West Brom vs Bristol City prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-03-15 15:00.
[p]West Bromwich Albion took another massive step to ensuring that they’ll be amongst the play-off spots come the end of the Championship season, as they came from behind to secure a comfortable 4-1 victory over relegation-threatened Huddersfield Town last time out. That cemented their spot in fifth place, while also maintaining the five point buffer between themselves and the chasing pack.[/p]
[p]Losing just one of their last nine league matches (W5, D3) proves that the Baggies could be hard to shake from that position, but manager Carlos Corberán will be calling for more consistency overall since none of their last 12 Championship matches have replicated the result from the game prior (W6, D3, L3). They’ll be banking on another positive result when they host Bristol City here too, since they’ve lost just one of the last nine H2Hs at home (W6, D2), although that defeat did occur last season. [/p]
[p]Visiting Bristol City will be looking to repeat that feat, and can utilise the confidence gained from snapping a four-game losing streak in their last match when grinding out a slender 1-0 win over rivals Swansea. That result eased the likelihood of getting dragged into the relegation scrap as the season draws to a close, with Liam Manning’s side sitting in 13th place ahead of this matchday and nine points above those stranded in the dreaded bottom three. [/p]
[p]The highlight of their Swansea victory would’ve been a keeping a clean sheet for the first time in 12 league matches, and this would be an opportune time to register back-to-back shutouts for just the second time this league campaign. Hitting the road only seems to perpetuate the Robins’ vulnerability though, considering that they’ve won just two of their last 15 away matches (D5, L8).[/p]
[p]Key battle: Grady Diangana could be looking to have the last say in this clash, having scored West Brom’s last goal in six of his previous eight goalscoring outings. He’ll have to get past Bristol City defender Rob Dickie to do so, who ventures forward with purpose himself since six of his last seven goals served as the matchwinner.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Only two of Bristol City’s last 14 matches have seen goals scored in both halves.[/p]