Championship match prediction and preview for Rotherham United vs Bristol City clash

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: AESSEAL New York Stadium (12021 seats)

The visiting Bristol City side should be favourites in this visit to Rotherham United, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Rotherham United has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Championship
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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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Rotherham United form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Rotherham United, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Championship, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at AESSEAL New York Stadium. Rotherham has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Warne and the players.

Rotherham United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Watford. Heartbreak before that as Rotherham lost 1-3 at Coventry City's place.

There will be little rest for Rotherham United after this match as they are travelling to Blackburn Rovers for a Championship game in only four days.

Rotherham has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Rotherham United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Championship.

Bristol go into this game after a win, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 1-0. A loss against Birmingham City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Bristol goalie Daniel Bentley was high and low in the Blackburn Rovers game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager D. Holden when Famara Diédhiou scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bristol are hosting Millwall in the Championship only three days away.

Bristol has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 12 goals from 8 games. Bristol have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rotherham-Bristol City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rotherham United three wins, Bristol City three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
5 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
4 goals
Rotherham UnitedD. Barlaser
D. Barlaser
3 goals

Rotherham United missing players

Bristol City missing players

Rotherham United Bristol City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 8 17
3 2 0 Won W 2 5 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
10 4 2 Lost L 0 2 5
15 9 3 Scored S 4 12 20
25 10 6 Conceded C 2 9 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 59%
41% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 41%
18% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 47%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 35%
41% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 0.9 0.8
2 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 11.2 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.4 10
2.7 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.1
33% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 80% 55% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Rotherham United has the fewest clean sheets (2) in Championship
  • Rotherham United has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 17 10 4 3 23 16 9 5 3 1 11 7 8 5 1 2 12 9 7 34
2 AFC Bournemouth 17 8 7 2 29 16 8 5 2 1 14 8 9 3 5 1 15 8 13 31
3 Watford 17 8 6 3 21 12 9 7 1 1 18 8 8 1 5 2 3 4 9 30
4 Swansea City 17 8 6 3 19 10 9 5 3 1 11 4 8 3 3 2 8 6 9 30
5 Reading 17 9 3 5 27 21 9 6 0 3 13 9 8 3 3 2 14 12 6 30
6 Bristol City 17 9 3 5 20 16 9 4 2 3 8 7 8 5 1 2 12 9 4 30
7 Brentford 17 7 7 3 24 15 9 3 5 1 13 9 8 4 2 2 11 6 9 28
8 Stoke City 17 8 4 5 24 20 9 4 2 3 15 15 8 4 2 2 9 5 4 28
9 Cardiff City 17 7 5 5 23 14 8 3 2 3 13 7 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 26
10 Blackburn Rovers 17 7 4 6 31 20 8 4 2 2 14 8 9 3 2 4 17 12 11 25
11 Middlesbrough 17 6 6 5 16 14 8 5 2 1 11 4 9 1 4 4 5 10 2 24
12 Huddersfield Town 17 7 3 7 22 22 9 5 1 3 12 8 8 2 2 4 10 14 0 24
13 Preston North End 17 7 2 8 25 25 9 2 1 6 7 12 8 5 1 2 18 13 0 23
14 Luton Town 17 6 5 6 14 20 8 3 3 2 10 10 9 3 2 4 4 10 -6 23
15 Birmingham City 17 5 7 5 14 15 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 3 5 1 7 5 -1 22
16 Barnsley 17 6 4 7 19 22 9 4 2 3 10 9 8 2 2 4 9 13 -3 22
17 Millwall 17 4 9 4 14 14 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 3 3 2 7 5 0 21
18 Queens Park Rangers 17 4 6 7 18 25 8 3 3 2 11 10 9 1 3 5 7 15 -7 18
19 Coventry City 17 4 6 7 18 26 9 4 3 2 12 13 8 0 3 5 6 13 -8 18
20 Rotherham United 17 3 4 10 15 25 8 2 2 4 9 10 9 1 2 6 6 15 -10 13
21 Nottingham Forest 17 3 4 10 10 21 8 2 3 3 7 8 9 1 1 7 3 13 -11 13
22 Derby County 17 2 6 9 8 22 8 0 3 5 3 13 9 2 3 4 5 9 -14 12
23 Wycombe Wanderers 17 2 5 10 10 25 8 1 3 4 3 7 9 1 2 6 7 18 -15 11
24 Sheffield Wednesday 17 3 6 8 9 17 8 1 5 2 4 5 9 2 1 6 5 12 -8 9

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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.