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Bristol City – Season Preview 2019/20

Bristol City – Season Preview 2019/20
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Bristol City have bettered their league finish in every season since returning to the Championship in 2015.

If this upward trend is anything to go by, The Robins are on course for a top-six finish in the 2019/20 campaign.

Never the less, considering the strength of their play-off rivals’ squads, Bristol City are likely to find it difficult to better last season’s 8th place finish.

Last season

The Robins were very inconsistent throughout the first half of last season however seven straight wins at the turn of the year propelled the club into contention for a play-off place.

Following a shaky start, Bristol City will ultimately be disappointed that they didn’t finish in the top six after spending a total of 14 game weeks in the play-off positions.

Andreas Weimann joined the club from Derby County prior to the start of the 2018/19 campaign and the Austrian bagged ten goals and five assists in the league.

Still, the team noticeably missed Bobby Reid. His 19 goals the season before saw him finish as the club’s top scorer but the striker left for newly-promoted Cardiff City in the summer transfer window.

Next season

Consistency is key to gaining promotion from the Championship and manager Lee Johnson is now entering his fourth consecutive full season as Bristol City boss.

While three and a half years may not seem like a long time to be in a job, this is a notable achievement for a football manager in today’s game and such stability has undoubtedly helped the club.

Johnson will be hoping that he can continue to build on the solid foundations that he set at the club.

Former Chelsea pair Tomas Kalas and Jay Dasilva have both been signed on permanent deals following their successful loan spells last season.

The addition of the defensive duo will soften the blow of Lloyd Kelly’s departure to Premier League side Bournemouth.

A win against Leeds United on the opening day of the new campaign will set them up nicely for the season ahead.

Players in

  • Tomas Kalas - €9.00m from Chelsea
  • Jay Dasilva - €2.40m from Chelsea
  • Daniel Bentley - €2.20m from Brentford
  • Rene Gilmartin - Free from Colchester United
  • Sammie Szmodics - Free from Colchester United
  • Tommy Rowe - Free from Doncaster Rovers
  • Robbie Cundy - Undisclosed from Bath City

Players out

  • Lloyd Kelly - €14.80m to Bournemouth
  • Stefan Marinovic - Free to Wellington Phoenix
  • Frank Fielding - Free to Millwall
  • Joe Morrell - Loan to Lincoln City
  • Robbie Cundy - Loan to Exeter City
  • Max O’Leary - Loan to Shrewsbury Town
  • Mo Eisa - Undisclosed to Peterborough United
  • Eros Pisano - Released

Predicted league finish

The predicted league finish for Bristol City is 13th. It's unlikely that The Robins will be able to continue with the progression that we’ve seen in past seasons.

Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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