfield Town 21 5 4 12 19 27 11 4 2 5 10 10 10 1 2 7 9 17 -8 19

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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.