Bristol City vs Blackburn Rovers - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to interruption into the Championship playoff places, Bristol City invited Blackburn Rovers to Ashton Gate connected Tuesday night.

The Robins were held to a 1-1 gully distant to Charlton Athletic connected Saturday, portion Tony Mowbray's broadside made it 3 games unbeaten with a 2-1 location triumph implicit Welsh broadside Cardiff City.

Match preview

Following a disappointing 2nd fractional of past play nether Gerhard Struber and Roy Hodgson, Bristol City turned to Michael Skubala successful the summer, with the purpose of guiding the Robins to a maiden Premier League appearance.

Skubala, who precocious led Lincoln City to the League One title, has made a coagulated commencement to beingness astatine Ashton Gate, with the South West outfit sitting 10th successful the array aft collecting 14 points from their opening 9 league matches, courtesy of 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Such is the competitiveness of the Championship that Bristol City could ascent arsenic precocious arsenic 3rd connected Tuesday nighttime if they unafraid their 5th league triumph of the season.

The Robins travelled to The Valley arsenic favourites connected Saturday but had to settee for a constituent aft falling down aboriginal against Charlton, earlier drafting level done a uncommon punishment soon afterwards.

The effect means Skubala's broadside person collected 4 points from a imaginable six crossed their matches either broadside of the planetary break.

However, having failed to people much than erstwhile successful a crippled for implicit a month, improving their attacking output volition beryllium a priority.

As for the visitors, Blackburn Rovers caput southbound connected the backmost of a location triumph that lifted them to 13th successful the array and extended their unbeaten tally to 3 matches.

After an awesome triumph implicit playoff hopefuls Millwall and a 2-2 gully astatine Fratton Park earlier the extended planetary break, Rovers maintained their momentum upon the instrumentality of Championship enactment by edging past Cardiff City connected Saturday.

First-half goals from Andri Gudjohnsen and Todd Cantwell proved capable to unafraid Blackburn's 3rd league triumph of the season, contempt Callum Robinson pulling 1 backmost for the Welsh broadside aft the restart.

The caller upturn successful signifier has travel astatine an important clip for Mowbray's side, who were sitting conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation portion a small implicit a period ago.

One country successful which Rovers person continued to impressment is their attacking play, with 14 goals successful 9 league matches placing them comfortably among the division's much prolific sides aft they struggled for goals past season.

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Team News

Bristol City endured 1 of the worst wounded crises successful the apical 4 divisions past play but person enjoyed a overmuch much settled run nether Skubala truthful far.

Luke McNally made his archetypal quality successful 608 days against Charlton connected Saturday aft an anterior cruciate ligament wounded had kept the Irish defender sidelined.

Although helium is present acceptable again, the speedy turnaround successful fixtures could spot him rested.

Rio Cardines, the division's starring assistance provider, is expected to stay successful the backmost four, while Scott Twine, who scored Bristol City's extremity successful their latest outing, should clasp his place.

Blackburn, meanwhile, person nary caller wounded concerns pursuing their triumph implicit Cardiff and could sanction an unchanged starting XI.

Gudjohnsen and Cantwell are expected to support their places aft uncovering the nett astatine the weekend, portion Sam Morsy should proceed successful midfield arsenic helium prepares to look the broadside helium near conscionable a fewer months ago.

Yuri Ribeiro remains Blackburn's lone absentee up of their travel to Bristol.

Bristol City imaginable starting lineup:

Tickle; Tanner, Eissat, Atkinson, Cardines; Randell, De Keersmaecker; Hirakawa, Knight, Twine; Ballard

Blackburn Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

B. Toth, Alebiosu, Carter, McLoughlin, Pickering; S. Morsy, Montgomery; Morishita, Cantwell, Afolayan; Gudjohnsen

We say: Bristol City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers

With a accidental to interruption into the playoff places, Bristol City volition beryllium anxious to instrumentality to winning ways and physique connected their caller results.

Blackburn's three-game unbeaten tally suggests they volition supply a stern test, but their struggles connected the roadworthy could beryllium costly, and we expect the Robins to assertion each 3 points astatine Ashton Gate.

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