England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Bristol City and Birmingham City, taking place on Saturday, 14 January 2023, at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol.
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Bristol City, Recent FormIt's fair to say Bristol City will have been relatively pleased with a point from their last encounter with Coventry City, a match that ended in a 1-1 draw. In that game they had 47% possession and managed 9 attempts on goal, with 2 on target, compared to Coventry City who had 16 attempts and 6 on target.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 5, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 6 goals and some valuable points in the process. Finding the net regularly has been an issue for them in their home stadium, with zero goals scored in 3 of their last 6 matches. It's clear that with only 1 clean sheet from the last 6 matches at home, Nigel Pearson will have some concerns regarding his squad's defensive abilities of late.
A home win for Bristol City is just a distant memory, having not won at Ashton Gate Stadium in 6 games.
Birmingham City, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 3-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough will have left the Birmingham City squad feeling a little deflated. They achieved 39% possession in that match and had 9 strikes at goal, with 1 hitting the target, up against Middlesbrough's tally of 18 efforts at goal, 8 of which were on target.
It's reasonable to say they have enjoyed some decent goal scoring form of late, with 5 goals notched up in their last 6 matches, but while their offensive line is working, their defensive setup has shown cause for concern with 11 goals shipped and valuable points dropped. They are in some turmoil defensively at the moment and have been unable to record a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games. After failing to get on the scoresheet in 6 away games out of 12 this season, John Eustace will be looking for a bit more consistency from his forwards.
They have been on a bad run over their last 6 league matches, with 4 defeats and only 1 victory, so they know full well that a change of form is needed if they want to begin moving up the league table.
The Birmingham City travelling support have had something to shout about on the road via the goals from Scott Hogan, who's scored 5 goals in their last 6 league matches away from home.
After a good 3-0 win for Birmingham City in this pair's last league encounter, Bristol City will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
In each of their last 6 games away from home in the league to Bristol City, The Blues have scored at least 1 goal and will be looking to extend that run. Birmingham have a good attacking record away to The Robins in the league, having scored a total of 6 goals in their last 3 visits, which gives an average of 2 goals per game.
In the league, Birmingham has an strong track record when they play away from home at Bristol City, notching up a win in their last 4 games.
With only Ayman Benarous (Cruciate ligament) and Tomáš Kalas (Calf) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Nigel Pearson will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
John Eustace has a number of injury concerns in his Birmingham squad to contend with: Harlee Dean (Calf), Scott Hogan (Illness), Przemysław Płacheta (Shin) and Dion Sanderson (Hamstring)
Bristol City Playing at home | Birmingham City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Goals scored | 0.8 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 37' | Time first goal scored | 35' |
| 41' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3.5 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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