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Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Ashton Gate, Bristol

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Liam Manning and his Bristol City side host Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle at the Ashton Gate. Statistics for our tip of Bristol C to win are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.

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Bristol City's next match is v Portsmouth at 15:00 on Saturday 7th December
Plymouth Argyle's next match is v Oxford Utd at 15:00 on Saturday 7th December
The last English Championship meeting between Bristol C and Plymouth was on Saturday 30th November 2024
English Championship
November 30th 2024
Bristol C 4
0 Plymouth
 
S. Twine 57'
A. Mehmeti 62'
A. Mehmeti 70'
S. Armstrong 90'
 
BCY
PLY
Shots On
12
2
Shots Off
6
2
Corners
5
2
Possession
66%
34%
Fouls
7
16
Yellow/red cards
1/0
3/0
 
Bristol CPlymouth
 
M. O’Leary
Z. Vyner
R. Dickie
C. Pring
L. McNally
J. Knight
S. Twinefootball icon (G. Earthy 67')
M. Bird
A. Mehmetifootball iconfootball icon
Y. Hirakawa (S. Bell 88')
N. Wells (S. Armstrong 75')
D. Grimshaw
B. Mumba
L. Gibson
N. Ogbeta
G. Pálsson
J. Pleguezuelo Selva
A. Randell
A. Forshaw
(C. Roberts 80') J. Houghton
(A. Gray 59') R. Hardie
(M. Obafemi 60') F. Issaka

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Best Tip: Bristol C to win

We are predicting Bristol C will come out on top after 90 mins on Saturday in the win / draw / win market. The recent form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records below all suggest that they are more than capable of getting the job done and, as favourites with the bookies, the odds back that up too. There could be wild scenes among the home supporters when that final whistle blows at Ashton Gate.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bristol C are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 66% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.53.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bristol C
66%
4/11
18%
4/11
19%
Draw
21%
4/1
35%
4/1
25%
Plymouth
14%
13/2
67%
7/1
67%
Bristol C 1-0
13%
13/26/1
8%
Bristol C 2-0
12%
6/1
13%
11/2
13%
Draw 1-1
10%
17/2
27%
15/2
21%
Bristol C 2-1
10%
15/213/2
Bristol C 3-0
8%
8/1
31%
7/1
27%
Bristol C 3-1
6%
10/1
15%
9/1
9%
Draw 0-0
6%
14/1
25%
11/1
20%
Plymouth 1-0
5%
20/1
62%
14/1
36%
Bristol C 4-0
4%
14/1
42%
11/1
37%
Plymouth 2-1
4%
20/1
40%
16/1
31%
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
27%
14/1
15%
Bristol C 4-1
3%
18/1
27%
14/1
21%
Bristol C 3-2
2%
22/118/1
Plymouth 2-0
2%
40/1
58%
28/1
53%
Bristol C 5-0
2%
28/1
43%
20/1
38%
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
8/13
10%
8/13
7%
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
13/10
15%
6/5
13%
Home 1st Goal
59%
1/4
13%
-
Away 1st Goal
37%
3/1
39%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
14/1
25%
-
BTTS - Yes
47%
5/6
2%
10/11
6%
BTTS - No
53%
5/6
4%
4/5
6%
BTTS - Home Win
26%
2/1
14%
19/10
15%
BTTS - Draw
14%
11/2
30%
5/1
20%
BTTS - Away Win
6%
12/1
44%
11/1
50%
Home/draw
86%
1/10
6%
1/12
8%
Away/draw
34%
2/1
43%
2/1
40%
Home/away
79%
1/6
6%
1/6
6%
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/5
4%
1/5
4%
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
7/2
13%
16/5
17%
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
13/8
13%
6/4
14%
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
1/2
7%
10/21
9%
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
7/2
18%
10/3
18%
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/5
5%
2/11
4%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
8/1
18%
7/1
20%
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/14
2%
1/18
2%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/33
1%
1/40
2%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
14/1
25%
11/1
20%
Home DNB
80%
1/8
13%
1/9
14%
Away DNB
28%
5/1
71%
19/4
69%
Bristol C win to nil
40%
5/4
18%
-
Plymouth win to nil
7%
12/1
44%
-
Bristol C / Bristol C
39%
1/1
24%
1/1
20%
Bristol C / Plymouth
2%
40/1
21%
33/1
17%
Bristol C / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
14/1
15%
Draw / Bristol C
20%
3/1
11%
29/10
10%
Draw / Plymouth
6%
16/1
70%
12/1
44%
Draw / Draw
12%
13/2
25%
6/1
27%
Plymouth / Bristol C
4%
18/1
10%
16/1
Plymouth / Plymouth
7%
12/1
63%
10/1
57%
Plymouth / Draw
5%
18/1
27%
16/1
31%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Bristol C have played 17 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 5 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Bristol C have outscored their opponents by 20 goals to 18 goals.

