England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Birmingham City and Bristol City, taking place on Friday, 29 December 2023, at St. Andrew's Stadium in Birmingham.
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Birmingham City, Recent FormThe Birmingham City players will be feeling somewhat disenchanted with their inability to pick up any points from their home fixture against Stoke City recently, that ended in a 3-1 defeat. Their share of possession in that meeting was 51%, while racking up 14 shots along the way, 5 of which were on target, in contrast to Stoke City, who had 11 shots on goal with 5 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 11 and seen valuable points lost. They have only kept 1 clean sheet in their last 6 home games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Jordan James will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 3 goals in the last 6 league outings for Birmingham City.
Bristol City, Recent FormThe last league instalment for Bristol City produced a stunning 4-1 away win over Watford. They achieved 41% possession in that match and had 15 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Watford's tally of 13 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
While they have been reasonably effective at circumventing their opponents defence, scoring 11 in their last 6 games, it's largely been tit for tat with their own defence proving to be equally ineffectual, conceding 8, and leading to valuable points being dropped. They've failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away games.
They've had a poor run of form on the road recently, losing 3 of their last 6 away games and managing only 1 win.
Tommy Conway will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 3 goals in the last 6 league games for Bristol City.
The last time these sides were pitched against each other in the league, it ended in a 0-2 win for Birmingham City.
Birmingham have managed to keep a clean sheet against The Robins in each of their previous 2 meetings at St. Andrew's Stadium. Birmingham will feel sure their attacking prowess will yield results in this one, having scored at least 1 goal in the previous 5 encounters with The Robins.
Bristol City has a poor track record in the league when they visit Birmingham, losing in their last 2 games.
Birmingham manager Wayne Rooney has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Lee Buchanan (Concussion), Alfie Chang (Knee), Cody Drameh (Knock), George Hall (Hamstring), Ethan Laird (Groin) and Kevin Long (Calf) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Liam Manning has a number of injury concerns in his Bristol City squad to contend with: Rob Atkinson (Cruciate ligament), Ayman Benarous (Cruciate ligament), Andy King (Leg), Ross McCrorie (Illness), Kal Naismith (Hamstring) and Haydon Roberts (Ankle)
Birmingham City Playing at home | Bristol City Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.3 | Goals conceded | 1.1 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 58' |
| 36' | Time first goal conceded | 41' |
| 1.8 | Yellow cards | 1.6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.2 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 4-1 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 3-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
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