2018–19 Bristol City F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Bristol City's 121st season as a professional football club and their fourth consecutive season back in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season was a largely successful one for the club, with City finishing in 8th place, just four points outside the playoff positions and the club's highest finish in the Championship since a 4th place finish in the 2007–08 season.

Bristol City

2018–19 season
Owner	Steve Lansdown
Chairman	John Lansdown
Head Coach	Lee Johnson
Stadium	Ashton Gate
Championship	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round (vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers)
EFL Cup	First round (vs. Plymouth Argyle)
Top goalscorer	League: Famara Diedhiou (12) All: Famara Diedhiou (12)
Highest home attendance	25,556
Lowest home attendance	9,865
Average home league attendance	21,080[1]
Biggest win	3–0 v Queens Park Rangers (21 August 2018, League)
Biggest defeat	0–2 v Middlesbrough (18 August 2018, League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Statistics

As of 5 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Frank Fielding	7	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ITA	Eros Pisano	16	2	11+3	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Jay Dasilva	30	0	20+7	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Adam Webster	45	3	41+1	3	2+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	AUS	Bailey Wright	14	0	9+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Nathan Baker	17	0	12+4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Korey Smith	6	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Josh Brownhill	47	6	43+0	5	2+1	1	0+1	0
9	FW	SEN	Famara Diedhiou	41	12	32+6	12	2+1	0	0+0	0
10	FW	ENG	Matty Taylor	35	4	10+22	4	0+2	0	1+0	0
11	MF	IRL	Callum O'Dowda	35	5	20+11	4	3+0	1	1+0	0
12	MF	ENG	Liam Walsh	8	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW	AUT	Andreas Weimann	44	10	38+4	10	0+1	0	0+1	0
15	MF	WAL	Marley Watkins	17	2	5+11	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Hakeeb Adelakun	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Lloyd Kelly	33	1	25+6	1	0+1	0	1+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Antoine Semenyo	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SWE	Niclas Eliasson	34	3	19+12	2	3+0	1	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Jamie Paterson	42	4	30+10	4	1+1	0	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Marlon Pack	46	2	44+0	2	1+1	0	0+0	0
22	DF	CZE	Tomáš Kalas	39	0	36+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
24	GK	ENG	Max O'Leary	14	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
28	MF	WAL	Joe Morrell	4	0	0+1	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	ENG	Jack Hunt	33	1	30+1	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
33	GK	FIN	Niki Mäenpää	27	0	26+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
34	GK	NZL	Stefan Marinovic	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW	SDN	Mo Eisa	6	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
45	MF	ENG	Kasey Palmer	15	2	2+11	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left during the season:
3	DF	ENG	Joe Bryan	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9		CF	Famara Diedhiou	12	0	0	12
2	14		CF	Andreas Weimann	10	0	0	10
3	8		CM	Josh Brownhill	5	1	0	6
4	11		LM	Callum O'Dowda	4	1	0	5
5	10		CF	Matty Taylor	4	0	0	4
	20		AM	Jamie Paterson	4	0	0	4
7	4		CB	Adam Webster	3	0	0	3
	19		RM	Niclas Eliasson	2	1	0	3
9	2		RB	Eros Pisano	2	0	0	2
	15		RW	Marley Watkins	2	0	0	2
	21		CM	Marlon Pack	2	0	0	2
	45		CM/AM	Kasey Palmer	2	0	0	2
13	17		LB	Lloyd Kelly	1	0	0	1
	32		RB	Jack Hunt	1	0	0	1
Own Goals					3	0	0	3
Total					56	3	0	59