Home League Performance

Bristol C have played 8 games at home winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 9 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Plymouth are in 20th position in the Championship on 17 points having played 17 matches so far this season. Plymouth are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 6 of those games.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 3 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Plymouth have conceded 27 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol C
Plymouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd1812421638 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 12
Apr 12
Dec 14
2
Burnley1810621736 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 29
Jan 22
l
 
1-0A
3
Leeds1810531835 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
May 3
l
 
3-0A
4
Sunderland189631333 
Apr 18
Dec 10
w
 
3-2A
Jan 25
5
M'Boro189361130 
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
Dec 21
Apr 18
6
Watford18936230 
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2A
Mar 29
7
West Brom186102728 
Apr 8
Dec 22
Feb 1
l
 
1-0A
8
Blackburn17845428 
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
9
Norwich18675825 
Mar 15
w
 
0-2F
Apr 5
l
 
6-1A
10
Millwall17674525 
w
 
4-3F
Mar 1
Feb 11
l
 
1-0A
11
Bristol C 18675325 
-
-
Jan 1
l
 
4-0A
12
Sheff Wed18747-525 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 22
Mar 8
l
 
4-0A
13
Swansea18657123 
Feb 9
d
 
1-1A
Dec 10
Apr 9
14
Stoke18567-321 
Feb 12
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-1A
Jan 4
15
Derby18558-220 
Jan 4
l
 
3-0A
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
16
Coventry18468-318 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
Apr 21
Dec 26
17
Oxford Utd18468-818 
w
 
2-1A
Feb 1
Dec 7
Dec 29
18
Preston18396-818 
May 3
w
 
1-3F
d
 
3-3A
Apr 26
19
Luton185310-1318 
Dec 26
Apr 21
w
 
3-1F
Feb 8
20
Cardiff18459-1117 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 15
Feb 22
l
 
5-0A
21
Plymouth 18459-2017 
w
 
4-0F
Jan 1
-
-
22
Hull18369-915 
Mar 8
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Mar 1
23
QPR18297-1115 
Dec 14
Apr 12
Jan 18
d
 
