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Bournemouth face a trip to Bristol City at Ashton Gate on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cherries will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 24 and win only 4 of the 38 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2003, with Bristol City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Bournemouth | 2 - 2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 28 Dec | Bristol City | 2 - 0 | Bournemouth | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Sep | Bournemouth | 0 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 21 Jan | Bournemouth | 1 - 3 | Bristol City | AM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Bournemouth | 1 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 23 Oct | Bristol City | 1 - 0 | Bournemouth | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Mar | Bournemouth | 4 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Robins in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Bournemouth however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Cherries, and 9 goals against.
Bristol City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 59 points from their 39 games so far. Bournemouth's total of 63 points from their 40 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
| Bournemouth | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cherries's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Bristol City, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol City | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Bournemouth | 4 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |