Bristol City host Leicester City in a huge Sky Bet Championship clash at Ashton Gate.
Currently sat two points ahead of Leicester, Bristol City can go fifth in the table with victory.
Marti Cifuentes’ Foxes can leapfrog Bristol City with a win and climb to ninth if Hull and Wrexham fail to win elsewhere.
Team News
Bristol City have no fresh injury concerns following their 1-0 defeat to Millwall last weekend.
Rob Atkinson (hamstring), Joe Williams (ankle), Max Bird (calf), Josh Stokes (foot) and Luke McNally (ACL) remain ruled out.
Leicester have no fresh injury concerns after their 3-1 win at Derby.
Victor Kristiansen, Caleb Okoli, Boubakary Soumare (all knee), Aaron Ramsey (hamstring), Jeremy Monga (muscle) and Harry Souttar (Achilles) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Bristol City face Leicester at Ashton Gate on Wednesday 10 December at 7:45pm GMT, live on Sky Sports+ in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Bristol City have lost four of their last seven meetings against Leicester (W3, L4).
- Leicester have won one of their last five visits to Bristol City (W1, D1, L3).
- Bristol City have kept two clean sheets in their last four home games against Leicester.
- Gerhard Struber’s Robins have lost two of their last three home matches by 1-0 results.
- Bobby Decordova-Reid and Jordan James have both scored in two of Leicester’s last three away games (W2, L1), only failing to do so in a 3-0 loss at Southampton.
Prediction
Currently in inconsistent form with two wins in seven matches and having produced a wasteful display against Millwall in a tight battle, Bristol City really need to start finding some form if want to stay within the promotion fight so this home game might of come at an ideal time for them.
Leicester however demolished Derby in the first half last Saturday but consistency isn’t their most brightest point either currently with 10 points from their last nine games, yet they’re capable of delivering goals amidst their defensive vulnerability.
Throw in likely rotation here and this could be an interesting game but if Leicester bring the quality that fans saw at Derby, they should nick a rare win over the Robins.
Prediction: Bristol City 1-2 Leicester
Result: Bristol City 2-2 Leicester