Match Report
The table gap was wide: 49 points between Manchester City W (2nd, 55 pts) and Bristol City W (12th, 6 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Bristol City W 0.91 scored and 3.18 conceded per game, Manchester City W 2.77 and 0.68, with the league averaging 1.66.
Defeat had followed defeat for Bristol City W — six in succession. Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Manchester City W. Over the last five, Bristol City W had taken 0 of 15 points to Manchester City W's 13.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 0 wins for Bristol City W, 2 draws and 3 for Manchester City W, at 4.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. History points to goals: 80% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol, capacity 1,500, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 0-4 full-time score.