Stat Attack: Notts County v Bristol City

Notts County and Bristol City have faced each other a gargantuan 103 times over their history. This is because both clubs have been regularly playing each other since the 1900s. However, tomorrow will be their first league meeting in ten years! Bristol City only just hold the upper edge, having won 41 games to Notts's 39. 23 matches have been drawn.

The city of Bristol is the largest metro area in England never to have won the English top tier championship.

City won the Welsh Cup – despite being an English club – in 1934.

In 1982, Bristol City became the first English club to suffer three consecutive relegations.

Ashton Gate is the only ground in the English football league not to accommodate executive boxes.

Despite their underachievements, Bristol City is supported by some notable celebrities, including John Cleese of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers fame, Formula 1 great Jenson Button, and actor Russell Crowe.

Bristol City shares the English football league record for consecutive wins, notching up 14 wins in a row during the 1905-06 season. This record is shared with Arsenal, Manchester United, and Preston North End.

If Bristol defender Louis Carey plays against Notts on Saturday, he will tie with striker John Atyeo, who played for the club in the 50s and 60s, on 645 appearances for the South-West club, the current club record.

Some familiar faces will be returning to Nottingham with the club on Saturday. Steve Cotterill, who helped Notts to the League Two championship in 2010, will be facing his former club, while Marlon Harewood, who played for the other team in the city, will be back on Nottingham soil after having played for a variety of other clubs, including one in China.

Notts County also have no new injury worries and could have striker Danny Haynes available after tonsillitis.

Fellow striker Marcus Haber's loan spell has ended while defender Mustapha Dumbuya could return to action before the new year.

Bristol City manager Steve Cotterill has no new injury concerns, but loanee Stephen McLaughlin has returned to parent club Nottingham Forest after picking up a knee injury.