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Bristol City face a trip to Brentford at Griffin Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2005, with Bristol City inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Bees in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Feb | Bristol City | 0 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Brentford | 2 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Brentford | 1 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Thu 25 Nov | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Bristol City | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 12 Nov | Bristol City | 1 - 1 | Brentford | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 30 Aug | Bristol City | 4 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Bristol City | 3 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Brentford's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Bees have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Bristol City's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Robins's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Brentford see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 15 points from their 12 games played so far, Bristol City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 22 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brentford | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Bristol City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brentford | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Bristol City | 14 games since last away draw. 6 games since last defeat. |