It has been a solid, if not spectacular start to the season for Bristol City, having won one, drawn two and lost one of their opening four league games, which leaves them in mid-table.
The Robins have made a habit of finishing in the middle of the pack over the past few seasons, ending up in 14th place last season, and their results thus far suggest they could be in for a similar campaign once again.
On the opening day of the season, Nigel Pearson’s side drew 1-1 at home against Preston North End, and they are still yet to win at Ashton Gate in the league, having lost against Birmingham City in their last game at Tuesday’s venue.
However, Bristol City put in a very impressive performance against Oxford United at home to reach this stage of the competition, running out 5-1 winners at the beginning of the month.
In the Robins’ last outing, away at Hull City on Friday night, they played out a 1-1 draw, with Nakhi Wells bagging his second goal of the season just after the hour mark to cancel out Ozan Tufan’s opener.
After finishing seven points off the playoffs last season, Norwich City will be keen to avoid a repeat of that this time around as they look to return to the Premier League, and they have made a very promising start.
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At this early stage of the season, Norwich are in second place, having won three and drawn one of their opening four games, scoring the highest number of goals of any team in the league in the process.
The only game the Canaries have not won this season was their away match against recently-relegated Southampton, in which the Saints scored a 97th-minute equaliser to end their perfect start
Having reached this stage of the competition by beating Queens Park Rangers 1-0 on their travels, David Wagner’s side are now tasked with beating another Championship side, who they have a very good recent record against, winning four of the last five encounters.
