Bristol City vs West Bromwich Preview 28/01/2023

Bristol City vs West Bromwich – 28/01/2023

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Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion will clash at Ashton Gate this weekend in the FA Cup as the Baggies look to continue their excellent run of form that has seen them swap the bottom six for a place in the top 10.

West Brom did lose to Burnley last time out and although there is no shame in losing to the league leaders who could well go on to storm the rest of this season with ease.

Darnell Furlong did score for West Brom that day as he gave his side the lead from the seventh minute right up until the 75 when Nathan Tella scored.

The result does still keep West Brom in the top half of the table with 11 wins on the board now, but they have also lost nine times.

Carlos Corberán has so far worked wonders with the Midlands side and they managed to beat the National League’s Chesterfield on Tuesday as well in an FA Cup third round replay thanks to a four-goal haul.

Also in January, West Brom went on to beat Reading on the second and Luton Town 3-2 two weeks ago. Conor Townsend, Jayson Molumby and Daryl Dike all scored a goal that day against Luton which has been arguably West Brom’s best result in terms of getting back into playoff contention.

Corberan’s side are now only behind sixth-placed Middlesbrough by one point and behind Blackburn Rovers in fourth by three points.

In fact, with Sheffield United and Burnley continuing to run away with this league in a two-horse race, it does look as if we could see any side from as low as 15th still jump into the playoff spots in the next two weeks alone.

As for Bristol, they managed to draw 1-1 with Blackburn last time out following on from a goal from Antoine Semenyo.

Nigel Pearson’s men have struggled for most of the season and they head into this game having also beaten Birmingham City 4-2 earlier in January as they also edged past Swansea City in the FA Cup third round with a 2-1 win.

Pearson’s side are still only six points above the bottom three in the Championship and they have now let in 38 goals and scored an impressive 37. At the same time, the Robins have won eight games and shouldn’t really be pulled into the drop zone.

Forebet predicts a draw and for the game to see over 2.5 goals.