West Brom vs Bristol City Prediction and Betting Tips | 26th December 2025

West Brom host Bristol City at the Hawthorns in the EFL Championship on Friday, looking to bounce back from their latest setback. The Baggies were beaten 1-0 by Hull City last weekend, with Oli McBurnie netting the only goal of the game in the added minutes of the opening stanza.

Their job only got harder after the break as Alfie Gilchrist was sent off in the 75th minute, leaving the visitors to play with a man down for the final quarter of the game.

With three losses in their last four games, West Brom have been relegated to 16th position on the table after 16 games with 28 points in the bag, just seven clear of the relegation zone.

Bristol are up in ninth place, having accrued five points more. They also beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in their last Championship fixture on 20 December, as Emil Riis Jakobsen and Robert Atkinson netted apiece in either half to give them a comfortable victory.

It ended a run of three winless games for the Robins, who picked up their ninth victory of the campaign. Their strong defense has kept them from slipping into the bottom 10, as Bristol's record of 24 goals conceded is the least after only four sides in the division.

West Brom vs Bristol City Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 61 clashes between the sides in the past, with West Brom winning 26 times and losing to Bristol City on 18 occasions.
• Bristol City have won just three of their 11 games against West Brom in all competitions, including their latest encounter on 8 April 2025.
• The Baggies have won their last two clashes against the Robins at home; they haven't won three in a row since three wins between September 2018 and October 2021.
• Both West Brom and Bristol have won two games each in their last five league outings.
• West Brom haven't lost consecutively to Bristol since the early 90s.

West Brom vs Bristol City Prediction

The Robins have seen a better campaign overall, courtesy of a solid defense. West Brom will fall back on their superior head-to-head record for encouragement here, but we expect the visitors to prevail narrowly.

Prediction: West Brom 1-2 Bristol City

West Brom vs Bristol City Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Bristol City to win

Tip 2 - Goals over/under 2.5: Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes

Edited by Peter P