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Championship 25/26 · 24 Jan 2026

Bristol City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.8 – 0.8
Actual xG
2.6 – 0.7
Goals
2 – 0

Footybot made Bristol City favourites at 61%.

Bristol City won and made the better chances: 2.6 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Murphy Cooper, 54.1 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Murphy Cooper +9.0.

Well below it: Sinclair Armstrong −18.3, George Earthy −15.4, Robert Atkinson −14.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Bristol City

20 Jan 2026L 0–2at Ipswich Town Championship
17 Jan 2026D 0–0at Oxford United Championship
10 Jan 2026W 5–1v Watford FA Cup
4 Jan 2026L 0–2v Preston North End Championship
1 Jan 2026W 5–0v Portsmouth Championship

Sheffield Wednesday

20 Jan 2026L 0–2v Birmingham City Championship
17 Jan 2026L 0–1v Portsmouth Championship
10 Jan 2026L 0–2v Brentford FA Cup
4 Jan 2026L 0–3at Queens Park Rangers Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–3at Preston North End Championship

Head to head

13 Sep 2025Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Bristol City Championship

Bristol City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sam Bell Forward25100.3870.6–
Sam Morsy Midfielder1400–52.6–
Radek Vitek Goalkeeper9000–51.7−0.9
Rob Dickie Defender8700–43.5−4.2
Scott Twine Forward90101.1539.9−3.8
Neto Borges Defender900–39.1–
Ross McCrorie Midfielder90010.0637.7−5.7
Emil Riis Jacobsen Forward65000.0437.2−5.7
Adam Randell Midfielder76000.0537.1−4.7
Robert Atkinson Defender9000–36.4−14.3
George Tanner Defender9000–31.0−8.3
Jason Knight Midfielder90000.0728.3−10.3
George Earthy Midfielder4500–25.8−15.4
Cameron Pring Defender76000.8124.9−10.7
Sinclair Armstrong Forward4500–23.0−18.3
Mark Sykes Midfielder1400–21.8–

Sheffield Wednesday

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jarvis Thornton Midfielder100–100.0–
Murphy Cooper Goalkeeper9000–54.1+9.0
Devlan Moses Forward900–52.6–
Liam Cooper Defender1900–50.9–
Gabriel Otegbayo Defender9000–44.2+0.1
Bailey Cadamarteri Forward90000.6742.9+3.5
Barry Bannan Midfielder8900–42.3+3.8
Jaden Heskey Midfielder9000–38.4–
Jamal Lowe Forward7100–38.4−0.0
Liam Palmer Defender90000.0235.4+0.8
Nathan Redmond Midfielder1900–34.8–
Charlie McNeill Forward7100–33.3−5.9
Joe Emery Defender900–32.7–
Reece Johnson Defender87000.0231.5+0.2
Svante Ingelsson Midfielder8700–30.7−4.4
Cole McGhee Defender9000–29.9−9.4