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Bournemouth vs Bristol City Prediction & Betting tips
Bournemouth and Bristol City have not won their past three matches. Still, both teams are still in the top four of the Championship. The gap with leader Reading is already five points, so more point loss is undesirable.
AFC Bournemouth:
Bournemouth drew last weekend for the third game in a row. Queens Park Rangers kept The Cherries 0-0 and the match against Cardiff City ended 1-1. The trio of draws were completed on a visit to Watford. Bournemouth started poorly in the seventh game of the season. Within fifteen minutes Watford took the lead. Not much later, Jefferson Lerma was forced to change. The midfielder was replaced by Dominic Solanke. The former striker of Vitesse had lost his starting place to Joshua King prior to this match.
For the remainder of the match, Bournemouth was the parent. The attacking intentions of Jason Tindall’s formation were only rewarded just before the final whistle. In the 95th minute Chris Mepham extended a shot from Lloyd Kelly and put The Cherries next to Watford. Bournemouth retained undefeated status and is fourth in the Championship after seven games.
Lerma is missing Wednesday evening due to his hamstring injury. Tindall sees a connection between the Colombian’s injury and the full schedule of recent weeks. Junior Stanislas or Dan Gosling will replace the midfielder on Saturday afternoon.
Bristol City:
Bristol City also drew 1-1 in the last round. At the Ashton Gate Stadium, the number two of the Championship took the fourteenth point of the season. That is what Dean Holden’s team did against Swansea City. As with Bournemouth, the equalizer of The Robins also fell late in the second half. At the start of the second half, Swansea took the lead after an equal first half. Only seven minutes before the end, Nahki Wells brought his team back to the same level. The striker shot a penalty kick impeccably hard right through the middle of the goal. Swansea came close to victory after the 1-1, but Bristol held on in the final phase of the game.
Dean Holden has to do against Bournemouth without Andi Weimann and Steven Sessegnon. The two midfielders had to be changed from each other within minutes with an injury. This means that the number of fit Bristol players is rapidly decreasing. Alfie Mawson and Joe Williams, among others, are also in the rag basket. Holden will have to improvise in the tricky duel visiting Bournemouth. There is a chance that the bank will be filled with a few youth players.
Bournemouth vs Bristol City head to head matches
27.07.18 CF Bristol City Bournemouth 1 : 1
27.07.13 CF Bournemouth Bristol City 0 : 0
26.12.06 LO Bristol City Bournemouth 2 : 2
26.09.06 LO Bournemouth Bristol City 0 : 1
25.02.06 LO Bristol City Bournemouth 3 : 1