Bristol City vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th January 2024

When West Ham come to Ashton Gate for the FA Cup match this coming Tuesday, Bristol City will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Bristol City have their target aimed at getting one over The Irons on Tuesday. However, the latter should be highly motivated at the prospect of showing their skills in front of the crowd at Ashton Gate.

Bristol City go into their next FA Cup match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding ten. That amounts to an average of one per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

The Hammers hit the target 15 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.5 goals a game. They conceded 0.9 goals per match for a total of nine goals, while claiming five clean sheets as well.

The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Bristol City and West Ham and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 13/5.

Bristol City vs West Ham Prediction

Bristol City Form

A solitary draw point prevents Bristol City from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 0-1 defeat against Millwall, before drawing 1-1 with West Ham. They came up empty-handed once again when Preston ran out as 2-0 winners. Bristol City only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent FA Cup matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored seven and conceded seven goals.

West Ham Form

West Ham currently look solid after going three matches unbeaten. They laid the groundworks by beating Arsenal with a 0-2 scoreline, before settling for a point in a 0-0 draw against Brighton. Their latest match once again had them share the points, this time in a 1-1 draw against Bristol City. West Ham won half their previous six away matches in the FA Cup, as well as seeing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored seven goals whilst conceding eight.

Bristol City and West Ham are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu on Tuesday.

Bristol City vs West Ham Squads

Bristol City Squad

The 38-year-old coach of the home team, Liam Manning, will select the lineup against West Ham from this squad:

Wiles-Richards, Thomas, O'Leary, Bajic, Pring, Roberts, Knight-Lebel, Dickie, Atkinson, McCrorie, Vyner, Murphy, King, Mehmeti, Benarous, Idehen, Knight, Meerholz, Williams, Sykes, James, Backwell, Weimann, Yeboah, Tanner, Cornick, Naismith, Wells, Taylor-Clarke, Nelson, Bell, Gardner-Hickman, Conway.

West Ham Squad

Below is the full team squad of West Ham. The manager Moyes will pick his starting XI against Bristol City from these players:

Areola, Anang, Fabianski, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Johnson, Emerson, Mavropanos, Zouma, Aguerd, Coufal, Alvarez, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Kudus, Scarles, Fornals, Soucek, Chesters, Ings, Mubama, Bowen, Orford, Cornet, Antonio, Benrahma.

Bristol City vs West Ham Team News

Bristol City could be looking at five players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against West Ham.

Mark Sykes, Kal Naismith, Tommy Conway, Robert Atkinson and Ayman Benarous nurses various injuries and won't take part for Bristol City against West Ham at Ashton Gate.

West Ham are juggling with three absent players on this coming Tuesday when travelling to Bristol City. Nayef Aguerd and Mohammed Kudus racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the West Ham travelling party for their next match.

Michail Antonio nurses an injury and won't be travelling with West Ham.

Bristol City vs West Ham Lineups

Bristol City vs West Ham H2H

The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Bristol City and West Ham and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 13/5. Bristol City picked up zero wins in their previous four matches against West Ham, while the latter claimed one win in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.

Bristol City vs West Ham Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out one time in the last two matches between Bristol City and West Ham.

Bristol City vs West Ham Betting Tips

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Jarrod Bowen has been hitting the net regularly and now has three goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Tuesday, it is because West Ham bank on him to build on these numbers against Bristol City. The latter relies on Samuel Bell, who found the target three times in six games.

Bristol City won six of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing zero and losing four as well. West Ham won five from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew zero and lost five in this run. West Ham managed just three clean sheets in their last 10 away matches, while Bristol City pulled off two clean sheets in their last 10 matches Ashton Gate.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet in four of Bristol City’s past ten matches across all tournaments. They scored 1.2 goals on average along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of West Ham's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.