Disciplinary record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	21		CM	Marlon Pack	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0
2	32		RB	Jack Hunt	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
3	14		CF	Andreas Weimann	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0
4	8		CM	Josh Brownhill	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
5	2		RB	Eros Pisano	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	17		LB	Lloyd Kelly	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	4		CB	Adam Webster	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	10		CF	Matty Taylor	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	15		RW	Marley Watkins	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	22		CB	Tomáš Kalas	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	5		CB	Bailey Wright	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	9		CF	Famara Diedhiou	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
13	11		LM	Callum O'Dowda	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		CF	Antoine Semenyo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	45		CM	Kasey Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	1		GK	Frank Fielding	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	3		LB	Jay Dasilva	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		CM	Liam Walsh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		RM	Niclas Eliasson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		AM	Jamie Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24		GK	Max O'Leary	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					73	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	76	1	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RW		Marley Watkins	Norwich City	£1,000,000	[2]
1 July 2018	CB		Adam Webster	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[3]
2 July 2018	RW		Hakeeb Adelakun	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[4]
3 July 2018	RW		Andreas Weimann	Derby County	Undisclosed	[5]
6 July 2018	RB		Jack Hunt	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[6]
23 July 2018	CF		Mohamed Eisa	Cheltenham Town	£1,500,000	[7]
1 August 2018	GK		Niki Mäenpää	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer	[8]
7 March 2019	GK		Stefan Marinovic	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Free(Free Agent) Transfer	[9]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Gustav Engvall	KV Mechelen	Undisclosed	[10]
1 July 2018	CB		Aden Flint	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed (Believed to be £7,000,000)	[11]
1 July 2018	CF		Paul Garita	Charleroi	Released	[12][13]
1 July 2018	LB		Scott Golbourne	Shrewsbury Town	Released	[12][14]
1 July 2018	CB		Hörður Björgvin Magnússon	CSKA Moscow	Undisclosed	[15]
1 July 2018	CM		Gary O'Neil	Bolton Wanderers	Released	[12][16]
1 July 2018	AM		Bobby Reid	Cardiff City	£10,000,000	[17]
1 July 2018	GK		Luke Steele	Nottingham Forest	Released	[12][18]
7 August 2018	CF		Milan Đurić	Salernitana	Undisclosed	[19]
9 August 2018	LB		Joe Bryan	Fulham	£6,000,000	[20]
9 November 2018	CB		Kacper Łopata	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	[21]
19 December 2018	CM		Jens Hegeler	Free agent	Mutual consent	[22]
3 January 2019	CF		Shawn McCoulsky	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed	[23]
18 May 2019	LB		Lloyd Kelly	A.F.C. Bournemouth	£13,000,000	[24]

Loans in

Start date 2018	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
9 August 2018	LB		Jay Dasilva	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[25]
23 August 2018	CB		Tomáš Kalas	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[26]
9 January 2019	AM		Kasey Palmer	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[27]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
2 July 2018	RB		Zak Vyner	Rotherham United	31 May 2019	[28]
10 July 2018	LM		Jonny Smith	Tranmere Rovers	31 May 2019	[29]
17 July 2018	MF		George Dowling	Eastleigh	21 December 2018	[30][31]
18 July 2018	CF		Antoine Semenyo	Newport County	31 May 2019	[32]
27 July 2018	CF		Freddie Hinds	Wrexham	23 November 2018	[33][34]
27 July 2018	WG		George Nurse	Weston-super-Mare	February 2019	[35][36]
28 July 2018	CB		Harvey Smith	Hereford	31 May 2019	[37][38]
30 July 2018	CM		Tyreeq Bakinson	Newport County	31 May 2019	[39][40]
3 August 2018	CB		Aden Baldwin	Cheltenham Town	1 January 2019	[41]
10 August 2018	CB		Aaron Parsons	Weston-super-Mare	September 2018	[42]
10 August 2018	CF		Shawn McCoulsky	Southend United	3 January 2019	[43][23]
30 August 2018	LM		Jake Andrews	Torquay United	31 May 2019	[44][45]
30 August 2018	RM		Opi Edwards	Torquay United	September 2018	[44]
31 August 2018	RB		Taylor Moore	Southend United	31 May 2019	[46]
31 August 2018	LB		Cameron Pring	Newport County	January 2019	[47]
13 September 2018	CF		Rory Holden	Barrow	October 2018	[48]
21 September 2018	CF		Saikou Janneh	Torquay United	31 May 2019	[49][50]
21 September 2018	GK		Alhaji Sesay	Dorchester Town	21 October 2018	[51]
29 September 2018	MF		Connor Lemonheigh-Evans	Torquay United	31 May 2019	[52][53]
14 November 2018	GK		Alhaji Sesay	Gloucester City	30 November 2018	[54]
30 November 2018	GK		Joe Wollacott	Gloucester City	31 May 2019	[55][56]
21 December 2018	CM		George Dowling	Weston-super-Mare	January 2019	[31]
21 December 2018	CB		Aaron Parsons	Weston-super-Mare	January 2019	[31]
3 January 2019	CF		Rory Holden	Rochdale	31 May 2019	[57]
3 January 2019	LB		Cameron Pring	Cheltenham Town	31 May 2019	[58]
4 January 2019	CF		Freddie Hinds	Bath City	February 2019	[59]
6 February 2019	DF		Joe Low	Dorchester Town	Work experience	[60]
29 March 2019	DF		Jack Spark	Gloucester City	31 May 2019	[61]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

The Robins revealed they would face Bitton, Cheltenham Town, Shrewsbury Town and Bournemouth.^[62]

Bitton v Bristol City

8 July 2018 (2018-07-08) Friendly	Bitton	0–4	Bristol City	Bitton
14:00 BST		Report	Taylor 20' Paterson 44' Adelakun 56' Holden 78'	Stadium: Recreation Ground

Bristol City v Cheltenham Town

10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) Friendly	Bristol City	4–2	Cheltenham Town	Weston-super-Mare
19:30 BST	Taylor 5' Eliasson 34', 37' Webster 39'	Report	Mullins 43' Dawes 62'	Stadium: Woodspring Stadium

Bristol City v Shrewsbury Town

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Bristol City	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Bristol
13:00 BST	O'Dowda 15'	Report	Payne 20'	Stadium: Ashton Gate

RB Linense v Bristol City

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	RB Linense	2–2	Bristol City	La Línea de la Concepción, Spain
20:00 CEST	Ahmed 76' Carrasco 89'	Report	Diédhiou 31', 55'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

Rayo Vallecano v Bristol City

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Bristol City	Marbella, Spain
20:00 CEST	Alex Moreno 90'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

Bristol City v Bournemouth

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Friendly	Bristol City	1–1	Bournemouth	Bristol
19:00 BST	Weimann 38'	Report	King 15'	Stadium: Ashton Gate

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Aston Villa (O, P)	46	20	16	10	82	61	+21	76	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
6	Derby County	46	20	14	12	69	54	+15	74
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	13	13	49	41	+8	73
8	Bristol City	46	19	13	14	59	53	+6	70
9	Nottingham Forest	46	17	15	14	61	54	+7	66
10	Swansea City	46	18	11	17	65	62	+3	65
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64[b]

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[64]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
2. Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[63]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D
Position	13	14	19	11	9	6	3	5	8	8	10	13	10	8	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	13	12	11	11	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	5	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	13	14	59	53	+6	70	8	8	7	28	26	+2	11	5	7	31	27	+4

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: BBC Sport

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the EFL Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[65][66]

Bristol City v Nottingham Forest

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Bristol City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Bristol
15:00 BST	Weimann 5'	Report	Murphy 46'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,395 Referee: Darren Bond

Bolton Wanderers v Bristol City

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Bristol City	Bolton
15:00 BST	Buckley 57' Magennis 60'	Report	Weimann 64' Paterson 81'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 14,112 Referee: John Brooks

Bristol City v Middlesbrough

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Bristol City	0–2	Middlesbrough	Bristol
15:00 BST		Report	Braithwaite 13' Assombalonga 32'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,455 Referee: Oliver Langford

Queens Park Rangers v Bristol City

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Bristol City	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 BST		Report	Taylor 41' Weimann 50', 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,739 Referee: Peter Bankes

Swansea City v Bristol City

25 August 2018 5	Swansea City	0–1	Bristol City	Swansea
15:00 BST		Report	Weimann 1'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,522 Referee: Gavin Ward

Bristol City v Blackburn Rovers

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 6	Bristol City	4–1	Blackburn Rovers	Bristol
13:30 BST	Brownhill 38' Watkins 55' Diédhiou 73' Pack 82'	Report	Mulgrew 13'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,769 Referee: David Webb

Bristol City v Sheffield United

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Bristol City	1–0	Sheffield United	Bristol
15:00 BST	Watkins 81'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,540 Referee: John Brooks

West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8	West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Bristol City	West Bromwich
19:45 BST	Rodriguez 16' (pen.), 28' Gayle 24' Barnes 63'	Report	Kelly 60' Diédhiou 68'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,051 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Wigan Athletic v Bristol City

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 9	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Bristol City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Powell 52'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,192 Referee: Oliver Langford

Bristol City v Aston Villa

28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 10	Bristol City	1–1	Aston Villa	Bristol
20:00 BST	Brownhill 16'	Report	Bjarnason 45+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,224 Referee: Tim Robinson

Rotherham United v Bristol City

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 11	Rotherham United	0–0	Bristol City	Rotherham
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,187 Referee: Gavin Ward

Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 12	Bristol City	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Bristol
13:30 BST	Taylor 80' (pen.)	Report	João 64', 66'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,102 Referee: Andy Davies

Brentford v Bristol City

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Brentford	0–1	Bristol City	Brentford
15:00 BST	Mepham  50',  58'  Yennaris  82' Sawyers  84' Maupay  90'	Report	Weimann  45' Pack  50' Kelly  65' Eliasson 89'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,182 Referee: Robert Jones

Bristol City v Hull City

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14	Bristol City	1–0	Hull City	Bristol
19:45 BST	Diédhiou 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,149 Referee: Peter Bankes

Bristol City v Stoke City

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	Bristol City	0–1	Stoke City	Bristol
15:00 BST		Report	Fletcher 33'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,456 Referee: Andrew Madley

Reading v Bristol City

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Reading	3–2	Bristol City	Reading
15:00 GMT	Méïté 8' Kelly 45+1' Bacuna  59', 66' Rinomhota  69' Yiadom  87' Baldock  90+1' Gunter  90+6'	Report	Pack 23' Brownhill 45+3' Walsh  59' Weimann  84'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 14,455 Referee: James Linington

Bristol City v Preston North End

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17	Bristol City	0–1	Preston North End	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Hunt  88'	Report	Robinson 35' Johnson  75' Earl  79'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,797 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Leeds United v Bristol City

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Leeds United	2–0	Bristol City	Leeds
19:45 BST	Alioski  27' Roofe 69' Hernández 86'	Report	Brownhill  11'  55'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,333 Referee: Scott Duncan

Ipswich Town v Bristol City

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19	Ipswich Town	2–3	Bristol City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Sears 32', 58'	Report	Białkowski 55' (o.g.) Paterson 59' Diédhiou 64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,726 Referee: David Webb

Bristol City v Millwall

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 20	Bristol City	1–1	Millwall	Bristol
13:30 GMT	Cooper 52' (o.g.)	Report	Williams 78'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,814 Referee: Darren England

Birmingham City v Bristol City

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Birmingham City	0–1	Bristol City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Diédhiou 63'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,961 Referee: John Brooks

Bristol City v Norwich City

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Bristol City	2–2	Norwich City	Bristol
17:30 GMT	Diédhiou 45' O'Dowda 53'	Report	Stiepermann 39' Aarons 78'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 19,851 Referee: Roger East

Derby County v Bristol City

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Derby County	1–1	Bristol City	Derby
15:00 GMT	Waghorn 37'	Report	Paterson 24' Pisano  90+4'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 26,719 Referee: Darren Bond

Bristol City v Brentford

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	Bristol City	1–1	Brentford	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Pisano 20'	Report	Maupay  26', 53'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,207 Referee: David Webb

Bristol City v Rotherham United

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Bristol City	1–0	Rotherham United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Hunt  44' Dasilva  71' Webster 86'	Report	Jones  51'  64' Towell  72' Manning  90+5'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,207 Referee: Scott Duncan

Stoke City v Bristol City

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Stoke City	0–2	Bristol City	Stoke
15:00 GMT	Woods  45' Martina  62' Williams  90+2'	Report	Diédhiou 39' O'Dowda 81' Pack  45'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 23,912 Referee: Paul Tierney

Bristol City v Bolton Wanderers

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Bristol City	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Taylor 64' Palmer 66'	Report	Magennis  44' Buckley 58' Lowe  69'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,730 Referee: Steve Martin

Nottingham Forest v Bristol City

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Bristol City	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Benalouane  45' Janko  88'	Report	Diédhiou 70'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,922 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Bristol City v Swansea City

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 29	Bristol City	2–0	Swansea City	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Weimann 46' O'Dowda 74'	Report	Byers  63'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 23,560 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 30	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Bristol City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Travis  25'	Report	Wright  37' Brownhill  75' Pisano 80' Fielding  90+3'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,593 Referee: James Linington

Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) 31	Bristol City	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Pack  62' Pisano  69' Eliasson 73' Diédhiou 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Smith 45' Hall  90+1' Leistner  90+2' Bidwell  90+7'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,183 Referee: Tony Harrington

Norwich City v Bristol City

23 February 2019 32	Norwich City	3–2	Bristol City	Norwich
15:00 GMT	McLean 36', 66' Godfrey 55' Trybull  70'	Report	Paterson 12' O'Dowda 37' Kalas  38' Watkins  90+5' Palmer  90+6'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,338 Referee: Gavin Ward

Bristol City v Birmingham City

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) 33	Bristol City	1–2	Birmingham City	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Pack  29' Diédhiou  46' 66' Pisano  58'	Report	Mahoney 42' Morrison 47' Jota  85' Colin  90+6'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,777 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Preston North End v Bristol City

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 34	Preston North End	1–1	Bristol City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson 42'	Report	Kelly  41' O'Dowda  50' Diédhiou 69' Pack  84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,863 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Bristol City v Leeds United

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 35	Bristol City	0–1	Leeds United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Semenyo  34' Wright  61' Diédhiou  81' Webster  87'	Report	Bamford 9' Cooper  19' Ayling  80' Alioski  88' Douglas  90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 24,832 Referee: Peter Bankes

Bristol City v Ipswich Town

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 36	Bristol City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Webster 32' Hunt  90'	Report	Dozzell  30' Kelly 68' (o.g.) Edwards  76' El Mizouni  83'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,411 Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield United v Bristol City

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 37	Sheffield United	2–3	Bristol City	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Sharp 6' Norwood  66' Hogan 71'	Report	Hunt  15' Pack  24' Weimann 30', 77', 83'  79' Palmer  88'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,030 Referee: James Linington

Middlesbrough v Bristol City

2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) 38	Middlesbrough	0–1	Bristol City	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Saville  66'	Report	Webster 31'  49' Pack  66' Hunt  86'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 21,016 Referee: Gavin Ward

Bristol City v Wigan Athletic

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 39	Bristol City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Bristol
15:00 BST	Webster  32' Taylor 65' Palmer 68'	Report	James 37' Fox  40' Byrne 90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,931 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bristol City v West Bromwich Albion

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 40	Bristol City	3–2	West Bromwich Albion	Bristol
19:45 BST	Brownhill 2' Hunt  13' 19' Weimann 16' Taylor  90+4'	Report	Gayle 47' Holgate  70' Rodriguez 74'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,581 Referee: Simon Hooper

Aston Villa v Bristol City

13 April 2019 41	Aston Villa	2–1	Bristol City	Aston
15:00 GMT	McGinn  20' Abraham 55' (pen.) Hourihane 66'	Report	Pack  19' Taylor  21' Hunt  44' Weimann  54' O'Leary  55' Diédhiou 74' Webster  87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,418 Referee: Scott Duncan

Bristol City v Reading

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 42	Bristol City	1–1	Reading	Bristol
12:30 BST	Brownhill 72'	Report	Méïté 48'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 23,309 Referee: Oliver Langford

Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 43	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Bristol City	Owlerton
15:00 BST	Bannan 17' João 39'  69'	Report	Diédhiou  25' Weimann  78'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,998 Referee: Robert Jones

Bristol City v Derby County

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 44	Bristol City	0–2	Derby County	Bristol
15:00 BST	Semenyo  59'	Report	Lawrence 18'  63' Bogle  21' 77' Mount  29' Bennett  90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 25,556 Referee: Darren Bond

Millwall v Bristol City

30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) 45	Millwall	1–2	Bristol City	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Gregory 41' Williams 73'	Report	Brownhill  24' Walsh  45+2' Palmer  58' Paterson 76' Diédhiou 81'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,261 Referee: Andrew Madley

Hull City v Bristol City

5 May 2019 46	Hull City	1–1	Bristol City	Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST	Irvine 55' Stewart  78' Henriksen  90+1'	Report	Kalas  17' Pack  29' Henriksen 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,165 Referee: John Brooks

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC One by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[67] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC One by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.^[68] The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC One, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw.^[69]

Bristol City v Huddersfield Town

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Bristol City	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Bristol
17:30 GMT	Brownhill 72'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Referee: Peter Bankes

Bristol City v Bolton Wanderers

25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) Fourth round	Bristol City	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Bristol
19:45 GMT	O'Dowda 8' Eliasson 30' Pack  66'	Report	Beevers 6' Noone  63' Murphy  69' Ameobi  87'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Referee: Stuart Attwell

Bristol City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) Fifth round	Bristol City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bristol
13:00 GMT	Wright  52' Kalas  75'	Report	Cavaleiro 28' Moutinho  83' Gibbs-White  86'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 24,394 Referee: Martin Atkinson

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[70]

Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Bristol City	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Bristol
19:45 BST		Report	Songo'o 27'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,865 Referee: Kevin Johnson