Championship: Queens Park Rangers recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Bristol City 2-1
BRISTOL. Queens Park Rangers succeeded in turn the table against Bristol City to win 2-1.
BRISTOL. Queens Park Rangers was able to turn the table against Bristol City to win 2-1. It was Bristol City to strike first with an early goal of A. Scott at the 3′. Then it was a penalty in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Y. Barbet gave the win to Queens Park Rangers in the 90′ minute with a goal.
A. King received a red card (57′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Bristol City lost the match.
The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Andy Davies who was helped by Paul Hodskinson and Adrian Waters. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold around 4.7 degrees Celsius or 40.46 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.
Match Statistics
Queens Park Rangers was in firm control of the ball 55% while Bristol City was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Bristol City was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Queens Park Rangers was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Bristol City shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Bristol City received 2 yellow cards (A. King and A. Weimann). On the other side, Queens Park Rangers received 3 yellow cards (J. Dunne, L. Dykes and S. Field).
A. King (Bristol City) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (57′).
After playing this match, Bristol City will stay with 27 points like Swansea City and Birmingham City to stay in the 18th place. On the other side, Queens Park Rangers will have 35 points like Stoke City to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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3'3'
A. Scott
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22'22'
J. Dunne
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39'39'
R. Atkinson
G. Tanner
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45'45'
A. King
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45'45'
C. Austin (Penalty)
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57'57'
A. King
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60'60'
L. Dykes
L. Wallace
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66'66'
L. Dykes
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68'68'
A. Weimann
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74'74'
S. Field
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86'86'
G. Thomas
L. Amos
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90'90'
N. Wells
A. Semenyo
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90'90'
Y. Barbet
Next match
In the upcoming Championship match, Bristol City will host Millwall on the 2nd of January with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of Millwall (5 draws).
Queens Park Rangers will play away with Birmingham City on the 2nd of January with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of Queens Park Rangers (4 draws).
Bristol City: Formation and Lineups
Bristol City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nigel Pearson chose to play with the following team: Max O’Leary , George Tanner , Zak Vyner , Tomáš Kalas , Cameron Pring , Andy King , Matty James , Andreas Weimann , Alex Scott , Callum O’Dowda and Antoine Semenyo .
Substitutes
Bristol City made 2 changes: G. Tanner for R. Atkinson (39′) and A. Semenyo for N. Wells (90′).
Top player: Tomáš Kalas
Probably the most impressive player in Bristol City was Tomáš Kalas.
His rating is with 37 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.
Queens Park Rangers: Formation and Lineups
Queens Park Rangers started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Mark Warburton played with: Seny Dieng , Robert Dickie , Jimmy Dunne , Yoann Barbet , Albert Adomah , Samuel Field , Stefan Johansen , Lee Wallace , Luke Amos , Charlie Austin and Christopher Willock .
Substitutes
Queens Park Rangers made 2 changes: L. Wallace for L. Dykes (60′) and L. Amos for G. Thomas (86′).
Top player: Robert Dickie
Probably the most impressive player in Queens Park Rangers was Robert Dickie even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship
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