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Bristol City

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Bristol City will play in this fixture following a 1-1 Championship draw against Swansea City.

In that game, Bristol City managed 34% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorer for Bristol City was Jason Knight (76'). At the other end, Swansea City had 7 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Ben Cabango (15') was the scorer for Swansea City.

It has not been often in recent games where Bristol City have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Bristol City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals in the process.

Coming into this contest, Bristol City have not been beaten in their last 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.

Sheffield Wednesday

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Sheffield Wednesday come into this clash following on from a 3-2 Championship win in the defeat of West Bromwich Albion in their last match.

In that match, Sheffield Wednesday managed 30% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Sheffield Wednesday, the goals were scored by Josh Windass (23') and Anthony Musaba (86'). For their opponents, West Bromwich Albion had 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. Darnell Furlong (9' Own goal), Josh Maja (65') and Alex Mowatt (84') scored for West Bromwich Albion.

Looking at their form, and Sheffield Wednesday have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals in total. In defence, Sheffield Wednesday have seen their frailties exposed. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this next game, though.

Their previous form shows that Sheffield Wednesday:

• have not won against Bristol City when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings going back to 22/12/2019 shows that Bristol City have won 2 of them & Sheffield Wednesday 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 12 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them from The Robins and 6 for The Owls. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was Championship match day 34 on 24/02/2024 when it finished Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Bristol City.

In that game, Sheffield Wednesday managed 48% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Their only player to score was Ike Ugbo (16', 45').

Bristol City got 12 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Jason Knight (25') scored.

The referee was Thomas Kirk.

ℹ️ Team News: Bristol City

It’s our opinion that The Robins should use the 4-2-3-1 system, handing starts to Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Luke McNally, Cameron Pring, Joe Williams, Jason Knight, Mark Sykes, Scott Twine, Anis Mehmeti and Sinclair Armstrong.

ℹ️ Team News: Sheffield Wednesday

We reckon that The Owls appear most likely to elect for a 3-4-3 system with a starting lineup of James Beadle, Liam Palmer, DiShon Bernard, Akin Famewo, Yan Valery, Shea Charles, Barry Bannan, Marvin Johnson, Josh Windass, Iké Ugbo and Anthony Musaba.

✨ Prediction

Here, we’re thinking that Sheffield Wednesday will need to apply a lot of pressure to be putting a goal past this Bristol City side who we reckon will score one, at least.

That’s why our selection here is for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Bristol City at the end of the 90.

Let’s see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 18:05 02/10/2024