BRISTOL. Bristol City conquers Derby County 1-0 after A. Scott scored just 1 goal (16′). Derby County was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Scott who had the assistance of Derek Eaton and Daniel Leach. The 4th official was Leigh Doughty. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.4 degrees Celsius or 38.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Derby County had a strong ball possession 68% while Bristol City was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Derby County was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Bristol City found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Bristol City shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Derby County shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Bristol City received 3 yellow cards (T. Bakinson, T. Kalas and C. Pring). On the other side, Derby County received 2 yellow cards (J. Knight and C. Forsyth).

Standings

After playing this match, Bristol City will have 26 points like Birmingham City to sit in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Derby County will stay with 1 points to remain in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away against Hull City on the 11th of December with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Bristol City (6 draws).

Derby County will host Blackpool on the 11th of December with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Derby County (1 draw).

Bristol City – Formation

Bristol City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Nigel Pearson decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bentley (7.1), Zak Vyner (6.5), Tomáš Kalas (7.2), Robert Atkinson (7.4), Alex Scott (7.5), Tyreeq Bakinson (7.1), Han-Noah Massengo (7.0), Callum O’Dowda (6.4), Andreas Weimann (7.4), Chris Martin (6.7) and Antoine Semenyo (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ayman Benarous, Max O’Leary, Matty James (6.2), Nahki Wells (6.6), Danny Simpson, Cameron Pring (6.7) and Jay Dasilva.

Substitutions

Bristol City made 3 changes: T. Bakinson for M. James (67′), C. O’Dowda for C. Pring (71′) and A. Semenyo for N. Wells (75′).

Best player: Alex Scott​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Alex Scott.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 17 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Derby County – Formation

Derby County started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Wayne Mark Rooney played with: Ryan Allsop (6.2), Nathan Byrne (6.8), Phil Jagielka (6.6), Curtis Davies (6.8), Craig Forsyth (6.4), Liam Thompson (6.7), Max Bird (7.3), Graeme Shinnie (6.3), Festy Ebosele (6.4), Tom Lawrence (6.5) and Jason Knight (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Kelle Roos, Kamil Jóźwiak, Ravel Morrison (6.8), Colin Kazim-Richards (6.2), Dylan Williams, Luke Plange (6.8) and Richard Stearman.

Substitutions

Derby County made 3 changes: J. Knight for C. Kazim-Richards (46′), L. Thompson for L. Plange (46′) and C. Forsyth for R. Morrison (72′).

Best player: Max Bird​

The most impressive player for Derby County was Max Bird.

His rating is (7.3) with 68 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Championship.​

• Barnsley – Huddersfield Town – 1-1
• Blackburn Rovers – Preston North End – 1-0
• Blackpool – Luton Town – 0-3
• Bristol City – Derby County – 1-0
• Cardiff City – Sheffield United – 2-3
• Coventry City – West Bromwich Albion – 1-2
• Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 1-0
• Millwall – Birmingham City – 3-1
• Nottingham Forest – Peterborough United – 2-0
• Reading – Hull City – 1-1