1-1A
24
Portsmouth16277-1213 
Dec 29
Dec 7
w
 
1-0F
Mar 11
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bristol C 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C0 - 1Burnley
Bristol C1 - 2Sheff Utd
Bristol C0 - 0Leeds
Bristol C1 - 1Cardiff
Bristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
Bristol C2 - 1Oxford Utd
Bristol C1 - 1Coventry
Bristol C4 - 3Millwall
Bristol C2 - 0Rotherham
Bristol C1 - 1Huddersfield
Bristol C5 - 0Blackburn
Bristol C1 - 0Leicester
Bristol C1 - 0Swansea
Bristol C0 - 1Cardiff
Bristol C0 - 1QPR
Bristol C3 - 1Southampton
Bristol C0 - 1Leeds
Bristol C1 - 1Watford
Bristol C0 - 1Millwall
Bristol C3 - 2Hull
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol C0 - 1Watford
HBristol C0 - 1Burnley
ABristol C2 - 0Norwich
HBristol C1 - 2Sheff Utd
ABristol C3 - 1Preston
HBristol C0 - 0Leeds
ABristol C2 - 2Stoke
ABristol C2 - 0M'Boro
HBristol C1 - 1Cardiff
HBristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
ABristol C1 - 1Swansea
HBristol C2 - 1Oxford Utd
ABristol C0 - 3Blackburn
ABristol C0 - 3Derby
HBristol C1 - 1Coventry
HBristol C4 - 3Millwall
ABristol C1 - 1Hull
ABristol C0 - 4Stoke
HBristol C2 - 0Rotherham
ABristol C1 - 1Norwich
Plymouth 21ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
12
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich6 - 1Plymouth
Derby1 - 1Plymouth
Leeds3 - 0Plymouth
Millwall1 - 0Plymouth
Cardiff5 - 0Plymouth
Burnley1 - 0Plymouth
West Brom1 - 0Plymouth
QPR1 - 1Plymouth
Sheff Wed4 - 0Plymouth
Millwall1 - 0Plymouth
Stoke3 - 0Plymouth
Rotherham0 - 1Plymouth
Norwich2 - 1Plymouth
Blackburn1 - 1Plymouth
Sheff Wed1 - 0Plymouth
M'Boro0 - 2Plymouth
Sunderland3 - 1Plymouth
Swansea0 - 1Plymouth
Huddersfield1 - 1Plymouth
Southampton2 - 1Plymouth
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APlymouth1 - 6Norwich
HPlymouth2 - 2Watford
APlymouth1 - 1Derby
HPlymouth1 - 0Portsmouth
APlymouth0 - 3Leeds
HPlymouth3 - 3Preston
APlymouth0 - 1Millwall
APlymouth0 - 5Cardiff
HPlymouth2 - 1Blackburn
APlymouth0 - 1Burnley
HPlymouth3 - 1Luton
APlymouth0 - 1West Brom
HPlymouth3 - 2Sunderland
HPlymouth0 - 1Stoke
APlymouth1 - 1QPR
HPlymouth1 - 1Hull
APlymouth0 - 4Sheff Wed
HPlymouth1 - 0Hull
APlymouth0 - 1Millwall
APlymouth0 - 3Stoke
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bristol C since 2008
Bristol C
Plymouth
Goals: Scored
10
6
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
BCY
2
D
1
PLY
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Bristol C4 - 1
Bristol C3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 2Plymouth
League games at Plymouth since 2007
Plymouth
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
4
6
Games: Scored
2 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
2 / 4
BCY
2
D
1
PLY
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Plymouth
0 - 1Bristol C
Plymouth3 - 2
0 - 2Bristol C
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Bristol C 11th Plymouth 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Bristol C will score 1 or more goals
0
46%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Plymouth scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Bristol C’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-40
Plymouth have scored 40% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.6
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Bristol C
PG (predicted goals)
Plymouth
2
0.8
Attack rating
12%
better
BCY
PLY
view stats
Games scored11
10
Failed to score6
7
Scored first7
4
Goals scored20
18
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.1
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1.2
0.8
KickOff rating
+12%
Defence rating
32%
better
BCY
PLY
view stats
Games conceded13
16
Clean sheets4
1
Conceded first8
13
Goals conceded21
34
Avg. goals conceded1.2
2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
16%
Avg. XG against1.1
2
KickOff rating
+32%

Bristol C v Plymouth Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18653
M O'LearyA MehmetiJ KnightL McNally
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M O'Leary GLK18
-
Z Vyner DEF18
-
R Dickie DEF8
1
1
L McNally DEF131
3
-
C Pring DEF14
1
-
M Bird MID1813
-
J Knight MID1815
1
-
Y Hirakawa MID1521
-
S Twine MID1121
2
-
A Mehmeti MID1761
2
-
N Wells FWD1551
3
-
Subs
S Bajic GLK
-
R Atkinson DEF
-
H Roberts DEF81
1
-
E Morrison MID2
1
-
G. Earthy MID11
1
-
F Mayulu FWD102
-
S Bell FWD2
-
H Cornick FWD1
-
S Armstrong FWD163
-
Plymouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16325
B MumbaA GrayM BunduA Forshaw
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Grimshaw GLK141
2
-
J Pleguezuelo DEF7
1
-
V Pálsson DEF8
1
-
L Gibson DEF131
1
-
B Mumba MID181
3
-
A Randell MID1511
3
-
J Houghton MID10
1
-
A Forshaw MID13
4
1
N Ogbeta MID5
-
F Issaka MID111
1
R Hardie FWD1511
-
Subs
M Marosi GLK
-
M Sorinola DEF6
2
-
D Gyabi MID161
3
-
R Hajj MID101
-
C Roberts MID3
-
C Wright MID12
-
A Gray FWD731
1
-
M Obafemi FWD142
-
M Bundu FWD1312
1
-