Peterborough United 2-3 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 2 October 2021

Result

Peterborough United 2-3 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 2 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Peterborough United 2-3 Bristol City: match report

Peterborough United were beaten by Bristol City 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 2 October 2021. It was 2-2 at half-time.

S. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Peterborough United's goals came from S. Szmodics (22') and S. Szmodics (43'). Bristol City scored through an own goal by Nathan Thompson (34'), G. Tanner (40') and Chris Martin (84').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 23rd on 8 points from 10 and Bristol City 10th on 13 points from 10. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 23rd with 37 points, and Bristol City 18th with 55.

Peterborough United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sammie Szmodics of Peterborough United (8.5), ahead of George Tanner (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Peterborough United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · S. SzmodicsPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 34'Own goal · Nathan ThompsonBristol City · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · G. TannerBristol City · 1-2
  • 43'Goal · S. SzmodicsPeterborough United · 2-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Andy KingBristol City
  • 84'Goal · Chris MartinBristol City · 2-3
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nathan ThompsonPeterborough United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Peterborough United 2, draws 1, Bristol City 3.

Team news

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Peterborough United line-up (4-4-2)

David Cornell, Nathan Thompson, Ronnie Edwards, Frankie Kent, Dan Butler, Joe Ward, Oliver Norburn, Conor Coventry, Harrison Burrows, Sammie Szmodics, Siriki Dembélé

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Bentley, George Tanner, Tomas Kalas, Rob Atkinson, Cameron Pring, Matty James, Andy King, Joe Williams, Andreas Weimann, Callum O'Dowda, Chris Martin