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Championship 2026/27

Bristol City lineup

14th in the Championship 15 points Most-used formation: 4-2-3-1 WDLLD

Predicted lineup for Bristol City

Next match: Bolton Wanderers vs Bristol City,

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Bristol City 3-5-2
40 Collins or Tickle
2 Eissat or Atkinson
15 McNally
19 Tanner
3 Pring
27 Yah
8 Williams or Hirakawa
12 Knight
21 Cardines or Twine
11 Bell or Tolaj
23 Ballard

Predicted lineup for Bristol City: Collins, Eissat, McNally, Tanner, Pring, Yah, Williams, Knight, Cardines, Bell, Ballard

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Played 12 4W 3D 5L
Goals for 12 1.0 per match on average
Goals against 15 1.3 per match on average
Goal difference -3 15 points
Clean sheets 2 failed to score in 5
xG 17.12 below expectation

Home and away

Per match Home Away Total
Points 1.00 1.50 1.25
Goals for 0.50 1.50 1.00
Goals against 1.00 1.50 1.25
xG for 1.37 1.49 1.43
xG against 1.25 1.29 1.27
Corners 6.2 4.8 5.5
Cards 1.7 1.0 1.3
Clean sheets 17% 17% 17%

Stats

All stats

Goals

  1. 1 Scott Twine 3
  2. 2 Dom Ballard 3
  3. 3 Lorent Tolaj 2
  4. 4 Rob Dickie 1
  5. 5 Jason Knight 1

Assists

  1. 1 Rio Cardines 6
  2. 2 Jed Wallace 1
  3. 3 Lorent Tolaj 1

Key passes

  1. 1 Rio Cardines 35
  2. 2 Scott Twine 11
  3. 3 Yu Hirakawa 9
  4. 4 George Tanner 8
  5. 5 Dom Ballard 8

Duels won

  1. 1 Rob Dickie 56
  2. 2 Jason Knight 51
  3. 3 Rob Atkinson 45
  4. 4 Rio Cardines 44
  5. 5 Lisav Naif Eissat 41

Shots on target

  1. 1 Dom Ballard 7
  2. 2 Yu Hirakawa 7
  3. 3 Scott Twine 6
  4. 4 Sam Greenwood 6
  5. 5 Lorent Tolaj 5

Rating

  1. 1 Rob Dickie 7.02
  2. 2 Brad Collins 7.00
  3. 3 Rio Cardines 6.92
  4. 4 Scott Twine 6.74
  5. 5 Luke McNally 6.73

Team stats

How the team has performed across all matches played.

  • xG for17.12
  • Actual goals scored12
  • Difference -5.12
  • xG against15.27
  • Passes per match359
  • Possession45.8%

Bristol City squad

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# Player Position MP Min Goals Assists Passes Pass % Rating
1 Sam Tickle Age 24 · England Goalkeeper 11 990 0 0 364 52.7% 6.2
40 Brad Collins Age 29 · England Goalkeeper 1 90 0 0 22 27.3% 7.0
32 Lewis Thomas Age 28 · Wales Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
21 Rio Cardines Age 20 · England Defender 12 937 0 6 359 69.4% 6.9
2 Lisav Naif Eissat Age 21 · Israel Defender 10 778 1 0 427 82.4% 6.7
19 George Tanner Age 26 · England Defender 10 750 0 0 284 76.8% 6.5
16 Rob Dickie Age 30 · England Defender 7 616 1 0 345 84.3% 7.0
3 Cameron Pring Age 28 · England Defender 10 532 0 0 179 71.5% 6.2
5 Rob Atkinson Age 28 · England Defender 7 465 0 0 222 75.2% 6.5
15 Luke McNally Age 27 · Republic of Ireland Defender 3 270 0 0 122 77.0% 6.7
38 Noah Eile Age 24 · Sweden Defender 3 159 0 0 65 87.7% 6.6
24 Seb Naylor Age 20 · England Defender 0 0 0 0 0 - -
12 Jason Knight Age 25 · Republic of Ireland Midfielder 12 1050 1 0 493 77.7% 6.5
7 Yu Hirakawa Age 25 · Japan Midfielder 11 703 1 0 150 75.3% 6.5
23 Dom Ballard Age 21 · England Midfielder 12 664 3 0 85 81.2% 6.7
10 Scott Twine Age 27 · England Midfielder 9 657 3 0 157 78.3% 6.7
8 Joe Williams Age 29 · England Midfielder 8 577 0 0 304 78.9% 6.5
17 Jed Wallace Age 32 · England Midfielder 11 490 0 1 121 75.2% 6.5
27 Gibson Yah Age 23 · Netherlands Midfielder 9 439 0 0 199 77.9% 6.4
20 Sam Greenwood Age 24 · England Midfielder 10 377 0 0 81 75.3% 6.5
4 Adam Randell Age 26 · England Midfielder 5 263 0 0 86 82.6% 6.4
6 Brian De Keersmaecker Age 26 · Belgium Midfielder 4 134 0 0 72 79.2% 6.4
14 Tomi Horvat Age 27 · Slovenia Midfielder 5 88 0 0 29 79.3% 6.3
9 Lorent Tolaj Age 25 · Switzerland Forward 9 615 2 1 87 71.3% 6.7
45 Elijah Adebayo Age 28 · England Forward 6 102 0 0 19 63.2% 6.4
11 Sam Bell Age 24 · England Forward 5 64 0 0 21 76.2% 6.4
18 Emil Riis Age 28 · Denmark Forward 1 26 0 0 3 66.7% 6.2
29 Leo Pecover Age 2025 · England Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -
48 Ranel Young Age 20 · England Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -

Frequently asked questions

When do Bristol City play next?

Bristol City play away against Bolton Wanderers on .

When will the lineup for Bristol City be announced?

The predicted lineup for Bristol City against Bolton Wanderers is shown above. The confirmed XI usually follows around an hour before kick-off.

Who is the first-choice goalkeeper for Bristol City?

Sam Tickle has started in goal in 4 of the last 4 matches.

Who is the top scorer for Bristol City?

Scott Twine and Dom Ballard share top spot, having scored 3 goals each for Bristol City this season.

Which Bristol City players are injured or suspended?

Bristol City are without Elijah Adebayo (not registered), Lorent Tolaj (health problems), Rob Dickie (knee injury) and Noah Eile (illness).