2023/24				Overall									Home						Away
				P	W	D	L	F	A	Gdf	Pts	Form	P	W	D	L	F	A	P	W	D	L	F	A
	1		Leicester City	35	25	3	7	71	31	+40	78	LLLW	18	13	1	4	35	13	17	12	2	3	36	18
	2		Ipswich Town	35	22	9	4	70	45	+25	75	WWWW	17	12	4	1	44	27	18	10	5	3	26	18
	3		Leeds United	35	22	7	6	65	28	+37	73	XWWW	17	13	4	0	38	12	18	9	3	6	27	16
	4		Southampton	35	21	7	7	69	45	+24	70	WLLW	17	11	2	4	41	22	18	10	5	3	28	23
	5		WBA	35	17	8	10	51	33	+18	59	WXWL	18	12	3	3	29	14	17	5	5	7	22	19
	6		Hull City	35	16	8	11	50	43	+7	56	OXWW	17	7	5	5	24	17	18	9	3	6	26	26
	7		Norwich City	35	16	7	12	60	51	+9	55	WXWW	18	12	2	4	32	18	17	4	5	8	28	33
	8		Preston North End	35	15	8	12	47	52	-5	53	OWXW	18	9	4	5	27	29	17	6	4	7	20	23
	9		Coventry City	35	13	12	10	52	42	+10	51	LLWX	17	7	8	2	24	17	18	6	4	8	28	25
	10		Sunderland	35	14	5	16	46	40	+6	47	LLLL	17	10	0	7	29	21	18	4	5	9	17	19
	11		Cardiff City	35	14	5	16	40	48	-8	47	WWOL	17	7	3	7	20	21	18	7	2	9	20	27
	12		Watford	35	11	11	13	50	48	+2	44	LLWL	17	5	5	7	27	23	18	6	6	6	23	25
	13		Bristol City	35	12	8	15	39	40	-1	44	LLLW	18	7	3	8	21	20	17	5	5	7	18	20
	14		Middlesbrough	34	13	5	16	47	51	-4	44	LLWL	17	6	3	8	17	20	17	7	2	8	30	31
	15		Swansea City	35	11	9	15	45	56	-11	42	WWLL	18	5	5	8	20	26	17	6	4	7	25	30
	16		Plymouth Argyle	35	10	10	15	53	59	-6	40	LWLL	18	8	4	6	38	32	17	2	6	9	15	27
	17		Blackburn Rovers	35	11	6	18	49	62	-13	39	LXOX	17	6	3	8	24	28	18	5	3	10	25	34
	18		Millwall	35	10	9	16	34	47	-13	39	WWLL	18	5	4	9	15	27	17	5	5	7	19	20
	19		QPR	35	10	8	17	34	46	-12	38	WWWL	17	4	5	8	19	25	18	6	3	9	15	21
	20		Birmingham City	34	10	8	16	41	55	-14	38	LLWW	17	7	6	4	26	22	17	3	2	12	15	33
	21		Huddersfield Town	35	8	14	13	41	56	-15	38	XWLW	18	5	7	6	22	24	17	3	7	7	19	32
	22		Stoke City	35	10	8	17	33	48	-15	38	WLLW	18	6	4	8	14	21	17	4	4	9	19	27
	23		Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	5	20	29	53	-24	35	WWWL	17	6	4	7	19	21	18	4	1	13	10	32
	24		Rotherham United	35	3	10	22	30	67	-37	19	LLLL	18	3	6	9	17	24	17	0	4	13	13	43

  

 

In the second week of January I wrote ............

 

 

That blip extended to one win in nine and not only did their 10 point lead evaporate, they found themselves in 4th and 4 points off the automatic spots. However, the Championship road is long with many turns and the Tractor Boys have won five straight and are back in second place and huge incentive for them to win this evening. Having said that, their games are usually fun and wide open affairs and 45 goals conceded is 14+ more than the other top 3 sides and 27 allowed at home is the third most in the second tier. We spoke about this a lot earlier in the campaign and not much has changed and their last two home games were wins over bottom of the table Rotherham (4-3) and struggling Birmingham (3-1) and there were an incredible 18 BC's in the two fixtures.

 

Bristol City arrive probably already planning for next season and might also have one eye on their home game with Swansea at the weekend after losing the Severn derby on home soil to Cardiff City a couple of days ago. Both teams have scored in City's last four away starts and that feels very likely this evening.

 

2.75 units Both teams to score and "over" 2.5 goals 2.66 asian line.

 

 

City might have been distracted by their FA Cup run and they have a quarter final with near neighbours Wolverhampton Wanderers in 11 days time. They lost their last two games either side of the 5th round, conceding 5 goals and have fallen to 9th, five points off playoff pace and need to return to winning ways this evening. It doesn't get much "easier" than facing the team who are bottom and 19 points from safety, but nothing is ever really "easy" in the Championship and United have no option but to throw everything at the hosts and they have scored 9 goals in their last 7 away games, including 3 at Ipswich (2nd) and they led in four of those. The reverse fixture was one of their just three wins this season (2-0) and that will both give them hope and also ensure that City are out for revenge. This fixture ended 2-2 last season, something along those lines this evening but more likely along with a home win.

 

2.5 units both teams to score and "over" 2.5 goals @ 2.60 asian line.

 

Good luck!