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Man City vs Bristol City - 17th January 2018
1-1
Werner pen 47 mins



Manager's review
Bristol City made no changes to the side that beat Q.P.R. last time out. Man City had Jordan Henderson suspended and Jack Rodwell and Marco Lopes injured. Ex Bristol City star man Agustin Allione started against his old club for the first time since his 33 million pound move in the summer.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Bristol City vs Reading - 20th January 2018
4-0
Lucas Evangelista 9.5 rating
Draxler 23 mins
Bogado 25 mins
Lucas Evangelista 26, 63 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy made two changes to his side. Kevin Volland came in for Timo Werner who was tired and Marco Blazic has improved in training to take Emre Can's place in the team. Reading had strikers Dani Osvaldo and Giampaolo Pazzini out injured.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Bristol City vs Crystal Palace - 23rd January 2018
4-0 (6-1 on aggregate)
Volland 9.5 rating
Le Bras 5 mins
Volland 12, 16 mins
Meyer 38 mins



Manager's review
After winning the 1st leg Andrew Booy kept faith and played his reserve side for this one. Crystal Place had Luca Valzania, Jordi Amat, Jordan Mutch, Ben Gibson, John Heitinga and Jason Holt out injured and Chris Solly and Ikechi Anya cup tied.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Bristol City vs Cardiff - 27th January 2018
3-0
Werner 8.8 rating
Werner 12, 34 mins
Alvarez Balanta 39 mins
Blazic 11 mins
Alex Sandro 54 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy named a Full Strength side for this match. Cardiff had George Thorne and Ben Turner out injured.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Derby vs Bristol City - 30th January 2018
3-0
Kaspar 8.6 rating
Kaspar 24 mins
Draxler 36 mins
Werner pen 44 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy made one change to the side as Emre Can came in for the injured Alex Sandro at left back. Derby had no injury concerns although on loan striker Austin Ansell was ineligible to face his parent club.

The two teams lined up as follows:

January 2018 - THE REVIEW

Fixtures



League Table



Monthly Awards

Best Player - Timo Werner - average rating 8.02
Since joining for 66 million pounds in January the German striker has settled in incredibly to the Bristol City side. Scoring 7 goals in 5 starts in the month.

Highly commended
Martin Kaspar - average rating 7.74
The young right back has established himself in Andrew Booy's side at the start of 2018. He has not played with an average rating of less than 7.0 in the month and scored one and assisted once.
Esteban Gabriel Jesus Bogado - average rating 7.74
The young right winger has filled the departed boots of crowd favourite admirably. He contributed one goal and four assists in a highly impressive month.

Coming Up.......



Andrew Booy wins Manager of Month award



Transfer Window Roundup

West Ham vs Bristol City - 3rd February 2018
3-1
Lucas Evangelista 9.0 rating
Lucas Evangelista 5, 65 mins
Bogado 75 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy made no changes to the side that beat Derby last time out. For West Ham only midfielder Alexander Tettey was out with injury.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Bristol City vs Norwich - 10th February 2018
3-2
Buitrago 8.8 rating
Buitrago 15, 74 mins
Werner 64 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy made one change to his side as Alex Sandro returned from injury to replace Emre Can. For Norwich Fabian Delph was suspended and Jean Kouassi injured.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Bristol City vs Everton - 13th February 2018
0-1
Alvarez Balanta 46 mins



Manager's review
Bristol City made one rotation to the side as Emre Can replaced Marko Blazic in midfield. Striker Max Meyer was unable to take his usual place on the City bench after picking up a slight thigh strain in the week. Everton had Alex McCarthy, Tom Ince, Mauricio Isla and Bakary Kone out through injury.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Bristol City vs Southampton - 17th February 2018
2-3
Alex Sandro 9.2 rating
Alex Sandro 9, 22 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy returned Marko Blazic to the side for Emre Can. Also (perhaps wrongly) he played central defenders Jonathan Tah and Fanch Le Bras for the tired Stefano Denswil and the suspended Eder Alvarez Balanta .
Southampton had Raul Alonso Jimenez, Ivan Strinic, Andreas Seichanidis and Sam Gallagher out through injury. Also midfielder Rodrigo Gomez AGAIN came back to haunt his former manager for the Saints,

The two teams lined up as follows:

Celtic vs Bristol City - 21st February 2018
2-0
Bogado 7.8 rating
Bogado 24 mins
Draxler 37 mins
Alvarez Balanta 80 mins



Manager's review
Bristol City were able to name their strongest possible 11 for the first match of this seasons Champions League knockout stages. That meant recalls in defence for Eder Alvarez Balanta and Stefano Denswil. Celtic manager Neil Lennon only had midfielder Jack Cork out injured.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Arsenal vs Bristol City - 26th February 2018
3-1
Tah 8.3 rating
Tah 58 mins
Buitrago 63 mins
Werner 90 mins



Manager's review
Andrew Booy made on enforced change to his side as MOTM Jonathan Tah came in for Alvarez Balanta who was serving a domestic suspension. Arsenal were without key player Jack Wilshere and Mario Pasalic through injury.

The two teams lined up as follows:

February 2018 - THE REVIEW

Fixtures



League Table



Monthly Awards

Best Player - Julian Draxler - average rating 7.50


Highly commended
Alex Sandro - average rating 7.34

Mario Buitrago - average rating 7.26






Coming Up.......

Chelsea vs Bristol City - 4th March 2018
1-2
Volland 90 mins



Manager's review
The two managers took different approaches to this Wembley Final. Andrew Booy selected his strongest possible 11 with Kevin Volland replacing the cup-tied Timo Werner, Eder Alvarez Balanta replaced Jonathan Tah in defence. Jose Mourinho however stuck faith in a largely reserve side that had got Chelsea to the final. Eden Hazard, Jeison Murillo, Paco Alcacer, Gary Cahill and Lars Bender were out injured.

The two teams lined up as follows:

Sunderland vs Bristol City - 10th March 2018
2-1
Buitrago 8.3 rating
Werner 39 mins
Buitrago 58 mins



Manager's review
Bristol City made one change to the side that upsettingly lost the Capital One Cup Final 6 days ago with Timo Werner replacing Kevin Volland upfront. Sunderland had no injuries to contend with and had been playing well under new manager Marcelo Bielsa.

The two teams lined up as follows: