Championship duel: Close contest expected between Hull City and Bristol City

Hull City and Bristol City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Hull City form and stats

Hull City have played 1 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Hull, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Blackburn Rovers away with the result 2-1. Connolly (2) found the net in that victory. The victory against Blackburn Rovers came after Connolly's winning goal. The Hull City manager Rosenior was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 66th minute. Midfielder Seri was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Seri served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 67 successful passes (of 72 total).

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 Hull have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 4.

Hull City has scored {4 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

Bristol City form and stats

Only one away game in the Championship so far for Bristol City and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 7 draws and 10 losses from 23 travels.

The manager Pearson was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Ashton Gate Stadium. Bristol City suffered a 0-2 loss to Birmingham City (placed 3rd).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Bristol City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Bristol City, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

After this away game Bristol City return home for a Carabao Cup game against Norwich City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

{1 goals} so far away for Bristol City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Hull City-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hull one win, Bristol City six wins, three draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

O. Tufan 3 goals

A. Connolly 3 goals

L. Delap 1 goals

Hull City missing players

Bristol City missing players