Bristol City - Watford

Logo Bristol City
Bristol City
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Championship Season 2026 - Round 8
1 - 0
Finished
Referee: Oliver Langford
Logo Watford
Watford
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Result

Ball possession

36%
64%

Timeline

21'
Mamadou Doumbia
25'
Amin Nabizada
Dominic Ballard
1-0
31'
54'
Branimir Mlacic
Jason Knight
54'
Joe Williams
54'
54'
Edo Kayembe
62'
Branimir Mlacic (out)
Albert Eames (in)
62'
Rocco Vata (out)
Othmane Maamma (in)
62'
Amin Nabizada (out)
Stephy Alvaro Mavididi (in)
Dominic Ballard (out)
Lorent Tolaj (in)
63'
Yu Hirakawa (out)
Jed Wallace (in)
63'
70'
Mamadou Doumbia (out)
Myron Boadu (in)
Sam Greenwood (out)
Cameron Pring (in)
70'
81'
Matthew Pollock
Noah Eile (out)
Lisav Naif Eissat (in)
88'
Adam Randell (out)
Gibson Yah (in)
88'

Odds

1X2 1xBet Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO William Hill
1 Bristol City 1.75 1.70 1.80 1.75 1.73 1.73 1.77 1.74 1.75
X Draw 3.76 3.90 4.00 3.80 3.80 3.76 3.93 3.50 3.60
2 Watford 4.30 4.50 4.60 4.50 4.60 4.33 4.60 4.06 4.33

Previous confrontations (H2H)

4 Bristol City
4 Draw
5 Watford
54% Over 2.5 goals
54% Both teams scored
2.9 Goals per match
Logo Bristol City 2 | Logo Watford 6 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Watford 6-0 Bristol City (2021)
Most goals: Bristol City 5-1 Watford (2026)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Bristol City
1.31
Logo Watford
1.62
Goals in home matches
Logo Bristol City
1.50
Logo Watford
2.29
Goals in away matches
Logo Bristol City
1.14
Logo Watford
0.83
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Bristol City and Watford →

Stats

Bristol City
Watford
7
Shots on goal
2
5
Shots off goal
3
17
Total shots
10
5
Blocked shots
5
12
Shots inside box
3
5
Shots outside box
7
11
Fouls
15
2
Corners
5
2
Yellow cards
5
2
Goalkeeper saved
6
270
Total passes
491
208
Passes success
418
77%
Passes %
85%
1.56
Expected goals (xG)
0.52
-0.15
Goals prevented
-0.15

Stadion

Stadion name

Ashton Gate

Capacity

27000

Address

Ashton Road
Bristol

table 2026

Championship
Team Pts
Swansea Swansea 20
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 18
West Ham United West Ham United 16
Stoke City Stoke City 16
Wolves Wolves 14
QPR QPR 14
Birmingham Birmingham 14
Millwall Millwall 14
West Brom West Brom 14
Bristol City Bristol City 14
Charlton Charlton 13
Blackburn Blackburn 12
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 12
Wrexham Wrexham 11
Lincoln Lincoln 11
Southampton Southampton 10
Bolton Bolton 10
Norwich Norwich 9
Portsmouth Portsmouth 8
Watford Watford 8
Cardiff Cardiff 7
Burnley Burnley 7
Derby Derby 6
Preston Preston 4
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Bristol City Bristol City — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Roy Hodgson
1
Sam Tickle
19
George Tanner
38
Noah Eile
5
Robert Atkinson
21
Rio Cardines
8
Joe Williams
4
Adam Randell
7
Yu Hirakawa
12
Jason Knight
20
Sam Greenwood
23
Dominic Ballard
9
Luca Kjerrumgaard
20
Mamadou Doumbia
17
Iker Bravo Solanilla
21
Amin Nabizada
39
Edo Kayembe
5
Hector Kyprianou
11
Rocco Vata
29
Branimir Mlacic
6
Matthew Pollock
4
Kévin Keben
1
Federico Ravaglia
Watford — Formation: 3-4-1-2 Logo Watford
Coach: Alessio Dionisi

Substitutes

Substitutes Bristol City

Name Age Position
Bradley Collins 29 Goalkeeper
Cameron Pring 28 Defender
Lisav Naif Eissat 21 Defender
Tomi Horvat 27 Midfielder
Scott Twine 27 Midfielder
Gibson Yah 23 Midfielder
Jed Wallace 32 Midfielder
Elijah Adebayo 28 Attacker
Lorent Tolaj 24 Attacker

