EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Bristol City 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Bristol City favourites at 52%.

Bristol City won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Rob Dickie, 69.7 in 90′.

Each side's last five results before this match.

9 Aug 2025	W 4–1	at Sheffield United Championship

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Rob Dickie Defender	90	0	0	0.06	69.7	–
Yu Hirakawa Forward	45	1	0	0.23	57.1	–
Scott Twine Forward	62	0	2	0.44	53.0	–
Joe Lumley Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	49.8	–
Jason Knight Midfielder	90	1	0	0.23	47.1	–
George Tanner Defender	90	0	0	–	45.0	–
Anis Mehmeti Forward	62	0	0	–	43.3	–
Max Bird Midfielder	15	0	0	–	40.7	–
Emil Riis Jacobsen Forward	45	0	0	0.23	39.8	–
Mark Sykes Midfielder	90	0	0	0.25	39.8	–
Adam Randell Midfielder	75	0	0	–	39.0	–
Sinclair Armstrong Forward	28	0	0	0.11	35.9	–
Josh Stokes Midfielder	28	0	0	0.04	34.6	–
Elijah Morrison Defender	45	0	0	–	32.7	–
Zak Vyner Defender	90	0	0	–	31.7	–
Ephraim Yeboah Forward	45	0	0	–	27.0	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Jack Sanders Defender	19	–	57.2	–
Aaron Nemane Midfielder	90	–	47.1	–
Marvin Ekpiteta Defender	90	–	40.0	–
Connor Lemonheigh-Evans Midfielder	90	0.04	39.0	–
Liam Kelly Midfielder	45	0.05	37.5	–
Alex Gilbey Midfielder	45	–	37.2	–
Scott Hogan Forward	62	–	36.0	–
Connal Trueman Goalkeeper	90	–	35.8	–
Rushian Hepburn-Murphy Forward	63	–	34.3	–
Luke Offord Defender	27	–	33.9	–
Jonathan Leko Forward	90	–	33.9	–
Charlie Waller Defender	90	0.08	33.3	–
Will Collar Midfielder	71	0.36	30.3	–
Joseph Tomlinson Midfielder	27	–	29.6	–
Callum Paterson Forward	28	–	23.0	–