By Jacob Henderson

A look at the weekend clash Blues face Bristol City at Ashton Gate.

Current standings:
City have dropped to eighth in the Championship and are three points adrift of the Play-Offs with one win in their last five games. Town sit 12th and are nine points outside the top six.

League form

Bristol City – 5/15 points                                           
Fulham (H) D 1-1                                                       
Cardiff (A) L 1-0                                                         
Sheff Wed (H) W 4-0                                                  
Preston (A) L 2-1                                                        
Burton (A) D 0-0                                                        

Town – 7/15 points
Cardiff (H) L 1-0
Preston (A) W 1-0
Sheff Wed (A) W 2-1
Sheff Utd (H) D 0-0
Hull (H) L 3-0

Last time we met: Town 1-3 Bristol City 30.09.17
Bristol City took the spoils when the sides last met in September. Josh Brownhill gave the visitors the perfect start when his deflected strike wrong-footed Bartosz Bialkowski in just the second minute. The Robins then doubled their advantage on the half-hour mark when Famara Diedhiou headed in Jamie Paterson’s cross. Town reduced the deficit before half-time when Martyn Waghorn superbly fired in off the crossbar but eight minutes from time the result was put beyond doubt as Bobby Reid scored with a deflected effort off Jonas Knudsen.

 

Previous meetings at Ashton Gate:
16.04.11 Bristol City 0-1 Town
06.08.11 Bristol City 0-3 Town
26.01.13 Bristol City 2-1 Town
13.02.16 Bristol City 2-1 Town
03.12.16 Bristol City 2-0 Town

One to watch: Bobby Reid
Reid has 19 goals to his name this term and is City’s runaway top scorer. The versatile forward bagged a hat-trick in the 4-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday earlier this month and has also contributed six assists this season.

Match officials
Referee: Darren England
Assistants: Matt Foley & Geoffrey Russell
Fourth official: Brendan Malone