Simon Dalton presents his prediction for the EFL Championship match.
Bristol City
Bristol City prefer to play carefully. This is why they’re in the top five in the league in goals conceded in home matches (1.09 per game). The side used the 4-4-2 line-up in 2 previous games, which made defensive line better. For example, in the previous game, Sunderland, that usually score quite a lot, created only 0.8 xG, without having a real attempt on goal (around 0.3 xG per shot).
Hull City
Hull City are one of the pragmatic teams when they play their away games. They have scored 16 goals in the away matches because they used their attempts well. However, they should have scored only 11 goals, according to xG. They’re amongst the 5 worst teams in this case. Hull City have won only 2 out of the last 7 away games. It was against Middlesbrough (2:1) and Birmingham City (2:0).
Bristol City – Hull City prediction
A key attacking midfielder, Jaden Philogene-Bidace (6+5), will miss this game. He’s the best in the team in attacking actions and second best in the league. This is him who is responsible for creative and fast actions. He is the leader in expected assists (xAG=3.7) with a huge gap.
Without Jaden Philogene-Bidace, it’s going to be a problem for Hull City to do something with the very strong defence of Bristol City. I believe that we won’t see many goals.
