Bristol City vs Blackburn prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-04-09 18:45.
[p]Sitting safely in mid-table, Bristol City will spend the rest of their campaign chasing a first top-half finish since 2019/20. The Robins occupy 12th place pre-round after a run of just one defeat from five matches (W3, D1), though they were largely indebted to goalkeeper Max O’Leary for preserving a point in their 0-0 draw with Sunderland at the weekend.[/p]
[p]Liam Manning’s men have now kept three consecutive clean sheets, and will be looking to secure a fourth in succession for the first time since February 2020. Bristol City are bound to be confident having won their last two home games, while they’ve tasted defeat from just one of the last seven H2Hs with Blackburn (W3, D3), though that did come in this season’s reverse fixture.[/p]
[p]Blackburn, chasing a first double over the Robins since 2019/20, have put four points between themselves and the drop zone pre-round after losing just one of their last six matches (W1, D4). John Eustace has steadied the ship by shoring up Rovers’ backline, conceding just four times across those six games, with their improvement best illustrated by becoming the first team to stop Southampton from scoring in the Championship since mid-September, a run of 31 games![/p]
[p]Rovers put five past Sunderland in their last away game to end a ten-match winless run on the road (D3, L7), with just one of their last five such outings ending in defeat (W1, D3). But with away fixtures still to come against promotion chasing Leeds and Leicester, improving on their recent record of one win from their last six away H2Hs against Bristol City (D2, L3) could be crucial in their bid for survival.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Midfielder Mark Sykes laid on the assist for Bristol City’s winner in their last home game, and scored in the H2H fixture at Ewood Park in December. Tyrhys Dolan scored and assisted in Rovers’ last road game, something he also did the last time he faced off with the Robins.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: There has been only one goal in each of the last four fixtures at Ashton Gate.[/p]