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Championship · Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 Logged before kick-off

Bristol City 0-5 Norwich

My shortlist

Bristol City v Norwich: too close to call

The model's view

Norwich win 37% confidence: coin flip

Early prediction: 35% / 29% / 37%; line-ups didn't change it.

✓ The pick came off. The model gave the result 37%.

The story

Bristol City

Position 15 · performance rank 11 As it looks

Points per game: 1.29 overall, 0.86 at home, 1.71 away. Points v an average side: −1.5.

DateOpponentScorePerf.
10 OctCharlton (A)1-1−0.47
13 OctBlackburn (H)0-1+1.40
17 OctSheffield United (H)0-1−1.06
24 OctStoke (A)0-0−0.25
31 OctBolton (A)3-2+2.03
4 NovWolves (H)1-2−1.41

Perf.: how much better (+, green) or worse (−, orange) than an average side in the same fixture, in goals. Darker means a bigger gap.

Norwich

Position 12 · performance rank 12 As it looks

Points per game: 1.29 overall, 1.29 at home, 1.29 away. Points v an average side: −1.3.

DateOpponentScorePerf.
10 OctSwansea (A)1-2−1.38
14 OctSouthampton (H)0-1−1.14
17 OctPortsmouth (H)0-1−1.28
24 OctCharlton (A)3-1+0.91
31 OctWatford (H)3-2−0.56
3 NovDerby (A)4-0+1.69

Perf.: how much better (+, green) or worse (−, orange) than an average side in the same fixture, in goals. Darker means a bigger gap.

Common opponents

Both sides' results against teams they have both played this season, with our performance number for each game.

Bristol City: 15 pts from 10, performance −0.10. Norwich: 15 pts from 10, performance −0.06.

Bristol CityOpponentNorwich
1-4 A (+1.2)1. Southampton0-1 H (−1.1)
2-2 A (−0.3)4. Birmingham2-1 H (−0.7)
0-0 A (−0.3)5. Stoke0-1 A (+0.9)
2-1 H (−1.2)9. Portsmouth0-1 H (−1.3)
0-1 H (−1.1)10. Sheffield United3-1 A (+2.5)
0-2 H (−2.9)13. Millwall0-3 A (−1.3)
3-2 A (+2.0)17. Bolton3-4 H (−0.9)
1-0 H (+0.6)20. Watford3-2 H (−0.6)
1-1 A (−0.5)21. Charlton3-1 A (+0.9)
2-1 A (+1.3)22. Burnley4-1 H (+1.0)

Team news

Bristol City: Usual strength. Missing regulars: Robert Atkinson, Sam Tickle, Gibson Yah, Dominic Ballard, Yu Hirakawa. (confirmed XI)

Norwich: Usual strength. Missing regulars: Pelle Mattsson, José Córdoba, Oscar Schwartau. (confirmed XI)