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Predictions and Tips
The Championship match at Ashton Gate Stadium on Friday will see home side Bristol City play Sunderland.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Bristol City v Sunderland can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).
📏 Form Guide

Bristol City
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Bristol City go into this match after a 1-1 Championship drawn game vs Queens Park Rangers.
In that game, Bristol City managed 59% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bristol City was George Earthy (30'). On the other side, Queens Park Rangers had 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Karamoko Dembélé (21') was the scorer for Queens Park Rangers.
Bristol City have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, although they have also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Looking at their last 6 games, Bristol City have conceded in 6 of them while also scoring in 5 of those matches.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Bristol City:
- haven't lost in the league to Sunderland in their last 4 games.
- haven't beaten Sunderland in their last 2 matches in the league.
- haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.
Sunderland
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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Swansea City in Championship action, Sunderland will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Sunderland managed 68% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Swansea City had 9 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Ben Cabango (58') scored for Swansea City.
The strike force from Sunderland have made hard work of scoring goals over their last six games, contributing the poor return of only 3. In those matches, The Black Cats have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 5. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be continued into this game, however.
Ahead of this clash, Sunderland are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.
👥 Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 10/02/2018, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Bristol City winning 1 of those games, Sunderland 1 and 4 being draws in normal time.
A total of 16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 8 from The Robins and 8 being from The Black Cats. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The last league contest featuring the two was Championship match day 20 on 10/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Sunderland 1-1 Bristol City.
On that occasion, Sunderland managed 66% possession and 21 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Patrick Roberts (93').
For their opponents, Bristol City got 7 shots on goal with 2 on target. Luke McNally (62') scored.
The referee was Dean Whitestone.
ℹ️ Team News: Bristol City
George Tanner (Knee surgery) and Luke McNally (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be able to feature for Bristol City boss Liam Manning.
🗞️ Team News: Sunderland
Sunderland boss Régis Le Bris has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Salis Abdul Samed (Muscle injury), Aji Alese (Broken leg), Daniel Ballard (Hamstring injury) and Niall Huggins (Knee surgery) are not able to play.
🔮 Prediction
In our opinion, Sunderland certainly have the ability to score a goal against this Bristol City lineup, but that probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning score for Bristol City at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.
Andre Moura, 13:03 18/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

🏟️ Team Focus:
Bristol City
Formed: 1894
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium (27,000)
Captain: Jason Knight
Chairman: Jon Lansdown
Manager: Liam Manning
Competitions: Championship position 5
🔑 Star Player: Scott Twine
Generally taking up the Left Wing position, Scott Twine was born in Swindon, England. After making a first senior appearance for Swindon Town in the 2016 - 2017 season, the gifted Forward has accumulated 5 league goals in this Championship 2024 - 2025 campaign so far in 31 appearances.
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42 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 53 | 88 | DDDWW |
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42 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 44 | 88 | WWWDW |
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42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 83 | WWLLL |
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42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 76 | LWWDL |
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42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 64 | WLWWD |
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42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 63 | WLLWD |
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42 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 60 | DLLLW |
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42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 60 | DWWLL |
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42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 60 | WLWWW |
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42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 56 | LLLDW |
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42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 56 | LDLWL |
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42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | -6 | 54 | LDWWW |
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42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 53 | LWLDL |
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42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 53 | LDLDL |
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42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | -6 | 50 | DLDWD |
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42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | -8 | 49 | WLDDL |
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42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | -17 | 48 | WLWLW |
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42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 47 | LWDDW |
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42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 46 | LWLLD |
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42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 45 | DLWLD |
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43 | 11 | 10 | 22 | -11 | 43 | WLDDL |
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43 | 11 | 10 | 22 | -25 | 43 | WDDLW |
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42 | 9 | 15 | 18 | -21 | 42 | WDDDL |
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42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | -38 | 40 | LDWLW |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 54 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.2 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 52 |
Yellow cards | 2.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 2.8 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Anis Mehmeti | 12 |
Nahki Wells | 10 |
Scott Twine | 5 |
Ross McCrorie | 3 |
Luke McNally | 3 |
Wilson Isidor | 12 |
Eliezer Mayenda | 8 |
Romaine Mundle | 5 |
Jobe Bellingham | 4 |
Chris Rigg | 4 |
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