Bristol City vs West Bromwich Albion

13th September

West Bromwich Albion return to action following the first international break of the season with a trip to Bristol City on Saturday afternoon (ko 3pm).

The Baggies suffered a last-gasp home defeat to Huddersfield in their most recent match, meaning they've taken seven points from their opening five league games in 2023/24.

Hosts Bristol City have one point more than Carlos Corberán's men and won 2-1 at Swansea City in their last Sky Bet Championship fixture.

Both league encounters last term were won 2-0 by the away team.

Follow the fixture live

Supporters can listen to live audio commentary of Albion's battle with Bristol City.

WBA Radio duo Gez Mulholland and former Baggie Andy Johnson will provide live commentary from Ashton Gate, with coverage starting at 2.50pm.

Audio passes are available to purchase here.

Details for video streaming on WBA TV will be available here from Thursday onwards.

Supporters are kindly asked to direct any questions or complaints about WBA TV or WBA Radio to wbatvsupport@streamamg.com.

The club are unable to answer queries about WBA TV or WBA Radio sent to fans@wbafc.co.uk or myalbion@wbafc.co.uk.

Regular updates will also be posted across the club's social media channels throughout the day.

The opponents

Bristol City have made a good start to the season and find themselves on eight points after five matches.

The Robins have claimed two wins on the road at Millwall and Swansea City, but are yet to taste victory in the Championship at Ashton Gate this term (D1, L1).

They'll have two opportunities to change that within the next week with West Bromwich Albion and then Plymouth Argyle both visiting the red half of the City.

Saturday's hosts are now into their ninth consecutive season in the second tier but have only finished in the top half in three of those eight previous campaigns, and in none of the last three.

The target for Nigel Pearson's squad in 2023/24 will be to improve on last term's 14th place. Pearson has been in charge of the club since February 2021 and is coming up against the Baggies, a club he has previously worked at, as a boss for the 11th time (W3, D2, L5).

Nigel Pearson has been in charge for two-and-a-half years

One to remember

The Baggies had a Boxing Day to remember at Bristol City last season.

Goals from Matt Phillips and a superb second from Brandon Thomas-Asante secured three festive Championship points on the road.

Supporters can watch the action from that particular encounter below.

The last five

Bristol City 3-0 Albion

January 28 2023, Emirates FA Cup

Bristol City 0-2 Albion

December 26 2022, Sky Bet Championship

Albion 0-2 Bristol City

October 18 2022, Sky Bet Championship

Bristol City 2-2 Albion

March 19 2022, Sky Bet Championship

Albion 3-0 Bristol City

October 23 2021, Sky Bet Championship

The Baggies and Bristol City met three times in 2022/23

Did you know?

In the nine fixtures between Bristol City and the Baggies since the start of the 2018/19 campaign, there have been a total of 33 goals.

That's an average of over 3.6 goals per game, with Albion bagging 20 of those and the Robins notching the other 13.

In all of those nine matches, a minimum of two goals have always been scored.

Albion hit four against the Robins at home in November 2019

Ticket details

Tickets are on general sale for Saturday's game.

The Baggies have an allocation of 3,414.

Seats are priced £35 Adults, £31 Seniors (65+), £31 Under-25s, £27 Under-22s, £15 Under-19s and £10 Under-12s.

Supporters can purchase their tickets online.

Please note that the game is all ticket and no sales will be available on the day.

Full sales dates and a reminder of the price structure can be found in the tables here.

Coach travel is available for £20, departing Kidderminster at 10.15am, Stourbridge & Lye at 10.30am and The Hawthorns at 11.15am.

A ticket graphic displaying information for Albion's game against Bristol City

Travel colours

Albion will wear their green away kit in the West Country this weekend.

The Baggies last wore those colours for the Carabao Cup clash with Stoke City back in early August.

You can order the kit here.

16th September

Albion returned from the international break with a 0-0 draw at Bristol City on Saturday afternoon.

It was the classic ‘game of two halves’ as the Robins dominated most of the first period, while the Baggies did the same in the second half – both without scoring.

Carlos Corberán’s men are in action again this Wednesday, travelling to Watford for another Sky Bet Championship clash.

The boss made two changes to his starting XI, bringing Erik Pieters and Semi Ajayi back in for Conor Townsend and Kyle Bartley.

His side had to withstand some heavy Bristol City pressure for most of the first half – Nahki Wells seeing one shot blocked and another go wide early on, before Jason Knight and Kal Naismith both curled over.

The hosts’ biggest chance came when Mark Sykes was gifted the ball in Albion’s penalty area, however he could only divert his finish from a tight angle onto the post.

Towards the end of the period the Baggies did create their own opportunities, Brandon Thomas-Asante denied by a heroic last-ditch tackle when through on goal and Matty Phillips curling an effort over, but it was goalless at the break.

Though they were perhaps fortunate to be level as the game restarted for the second half, Albion were more positive in the second 45 despite not initially creating many clear-cut openings.

The introduction of Josh Maja – alongside Conor Townsend and, later, Alex Mowatt –helped the Baggies put constant pressure on City for large parts of the half.

Albion had two huge chances to win it in the final 10 minutes, first John Swift hitting the crossbar via a header, and then Townsend side-footing narrowly wide inside the area.

In a busy finale, the Baggies had Alex Palmer to thank late on for keeping it level, the goalkeeper brilliantly denying Harry Cornick with his legs.

Corberán's men also saw a stoppage time penalty shout involving Maja waved away by the referee, ensuring it finished 0-0 in Bristol.

Albion: Palmer; Ajayi, Kipre, Pieters; Furlong, Yokuslu (Mowatt 75), Molumby, Phillips (Townsend 66); Wallace (Maja 66), Thomas-Asante (Sarmiento 83), Swift (Diangana 83).

Substitutes: Griffiths, Bartley, Pipa, Chalobah.

Attendance: 21,836 (2,550).

Saturday 16th September 2023 - 15:00