It's the FA Cup: Bristol City and Shrewsbury Town face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 12:31 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate (21497 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bristol City or Shrewsbury Town that keep their silverware dream alive.

Bristol City have less rest than Shrewsbury Town in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Ashton Gate. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Shrewsbury Town have had more rest.

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Bristol City form and stats

Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.

Bristol City have collected 19 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-4-4.

Bristol City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Brentford. Previous to that game, a Championship home match hosting Luton Town in a game that was won 3-0.

Bristol City were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Bristol City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Bristol City have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Bradford City and Mansfield Town in order to reach 3rd Round of FA Cup. Shrewsbury Town's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 4th round replays.

Playing away, Shrewsbury Town have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. Total FA Cup statistics for Shrewsbury Town: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Shrewsbury Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Max O'Leary. It's been 251 minutes since they last conceded in League One.

Shrewsbury Town has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bolton Wanderers for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). A 1-2 loss hosting Rotherham United before that.

The attacking power of Shrewsbury Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Shrewsbury Town as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Bristol City victory, 2 draws and 0 Shrewsbury Town wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
9 goals
Bristol CityF. Diedhiou
F. Diedhiou
6 goals
Bristol CityJ. Brownhill
J. Brownhill
5 goals

Bristol City missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Shrewsbury Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
10 5   Won W   3 10
8 4   Drew D   5 9
7 3   Lost L   3 6
40 18   Scored S   6 29
39 15   Conceded C   8 25
92% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 84%
80% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   36% 60%
68% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   18% 36%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 12%
20% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
60% 42%   BTTS BTTS   27% 44%
24% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 44%
24% 33%   Failed to Score F T   45% 28%
 
4.5 4.7   Corners For (avg) C F   5.3 4.7
6.7 5.9   Corners Against (avg) C A   4.8 4.8
1.4 1.2   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
2 2   Red Cards R C   2 4
 
269 141   Total Shots T S   136 283
87 46   Shots on Target S O   42 97
46% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   14% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leeds United 26 15 7 4 43 21 12 7 4 1 19 8 14 8 3 3 24 13 22 52
2 West Bromwich Albion 26 14 10 2 48 28 13 6 6 1 30 19 13 8 4 1 18 9 20 52
3 Brentford 26 13 4 9 41 20 12 7 3 2 22 8 14 6 1 7 19 12 21 43
4 Nottingham Forest 25 12 7 6 34 25 12 6 2 4 14 13 13 6 5 2 20 12 9 43
5 Fulham 26 12 6 8 40 30 14 8 2 4 25 16 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 42
6 Millwall 26 10 10 6 34 32 13 7 4 2 21 14 13 3 6 4 13 18 2 40
7 Sheffield Wednesday 26 11 6 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 5 2 6 23 16 11 39
8 Hull City 26 11 6 9 40 34 13 6 2 5 21 16 13 5 4 4 19 18 6 39
9 Preston North End 26 11 6 9 36 32 14 9 2 3 29 17 12 2 4 6 7 15 4 39
10 Swansea City 25 10 8 7 31 30 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 38
11 Bristol City 26 10 8 8 39 40 13 5 4 4 19 18 13 5 4 4 20 22 -1 38
12 Cardiff City 26 9 10 7 38 40 12 7 4 1 19 10 14 2 6 6 19 30 -2 37
13 Blackburn Rovers 26 10 6 10 34 34 13 6 5 2 16 11 13 4 1 8 18 23 0 36
14 Reading 25 10 5 10 33 28 12 6 0 6 18 16 13 4 5 4 15 12 5 35
15 Queens Park Rangers 26 10 5 11 44 48 14 5 4 5 28 27 12 5 1 6 16 21 -4 35
16 Middlesbrough 26 8 9 9 26 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 13 2 5 6 14 21 -6 33
17 Derby County 25 7 9 9 24 33 13 6 5 2 16 10 12 1 4 7 8 23 -9 30
18 Birmingham City 26 8 5 13 31 43 13 5 2 6 19 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -12 29
19 Charlton Athletic 25 7 7 11 34 36 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 2 4 6 16 20 -2 28
20 Huddersfield Town 26 7 7 12 30 42 14 4 4 6 16 21 12 3 3 6 14 21 -12 28
21 Stoke City 26 7 3 16 33 42 13 4 2 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 24
22 Wigan Athletic 26 5 8 13 24 39 12 4 4 4 12 15 14 1 4 9 12 24 -15 23
23 Barnsley 25 4 9 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 12 1 3 8 10 22 -15 21
24 Luton Town 26 6 3 17 32 56 12 4 3 5 19 20 14 2 0 12 13 36 -24 21
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 24 12 8 4 32 22 13 9 3 1 24 15 11 3 5 3 8 7 10 44
2 Rotherham United 24 12 5 7 42 25 12 5 3 4 21 11 12 7 2 3 21 14 17 41
3 Coventry City 23 10 10 3 34 25 12 8 3 1 16 8 11 2 7 2 18 17 9 40
4 Oxford United 23 11 6 6 41 22 10 7 2 1 20 7 13 4 4 5 21 15 19 39
5 Ipswich Town 23 10 8 5 33 22 10 3 5 2 13 9 13 7 3 3 20 13 11 38
6 Peterborough United 24 10 6 8 44 34 11 7 2 2 25 12 13 3 4 6 19 22 10 36
7 Fleetwood Town 22 10 6 6 37 29 12 7 4 1 18 9 10 3 2 5 19 20 8 36
8 Bristol Rovers 23 10 6 7 30 30 12 5 5 2 18 13 11 5 1 5 12 17 0 36
9 Portsmouth 23 9 8 6 34 28 12 7 5 0 22 11 11 2 3 6 12 17 6 35
10 Blackpool 24 8 10 6 32 28 12 6 2 4 18 15 12 2 8 2 14 13 4 34
11 Gillingham 24 8 9 7 28 24 13 7 2 4 21 13 11 1 7 3 7 11 4 33
12 Burton Albion 23 9 6 8 32 30 10 4 3 3 11 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 2 33
13 Sunderland 22 8 8 6 28 23 11 5 5 1 18 9 11 3 3 5 10 14 5 32
14 Shrewsbury Town 22 8 8 6 21 23 11 5 3 3 14 14 11 3 5 3 7 9 -2 32
15 Doncaster Rovers 21 8 7 6 32 23 13 6 4 3 19 14 8 2 3 3 13 9 9 31
16 Lincoln City 23 9 3 11 28 28 10 7 1 2 18 11 13 2 2 9 10 17 0 30
17 Accrington Stanley 24 7 8 9 34 33 11 5 2 4 24 15 13 2 6 5 10 18 1 29
18 Rochdale 24 7 4 13 27 41 11 2 3 6 10 17 13 5 1 7 17 24 -14 25
19 AFC Wimbledon 24 6 6 12 29 36 12 4 5 3 14 14 12 2 1 9 15 22 -7 24
20 Milton Keynes Dons 24 7 3 14 26 36 13 6 1 6 15 18 11 1 2 8 11 18 -10 24
21 Tranmere Rovers 23 5 6 12 27 43 12 3 5 4 18 18 11 2 1 8 9 25 -16 21
22 Southend United 24 1 6 17 27 65 11 0 3 8 11 34 13 1 3 9 16 31 -38 9
23 Bolton Wanderers 21 4 7 10 18 46 12 3 6 3 14 19 9 1 1 7 4 27 -28 7

