In this 27th week match, on Sat Jan 14th, Birmingham City will travel to Bristol to battle Bristol City in a clash of these two evenly matched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Bristol City is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Swansea City. Joel Piroe struck first for Swansea City in the 15th minute on a feed from Liam Cullen, then Antoine Semenyo tied it up for Bristol City in the 75th minute on a feed from Andreas Weimann squeezing out at least the one point for Bristol City. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while birmingham City sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Middlesbrough. Matt Crooks scored the first goal for Middlesbrough in the 57th minute, then Matt Crooks added another in the 59th minute. Birmingham City is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Bristol City and Birmingham City last played eachother at the St. Andrew’s Stadium on Saturday Oct 8th. Birmingham City won by a score of 3 to 0. Auston Trusty struck first for Birmingham City in the 3rd minute on a feed from Tahith Chong, then Auston Trusty added another in the 43rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bristol City couldn’t manage to score, and Birmingham City took the shutout win.
Both Troy Deeney and Tahith Chong have been the hottest scorers for Birmingham City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Bristol City’s most prolific scorer has been Antoine Semenyo. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.