Leeds vs Bristol City prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-10-06 14:00.
It was a timely return to form for Leeds United in midweek as they bounced back from defeat to Southampton with a 1-0 win over Queens Park Rangers. That result saw Daniel Farke’s men enter round 11 just inside the top six, and another victory at Elland Road against Bristol City will ensure they remain in those prized spots heading into the international break.
The omens look good in that sense as the Whites have lost just one of the last 16 H2Hs (W13, D2), and with no defeats on home soil so far this season (W3, D3), many will fancy the hosts to bag all three points. The bookmakers are one of those parties, yet they’re not always correct, as outlined by the fact that only three Championship teams that began at least two league games as favourites this season have a lower win rate than Leeds in such outings (25% – W2, D4, L2).
Bristol City’s 2-1 win over Rotherham United in midweek ensured they enter this round of fixtures in the top half of the table. That ended a run of back-to-back defeats for the Robins, who may be quietly confident of further improving their already strong away record this season (W3, D1, L1) after only losing 1-0 against one of the two best-ever Championship sides after ten rounds, Leicester City.
Four of those five games have unsurprisingly seen Nigel Pearson’s charges begin as pre-match underdogs, but their rock-solid record on the road can only be bettered by the top two heading into this round. However, it has also come at the cost of entertainment, as only two teams have seen a lower goals-per-match average on their travels in England’s second tier this term than Bristol City’s two.
Players to watch: Leeds’ Crysencio Summerville moved up to two goals and one assist this season with his midweek winner, with those three contributions all coming at home and helping his side to earn four points. Bristol City’s own 21-year-old forward Sam Bell may expect to find himself on the scoresheet here after scoring in every other encounter across his last six appearances (G3), having fired a blank on Wednesday at Rotherham.
Hot stat: Nigel Pearson is unbeaten in nine of his 11 personal H2Hs with Leeds (W4, D5, L2).