Lewin Nyatanga is hoping Bristol City can enjoy an upturn in fortunes after admitting the team felt under increasing pressure during their recent poor run.

Gary Johnson's side went seven games without a win before their unexpected 2-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

Pressure was mounting on Johnson, whose side had won just twice in 19 games.

But success against a team known as the best footballing outfit in the Championship has allowed everyone at Ashton Gate some breathing space.

City now travel to Ipswich Town today looking for a third away win of the campaign.

Wales central defender Nyatanga said: "It was a great game to win and hopefully we can take that into Saturday's game.

"We want to look at one game at a time and not get ahead of ourselves – Ipswich is the next game so all our focus is going into that.

"The West Brom game gave us a lift because, as every game went on, the pressure was increasing a little bit more.

"But it is only one win and we need to keep going forward and picking up more points.

"We feel the West Brom win will all be for nothing if we don't perform at Ipswich."

While Nyatanga was not with City when they lost 6-0 at Portman Road two seasons ago, he knows that Ipswich are a much more dangerous animal at their Suffolk base.

"It will be a tough game," he said. "Maybe they are not getting the luck at the moment and maybe that is why they are not getting the results. I have had a few good games there and a few bad defeats so I will just look forward to it."

City's better form – a 1-1 draw with Leicester and the West Brom win – has coincided with Nyatanga forming a central defensive partnership with Louis Carey, after swapping places with Liam Fontaine, who is now playing left-back.

Nyatanga seems more accustomed to his new role in the heart of defence, saying: "I am comfortable playing both positions. I feel I probably am better at centre-back but I am just happy to be playing."

Twelfth-placed City head east eight points outside the play-off places and eight points above the relegation zone.

"We will just keep going," said Nyatanga. "We are not looking at play-offs, we are not looking at relegation we are just looking at each game and seeing where it takes us.

"We have got a very good squad but everyone is fighting for their positions."

Johnson is likely to name an unchanged team, illness permitting. And he is adamant that his team did not perform against West Brom just because of the presence of the TV cameras.

Johnson said: "I don't think I ever thought once about the TV until the camera was right in my face at the end. You are not doing it for TV you are doing it for each other. I just thought the lads were committed and if you ask them I don't think they would even have thought about it either."

Bristol City (from): Gerken, Orr, Carey, Nyatnaga, Fontaine, Skuse, Elliott, Johnson, Haynes, Clarkson, Iwelumo, Hartley, Collis, Campbell-Ryce, Williams, Agyemang, Maynard, Sproule, J Wilson, Edwards.