England Championship - Bristol City VS Sunderland A.F.C Prediction
England Championship - Bristol City VS Sunderland A.F.C
Match Time:18-04-2025 22:00 Friday (GMT+8)
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Bristol City - DWLWWD
Bristol City will play in this fixture following on from a 1-1 Championship tied result against Queens Park Rangers.
In that match, Bristol City managed 59% possession and 5 shots on goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bristol City was George Earthy (30'). For their opponents, Queens Park Rangers had 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Karamoko Dembélé (21') scored 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 - DLWWDL
Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Swansea City in Championship competition, Sunderland will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, Sunderland had 68% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Swansea City had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Ben Cabango (58') was the scorer 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.
Bristol City possible starting lineup:
O'Leary; Vyner, Dickie, Pring; Hirakawa, Williams, Knight, McCrorie; Bird, Wells, Earthy
Sunderland possible starting lineup:
Patterson; Hume, Mepham, O'Nien, Hjelde; Neil, Rigg, Browne; Roberts, Isidor, Le Fee
Bristol City vs Sunderland Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
The two sides have crossed paths 51 times in all competitions since 1899. The hosts have a narrow 18-16 lead in wins, and 17 games have ended in draws.
The visitors have won just one of their seven Championship meetings against Bristol, with that triumph coming away from home in 2022.
The last four meetings between them have produced under 2.5 goals, with the hosts keeping two clean sheets. They played out a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture in December.
Bristol City are unbeaten in their last six home games, recording five wins.
Sunderland have failed to score in three of their last five league games. Interestingly, they have won their other two games while keeping clean sheets.
The visitors have outscored Bristol 57-54 in 42 league games thus far.
The hosts have lost just one of their last 11 games in all competitions.
Prediction: Bristol City 1-1 Sunderland
Bristol City are going along nicely and are best placed to finish in one of the two remaining playoff places up for grabs, but they do have a testing run to finish the regular season. Sunderland have nothing to play for apart from preparing for the playoffs, and will want to put on a good showing against one of their potential opponents, especially after defeat last weekend, and this could be a tight affair.
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