Bristol City 4-2 Peterborough United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Bristol City 4-2 Peterborough United

Championship · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bristol City 4-2 Peterborough United: match report

Bristol City beat Peterborough United 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 December 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

Paul Anderson opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Paul Anderson (5'), Sam Baldock (37'), S. McManus (59') and Sam Baldock (64', penalty). Peterborough United scored through Grant McCann (19', penalty) and Dwight Gayle (89').

Discipline: Bristol City received 3 yellow cards; Peterborough United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 24th on 19 points from 23 and Peterborough United 22nd on 22 points from 24. Bristol City went on to finish that season 24th with 41 points, and Peterborough United 22nd with 54.

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

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read D-L-W-L-L and Peterborough United's W-W-W-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Paul AndersonBristol City · 1-0
  • 11'Red card · Lee TomlinPeterborough United
  • 17'Yellow card · T. HeatonBristol City
  • 19'Penalty goal · Grant McCannPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Sam BaldockBristol City · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Sam BaldockBristol City
  • 59'Goal · S. McManusBristol City · 3-1
  • 64'Penalty goal · Sam BaldockBristol City · 4-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Cole SkuseBristol City
  • 65'Yellow card · Gabriel ZakuaniPeterborough United
  • 89'Goal · Dwight GaylePeterborough United · 4-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 1, Peterborough United 2.

Team news

Bristol City line-up

Tom Heaton, Richard Foster, G. Cunningham, Stephen McManus, Cole Skuse, Paul Anderson, Neil Danns, Sam Baldock, Jon Stead, Albert Adomah, Matthew Bates

Peterborough United line-up

Robert Olejnik, Gabriel Zakuani, Mark Little, Michael Bostwick, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Joe Newell, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Dwight Gayle, Lee Tomlin, Grant McCann