Bristol City vs Northampton Town Prediction & Betting Tips

Bristol City are set to play against Northampton Town in Wednesday’s upcoming EFL Cup clash.

Our tips, poll and stats for Bristol City v Northampton Town can all be found here - along with the latest match odds.

📊 Form Guide

Bristol City WDLDWW

Bristol City, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 2-1 Championship victory versus Coventry City.

In that match, Bristol City had 46% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Bristol City, the goalscorers were Jamie Paterson (1') and Tomáš Kalas (82'). Coventry City got 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Matt Godden (33') was the scorer for Coventry City.

It’s been seldom in recent times where Bristol City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that The Robins have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 5 goals during that time. We will just have to find out if that trend will end up being continued on here.

Northampton Town LWWWLD

In their last game, Northampton Town drew 2-2 in the League One match with AFC Wimbledon.

For Northampton Town, the goalscorers were Matt Warburton (19') and Ricky Korboa (31'). Ethan Chislett (1') and Nesta Guinness-Walker (23') scored for AFC Wimbledon.

Demonstrating their predisposition for high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 20 times in the last six matches in which Northampton Town have sent out their troops, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals each clash. Opposition teams have hit 7 from this total.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 11/08/2001 shows us that Bristol City have won 5 of these games & Northampton Town 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

A total of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 13 for The Robins and 5 belonging to The Cobblers. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

ℹ️ Team News: Bristol City

Bristol City boss Dean Holden has no fitness concerns to speak of before this match owing to a completely healthy squad to pick from.

📋 Team News: Northampton Town

Owing to a completely healthy group ready to go, Northampton Town manager Keith Curle does not have any fitness worries to report before this game.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Bristol City are likely to be able to create a good number of chances & successful shots on target.

In contrast, Northampton Town could well find it tough to make a breakthrough but we do fancy them scoring as well.

We’re therefore expecting to see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for Bristol City when the full-time whistle blows.

Lucas Pereira, 23:04 13/09/2020