Recent weeks have been kind to Bristol City, as they have put together an 11 game unbeaten run in all competitions. That’s a streak which is expected to continue this week, ahead of Friday night’s visit by Bolton Wanderers. The Trotters are in a much worse position than their opponents, as they sit second-bottom in the Championship. The bookies are favouring the hosts, with Bolton in serious trouble. They’re three points shy of safety, while Monday night’s defeat against West Brom saw protests from the fans against the owners. Cup magic is exactly what the visitors need, but they have a terrible record behind them. They’ve lost 16 of their 28 matches in the Championship, including eight of 14 away. They breezed through the last round against League One opposition, but this trip is going to be a much harder tie. One key part of Bristol City’s run of games has been their low scoring nature. They’ve won to nil in four of their last five, while Bolton have an awful scoring record on the road. This season, the Robins have seen under 2.5 goals land in 71% of their home Championship matches, while it’s landed in 64% of Bolton’s league games. A huge 86% of the hosts home league games have seen fewer than four goals, so that makes Bristol City to win and under 3.5 goals a great bet in our book.
Recent weeks have been kind to Bristol City, as they have put together an 11 game unbeaten run in all competitions. That’s a streak which is expected to continue this week, ahead of Friday night’s visit by Bolton Wanderers. The Trotters are in a much worse position than their opponents, as they sit second-bottom in the Championship.
The bookies are favouring the hosts, with Bolton in serious trouble. They’re three points shy of safety, while Monday night’s defeat against West Brom saw protests from the fans against the owners. Cup magic is exactly what the visitors need, but they have a terrible record behind them. They’ve lost 16 of their 28 matches in the Championship, including eight of 14 away. They breezed through the last round against League One opposition, but this trip is going to be a much harder tie.
One key part of Bristol City’s run of games has been their low scoring nature. They’ve won to nil in four of their last five, while Bolton have an awful scoring record on the road. This season, the Robins have seen under 2.5 goals land in 71% of their home Championship matches, while it’s landed in 64% of Bolton’s league games. A huge 86% of the hosts home league games have seen fewer than four goals, so that makes Bristol City to win and under 3.5 goals a great bet in our book.