Bristol City vs Southampton prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-02-12 20:00.
Bristol City finally snapped their six-match winless Championship run at the weekend by claiming an important 2-1 victory away to Middlesbrough that keeps them in the play-off picture. That crucial win lifted the Robins to 13th spot in the standings and they consequently began this matchday sat just six points outside of the top six. Their next task is to find their first win in four home games on home soil in England’s second flight (D1, L2).
Both losses in that sequence were accompanied by a 1-0 scoreline, underlining their poor attacking output which has seen them net just 35 league goals this term – the sixth-lowest tally of the competition heading into this round. That could see them come unstuck against a free-scoring Southampton in particular then, though they lost the reverse fixture with a similarly subdued 1-0 result.
The visiting Saints nearly suffered an unlikely league loss at the weekend against lowly Huddersfield Town, as they found themselves 3-2 down at St Mary’s midway through the second half. Russell Martin’s side eventually recovered to win 5-3 with all four of their goals (excluding an own goal) coming from substitutes. That late charge extended their undefeated run across all competitions to an imposing 25 matches (W18, D7)!
That successful sequence pushed Southampton into the automatic promotion spots ahead of this matchday, with their goalscoring in particular proving a strong point. That’s because that 25-game stretch has seen the Saints net 56 goals (2.2 per game on average) in the process. Further to that, 12 consecutive Championship away outings with at least one goal to their name leaves them primed for even more success in their first trip to Bristol City since 2011/12.
Players to watch: Bristol City’s Tommy Conway has scored eight goals across all competitions this season, with his side not losing any of his seven goalscoring appearances (W5, D2). Southampton’s Samuel Edozie netted at the weekend to take his league tally to six goals this season, though only one of those has come away from home.
Hot stat: At the start of this round, only Leeds United (12) had scored more Championship goals in the opening 15 minutes than Southampton (nine) this season.