Substitutes Watford

Name Age Position
Sam Walker 35 Goalkeeper
Daniel Bachmann 32 Goalkeeper
James Clarridge 22 Defender
Stephy Alvaro Mavididi 28 Attacker
Myron Boadu 25 Attacker
Jack Grieves 21 Attacker
Othmane Maamma 21 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
23 Logo Bristol City Dominic Ballard 8.2 63 Attacker 1 0 1 1 5 2 5 1 - 1 6 3 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Bristol City George Tanner 7.7 90 Defender - 0 - - 22 1 18 5 - - 11 9 1 - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Bristol City Rio Cardines 7.7 90 Defender - 1 1 - 24 7 16 - - - 4 1 2 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Watford Federico Ravaglia 7.3 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 37 - 27 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 6 1 0 0 0
5 Logo Bristol City Robert Atkinson 7.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 44 - 35 2 1 - 8 5 1 - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Bristol City Adam Randell 7.2 88 Midfielder - 0 - - 24 1 22 - - 2 5 4 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
38 Logo Bristol City Noah Eile 7.0 88 Defender - 0 - - 31 - 27 1 1 1 5 4 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
8 Logo Bristol City Joe Williams 7.0 90 Midfielder - 0 2 1 34 1 28 2 1 2 8 4 - - - 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Bristol City Sam Greenwood 7.0 70 Midfielder - 0 2 2 14 1 10 5 - - 12 7 - - 4 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Bristol City Lorent Tolaj (sub) 7.0 27 Attacker - 0 3 1 4 1 3 - - - 4 3 - - 1 3 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
39 Logo Watford Edo Kayembe 7.0 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 43 - 37 2 1 1 11 6 2 1 1 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Bristol City Sam Tickle 6.9 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 23 - 14 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0
6 Logo Watford Matthew Pollock ©️ 6.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 101 - 88 1 1 1 6 2 - - 1 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Watford Branimir Mlacic 6.9 62 Defender - 0 - - 50 - 45 1 3 1 2 1 - - - - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Watford Hector Kyprianou 6.9 90 Midfielder - 0 1 1 54 1 50 - - 1 9 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
56 Logo Watford Albert Eames (sub) 6.9 28 Defender - 0 - - 16 - 12 - - - 2 2 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Bristol City Yu Hirakawa 6.7 63 Midfielder - 0 1 1 16 - 8 2 - - 5 3 - - 1 1 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Bristol City Jed Wallace (sub) 6.6 27 Midfielder - 0 - - 4 - 4 - - - 4 2 2 2 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Bristol City Cameron Pring (sub) 6.6 20 Defender - 0 - - 2 - 1 1 - - 2 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Watford Amin Nabizada 6.5 62 Midfielder - 0 - - 23 2 20 1 - - 9 2 4 - 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Watford Mamadou Doumbia 6.5 70 Attacker - 0 - - 22 - 19 1 - - 6 1 1 - 3 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Bristol City Jason Knight ©️ 6.3 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 22 1 16 - - 1 12 4 1 - 2 2 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Watford Kévin Keben 6.3 90 Defender - 0 - - 56 - 51 - - - 10 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Watford Iker Bravo Solanilla 6.3 90 Attacker - 0 - - 34 1 29 - - - 8 4 4 4 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Watford Luca Kjerrumgaard 6.3 90 Attacker - 0 1 - 13 1 9 - - - 9 4 - - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Watford Othmane Maamma (sub) 6.3 28 Attacker - 0 - - 16 - 13 - - 1 3 2 3 2 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
45 Logo Watford Stephy Alvaro Mavididi (sub) 6.3 28 Attacker - 0 1 1 13 1 10 2 - - 6 2 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Watford Myron Boadu (sub) 6.3 20 Attacker - 0 1 - 3 - 2 1 - - 3 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Watford Rocco Vata 6.2 62 Midfielder - 0 1 - 10 - 6 - - - 3 1 1 - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo Bristol City Lisav Naif Eissat (sub) - 2 Defender - 0 - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Bristol City Gibson Yah (sub) - 2 Midfielder - 0 1 1 - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
40 Logo Bristol City Bradley Collins (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Bristol City Tomi Horvat (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Bristol City Scott Twine (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
45 Logo Bristol City Elijah Adebayo (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Watford Sam Walker (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Watford Daniel Bachmann (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
53 Logo Watford James Clarridge (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
43 Logo Watford Jack Grieves (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -