Bristol City v Wigan Bristol City could be without Korey Smith (knee) and Andreas Weimann (foot) after the pair came off during Tuesday's 1-0 victory at Middlesbrough. City, who are fifth, may revert to a back four after going with a three for the wins at Boro and Sheffield United. Wigan Athletic will be without Michael Jacobs, who is out for the rest of the season with a hamstring injury. But Danny Fox and Anthony Pilkington are both back for the struggling Latics after spells on the sidelines. Match facts Bristol City have lost just one of their last seven home league matches against Wigan Athletic (W3 D3 L1), a 1-0 defeat back in January 2003. Wigan are looking to complete a league double over Bristol City for only the second time, having also done so in the 2002-03 season. Bristol City boss Lee Johnson is winless in four managerial encounters with Wigan manager Paul Cook (P4 W0 D3 L1) Wigan are looking to keep consecutive league clean sheets for the first time since April 2018, when they were in League One - they have not done so at Championship level since February 2017 under Warren Joyce. Bristol City have won five of their last seven home Championship games in April (D1 L1). Wigan have won fewer away Championship points than any other side this campaign (6) - last season, they claimed the most away points in League One (51) when they won the division. Prutton's prediction Sky David Prutton predicts: 3-1 * Wigan ravaged by injuries ahead of Bristol City clash at Ashton Gate Wigan boss Paul Cook admitted the absences could make the difference https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport...ws/wigan-ravaged-injury-ahead-bristol-2724554 * LJ ~ Let’s keep up the intensity – Johnson Lee Johnson is relishing City’s return home to Ashton Gate and wants his players to keep up the intensity that saw back-to-back away wins. https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/let-s-keep-up-the-intensity-johnson/ *LG PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: JOHNSON’S CITY STAGE WONDER COMEBACK AGAINST SHEFFIELD UNITED * http://www.leaguemanagers.com/news/lg-performance-week/lg-performance-week-johnsons-city-stage-comeback/
I reckon we could see a very interesting starting line up … WIGAN WILL HAVE NOTED our team/tactics last 2 games and likely come prepared to park the bus .. if they do and we score first/early they could be in for a hiding ………. NICLAS anybody SEMENYO anybody …. Fammy - Taylor brownhill pack Paterson Niclas kalas wright webster hunt
Good luck lads. I was quite impressed by your team at Carrow Rd. Arriving in the play offs with a bit of form is exactly what you need. Hope to be playing you next season. My uncle lived in Frenchay...but supported The Gas!
….. good job you put the ? seems i am a bit more savvy than yourself ..lol... even though I am restricted to getting to maybe only 6 or 7 games a season! Eliason is left sided / midfield ...winger Paterson is left or right or even as a back up striker brown hill and pack like central mid field Pack rightside preferred so brownhill would be left central mid field
Our home form kills us every season and this was a game we needed to win but yet again we fall short. Not much more to say other than it was exactly what I suspected from a banana skin game. The extra 2 points would have given us a cushion to lose the next match and not fall in the league and we failed.
I knew that one was coming and you are absolutely spot on with your comment and yet it still irks me that our home record, especially against lower placed teams, is dismal at best. Wondering what could have happened if we could up our fortunes at home by just 10% and I think we could have sealed a playoff spot but nevertheless we are still well in the hunt (but if only......).