Bristol City:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 24 12 8 4 32 22 13 9 3 1 24 15 11 3 5 3 8 7 10 44
2 Rotherham United 24 12 5 7 42 25 12 5 3 4 21 11 12 7 2 3 21 14 17 41
3 Coventry City 23 10 10 3 34 25 12 8 3 1 16 8 11 2 7 2 18 17 9 40
4 Oxford United 23 11 6 6 41 22 10 7 2 1 20 7 13 4 4 5 21 15 19 39
5 Ipswich Town 23 10 8 5 33 22 10 3 5 2 13 9 13 7 3 3 20 13 11 38
6 Peterborough United 24 10 6 8 44 34 11 7 2 2 25 12 13 3 4 6 19 22 10 36
7 Fleetwood Town 22 10 6 6 37 29 12 7 4 1 18 9 10 3 2 5 19 20 8 36
8 Bristol Rovers 23 10 6 7 30 30 12 5 5 2 18 13 11 5 1 5 12 17 0 36
9 Portsmouth 23 9 8 6 34 28 12 7 5 0 22 11 11 2 3 6 12 17 6 35
10 Blackpool 24 8 10 6 32 28 12 6 2 4 18 15 12 2 8 2 14 13 4 34
11 Gillingham 24 8 9 7 28 24 13 7 2 4 21 13 11 1 7 3 7 11 4 33
12 Burton Albion 23 9 6 8 32 30 10 4 3 3 11 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 2 33
13 Sunderland 22 8 8 6 28 23 11 5 5 1 18 9 11 3 3 5 10 14 5 32
14 Shrewsbury Town 22 8 8 6 21 23 11 5 3 3 14 14 11 3 5 3 7 9 -2 32
15 Doncaster Rovers 21 8 7 6 32 23 13 6 4 3 19 14 8 2 3 3 13 9 9 31
16 Lincoln City 23 9 3 11 28 28 10 7 1 2 18 11 13 2 2 9 10 17 0 30
17 Accrington Stanley 24 7 8 9 34 33 11 5 2 4 24 15 13 2 6 5 10 18 1 29
18 Rochdale 24 7 4 13 27 41 11 2 3 6 10 17 13 5 1 7 17 24 -14 25
19 AFC Wimbledon 24 6 6 12 29 36 12 4 5 3 14 14 12 2 1 9 15 22 -7 24
20 Milton Keynes Dons 24 7 3 14 26 36 13 6 1 6 15 18 11 1 2 8 11 18 -10 24
21 Tranmere Rovers 23 5 6 12 27 43 12 3 5 4 18 18 11 2 1 8 9 25 -16 21
22 Southend United 24 1 6 17 27 65 11 0 3 8 11 34 13 1 3 9 16 31 -38 9
23 Bolton Wanderers 21 4 7 10 18 46 12 3 6 3 14 19 9 1 1 7 4 27 -28 7

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