Championship: Burnley vs Bristol City – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Championship game between Burnley and Bristol City who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

When Bristol City come to Turf Moor for the Championship match on Saturday, Burnley will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Burnley find themselves as number 23 in the league table with two points from their initial four matches this campaign. As number 6, five points above them, Bristol City have played four rounds this season.

Team form: Burnley vs Bristol City

Burnley Form

Burnley failed to win any of their last three matches, though they managed to draw against Bradford in a 0-0 match, before coming up short against Norwich in a 4-1 defeat. Most recently, they settled for a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough. Burnley put four wins on the board in their previous six Championship matches at the Turf Moor. They drew twice while losing none, scored 11 goals while conceding six.

Bristol City Form

In their last three matches, Bristol City drew 2-2 with Birmingham, beat Portsmouth by 2-1 and beat Preston by 1-3. In their last six away matches in the Championship, Bristol City won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and ten scored.

Betting stats for Burnley and Bristol City

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Burnley and Bristol City. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Burnley vs Bristol City

Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Josh Laurent will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Bristol City hope Scott Twine can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Championship goals in his last six Championship games.

Betting markets: Burnley vs Bristol City

Full-time result

In their previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments Burnley won none, drew seven and lost three. Bristol City won three, drew five and lost two of their previous 10 games away from home. Amazingly, Burnley are on a streak of 26 home matches without defeat. Burnley have beaten Bristol City in 9 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Burnley only scored the first goal of the match in one out of their last ten games. Bristol City got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in last 5 consecutive Burnley games Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Bristol City played. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Burnley managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Bristol City kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Burnley have scored in 11 consecutive league meetings with Bristol City.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Burnley, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Of the last ten games for Bristol City, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.7 times goals per game. Burnley scored at least once in their previous 9 matches.