📏 Form Guide

Bristol City

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Bristol City, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 Championship victory versus Watford.

In that match, Bristol City had 44% possession and 7 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Bristol City, the goals were scored by Ross McCrorie (24') and Nahki Wells (29'). For their opponents, Watford had 8 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Mamadou Doumbia (80') scored for Watford.

It has not been often in recent times where Bristol City haven’t conceded. The facts show that Bristol City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 5 goals in the process. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, however.

Heading into this fixture, Bristol City have not won against West Bromwich Albion in their previous 4 league games.

West Bromwich Albion

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Sunderland in Championship competition, West Bromwich Albion and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, West Bromwich Albion had 63% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Sunderland got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Trai Hume (35') scored for Sunderland.

The forward players for West Bromwich Albion have suffered from a lack of goals over their last 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of only 4. In those fixtures, The Baggies have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 5.

Leading up to this clash, West Bromwich Albion:

• remain undefeated by Bristol City when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. A solid away record against them.
• have not won away from home in their last 12 league matches. It's not a good run at all.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 18/10/2022 shows us that Bristol City have won 2 of these games & West Bromwich Albion 3, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 11 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 5 of them for The Robins and 6 created by The Baggies. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Championship match day 22 on 22/12/2024 when it ended West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City.

That time, West Bromwich Albion had 59% possession and 17 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Mikey Johnston (34', 43').

Bristol City got 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Thomas Kirk.

🗞️ Team News: Bristol City

George Tanner (Knee surgery) and Luke McNally (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be taking part for Bristol City manager Liam Manning.

It’s our opinion that The Robins look set to use a 3-4-3 formation this time, utilising Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Cameron Pring, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Marcus McGuane, Ross McCrorie, George Earthy, Nahki Wells and Max Bird.

🗞️ Team News: West Bromwich Albion

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there is just the lone fitness worry for the West Bromwich Albion gaffer Tony Mowbray to be concerned about. Josh Maja (Calf injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that The Baggies seem likely to play in a 4-4-2 system by sending out Joshua Griffiths, Darnell Furlong, Kyle Bartley, Mason Holgate, Callum Styles, Alex Mowatt, Jayson Molumby, Isaac Price, John Swift, Adam Armstrong and Karlan Grant.

💭 Prediction

Here is a game where West Bromwich Albion will need things to go their way to breach the defence of this Bristol City team who will likely score & stay on top.

We’ve gone for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Bristol City after 90 minutes.

Should be an interesting one.

Renata Leite, 18:06 08/04/2025