H2H: Bournemouth vs Bristol City – Prediction (Championship

H2H: Bournemouth v Bristol – Comparison.

Bournemouth forward Dominic Solanke may only have two league goals to his name so far, but he is a constant threat, and has attempted the second-highest number of shots in the division (23). Bristol City forward Nahki Wells has scored three goals in his last six league appearances this season, and two of those efforts arrived in the first half in away fixtures. Each of Bournemouth’s four home league yellow cards this season have arrived after half-time.

Bristol Insights.

Bournemouth are undefeated in their return to the Championship (W3, D4), extending an active sequence of 20 games without a loss in this division stretching back to 2015. They’ve also opened the scoring in five league matches so far, which is bettered by no other Championship side. Additionally, all five of those opening goals arrived before half-time. Including the closing stages of last season’s Premier League campaign, the ‘Cherries’ have given us an array of entertaining matches, with eight of their previous 11 league fixtures seeing both teams score. Tensions have been boiling over in their recent fixtures, however, with three of their previous four league matches producing 3+ total yellow cards.

Millwall Insights.

Although Bristol City have suffered one defeat so far this season, they remain one point better off than their opponents (W4, D2, L1). The ‘Robins’ lost only two of their six fixtures vs newly relegated sides last season (W3, D1, L2), and found the back of the net after the 60th minute in all of the three away matches in that sequence. Only two sides can better Bristol City’s goal tally of 11, and interestingly, their scoring has tended to follow a familiar pattern, with exactly two goals scored in five of their seven league matches. Notably, they’ve been at their most dominant in the 81st-90th+ minute segment, securing a positive goal difference of +3 within it (GF4, GA1).