Championship

Championship | Gameweek 8

Sep 23, 2023 at 3pm UK

King Power Stadium

Leicester
1 - 0
Bristol City

Vardy (67' pen.)
Faes (62')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Williams (51'), Knight (53')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Leicester City and Bristol City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Leicester City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Norwich 0-2 Leicester
Wednesday, September 20 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Bristol City

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Bristol City 4-1 Plymouth
Tuesday, September 19 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Leicester City 2-0 Bristol City

Having previously been undone at home by Hull, Leicester will take nothing for granted against an impressive Robins side. Nevertheless, the Foxes appear to be improving under Maresca and we are backing a professional performance and win to be produced by the title favourites. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Leicester City win with a probability of 44.95%. A win for Bristol City had a probability of 29.36% and a draw had a probability of 25.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Leicester City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.58%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.11%) and 2-0 (7.89%). The likeliest Bristol City win was 0-1 (8.19%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.21%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Leicester City in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Leicester City.

Result
Leicester City	Draw	Bristol City
44.95% ( 0.27)	25.69% ( 0.06)	29.36% ( -0.33)

Both teams to score 53.06% (

-0.38)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

49.29% (

-0.41)

50.71% (

0.42)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

27.39% (

-0.37)

72.61% (

0.37)

Leicester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.49% (

-0.05)

22.51% (

0.05)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.92% (

-0.07)

56.08% (

0.07)

Bristol City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.47% (

-0.45)

31.53% (

0.46)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.08% (

-0.53)

67.92% (

0.53)

Score Analysis

Leicester City 44.94%

Bristol City 29.36%

Draw 25.69%

Leicester City	Draw	Bristol City
1-0 @ 10.58% ( 0.16) 2-1 @ 9.11% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 7.89% ( 0.11) 3-1 @ 4.53% ( -0) 3-0 @ 3.92% ( 0.05) 3-2 @ 2.61% ( -0.03) 4-1 @ 1.69% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1.46% ( 0.02) 4-2 @ 0.97% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.18% Total : 44.94%	1-1 @ 12.21% ( 0.03) 0-0 @ 7.1% ( 0.12) 2-2 @ 5.26% ( -0.06) 3-3 @ 1.01% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.12% Total : 25.69%	0-1 @ 8.19% ( 0.04) 1-2 @ 7.05% ( -0.07) 0-2 @ 4.73% ( -0.04) 1-3 @ 2.71% ( -0.06) 2-3 @ 2.02% ( -0.05) 0-3 @ 1.82% ( -0.04) Other @ 2.83% Total : 29.36%