BRISTOL. Bristol City defeats Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 after R. Dickie scored just 1 goal (64′). Bristol City was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Barry Bannan received a red card (32′). This red card was one of the reason why Sheffield Wednesday lost the match.
The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 11:00 am local time. The referee was Lewis Smith with the support of Shaun Hudson and Black Antrobus. The 4th official was Gavin Ward. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.
Match Statistics
- ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
- 17 Total 6
- 7 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 3
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 109 Attack 57
- 43 Dangerous attack 37
- 80 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 7
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 6 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
Bristol City was in firm control of the ball 65% while Sheffield Wednesday was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bristol City was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bristol City won the match.
Bristol City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Bristol City received 3 yellow cards (Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Mark Sykes and Cameron Pring). On the other side, Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card (Djeidi Gassama).
Also, Sheffield Wednesday didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (32′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bristol City will have 21 points like Middlesbrough to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Sheffield Wednesday will stay with 6 points to sit in the 24th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will host Blackburn Rovers on the 10th of April with a 6-6 head to head stats.
Sheffield Wednesday will host Norwich City on the 9th of April with a 10-5 head to head in favor of Sheffield Wednesday (3 draws).
Bristol City – Formation
Bristol City
67'
64'
61'
Bristol City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Curtis Fleming decided to play with the following team: Andy King, Max O’Leary , George Tanner , Zak Vyner , Robert Dickie , Cameron Pring , Matty James , Taylor Gardner-Hickman , Mark Sykes , Jason Knight , Andreas Weimann and Tommy Conway .
The home team had on the bench: Harry Cornick, Anis Mehmeti , Kal Naismith , Sam Bell , Stefan Bajić, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Ephrahim Yeboah, Joseph James and Tommy Backwell.
Substitutions
Bristol City made 4 changes: George Tanner for Sam Bell (61′), Andreas Weimann for Anis Mehmeti (61′), Zak Vyner for Kal Naismith (61′) and Tommy Conway for Harry Cornick (90′).
Best player: Robert Dickie
The player that probably impressed the most for Bristol City was Robert Dickie.
His rating is with 1 goal, 87 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13.
Sheffield Wednesday – Formation
Sheffield Wednesday
32'
Sheffield Wednesday started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Danny Röhl played with: Josh Windass, Cameron Dawson , Dominic Iorfa , Bambo Diaby , Di’Shon Bernard , Callum Paterson , George Byers , Barry Bannan , Reece James , Djeidi Gassama , Michael Smith and Anthony Musaba .
These were the players on the bench: Will Vaulks , Lee Gregory, Pol Valentín , Marvin Johnson , Michael Ihiekwe, John Buckley, Akin Famewo , Ashley Fletcher and Devis Vasquez.
Substitutions
Sheffield Wednesday made 5 changes: Michael Smith for Pol Valentín (46′), Djeidi Gassama for Will Vaulks (46′), Reece James for Akin Famewo (83′), Anthony Musaba for Marvin Johnson (83′) and Di’Shon Bernard for Ashley Fletcher (85′).
Best player: Cameron Dawson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheffield Wednesday was the goalkeeper: Cameron Dawson. His rating is 7.75. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- West Bromwich Albion – Hull City – 3-1
- Swansea City – Sunderland – 0-0
- Stoke City – Cardiff City – 0-0
- Rotherham United – Queens Park Rangers – 1-1
- Preston North End – Coventry City – 3-2
- Plymouth Argyle – Middlesbrough – 3-3
- Millwall – Southampton – 0-1
- Huddersfield Town – Watford – 0-0
- Bristol City – Sheffield Wednesday – 1-0
- Birmingham City – Ipswich Town – 2-2
