West Ham vs Bristol City Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2024

West Ham take on visitors Bristol City at London Stadium in a FA Cup tie on Sunday.

The last time West Ham met Bristol City, they earned three points and seem poised to take home the victory again this coming Sunday.

The Irons are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 14 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.4 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents nine goals, or an average of 0.9 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to five clean sheets in this run.

Bristol City are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 12 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.2 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of ten goals, and while Bristol City claimed two clean sheets, they conceded an average of one goals per match.

The last time the pair played each other The Irons came away as 0-1 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Sunday.

West Ham vs Bristol City Prediction

West Ham Form

West Ham look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last 3 matches saw them gain 7 points. They ran out 2-0 and 0-2 against Manchester United and Arsenal respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Brighton, who claimed a point in a 0-0 draw. It has been a bit hit-and-miss for West Ham but at least mostly hit, as they put four wins on the board in their previous six FA Cup matches. They didn't draw any matches, but lost twice, scoring nine goals while conceding six.

Bristol City Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Bristol City at the moment. Against Watford, they came out on top in a 1-4 win, before drawing 0-0 against Birmingham. Most recently they were left reeling in a 0-1 defeat win against Millwall. Bristol City claimed two wins against zero draws and four defeats in their last six away matches in the FA Cup. The scoreline from these matches reads eight goals conceded and five scored.

West Ham are aiming for a win this coming Sunday, but they could settle for containing their opponent Bristol City instead of chasing a high-scoring win.

West Ham vs Bristol City Squads

West Ham Squad

Moyes will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bristol City from the players listed below:

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

Bristol City Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bristol City players that the manager Liam Manning will choose from for the upcoming game:

Harvey Wiles-Richards, Lewis Thomas, Max O'Leary, Stefan Bajic, Cameron Pring, Haydon Roberts, Jamie Knight-Lebel, Rob Dickie, Robert Atkinson, Ross McCrorie, Zak Vyner, Andy King, Anis Mehmeti, Ayman Benarous, Duncan Idehen, Jason Knight, Jed Meerholz, Joe Williams, Mark Sykes, Matthew James, Tommy Backwell, Andreas Weimann, Ephraim Yeboah, George Tanner, Harry Cornick, Kal Naismith, Nahki Wells, Omar Taylor-Clarke, Raekwon Nelson, Samuel Bell, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Tommy Conway.

West Ham vs Bristol City Team News

At the time of writing, West Ham have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bristol City this coming Sunday.

Kurt Zouma, Lucas Paqueta, Nayef Aguerd and Michail Antonio nurses various injuries and won't take part for West Ham against Bristol City at London Stadium.

Worst-case scenario, Bristol City have a total of six players out for their next match.

Bristol City need to do without Kal Naismith, Haydon Roberts, Tommy Conway, Ross McCrorie, Robert Atkinson and Ayman Benarous, who are not fit enough to travel to London Stadium.

West Ham vs Bristol City Lineups

West Ham vs Bristol City H2H

The last time these two teams squared up, West Ham ran out 0-1 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at London Stadium. West Ham claimed one win, while Bristol City picked up zero wins in the previous three matches, while the rest had no winner. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 4/1.

West Ham vs Bristol City Results

West Ham vs Bristol City Betting Tips

Samuel Bell shows decent form right now for Bristol City, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the FA Cup. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing West Ham, who are strong favourites on Sunday. Siding with Jarrod Bowen also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six FA Cup matches.

West Ham claimed six wins in their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing three of the games. They suffered defeat in one of these outings. Bristol City won two of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost five. Both teams scored in three of the last 10 home matches for West Ham and in four of the previous 10 away games for Bristol City.

West Ham witnessed over 2.5 goals in four of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 1.4 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Bristol City played across all tournaments. They scored 1.4 times on average in the process.