Bristol City vs Watford · Championship
Bristol City
4-1-3
1 – 0
FT
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Watford
2-2-4
Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
Watford lost 1-0 to Bristol City at Ashton Gate (crowd 20,906). The first goal went to Dominic Ballard at the 31-minute mark. Oliver Langford booked players seven times. Watford kept the ball 64% of the time and shot 10 times, Bristol City 17. 7 of the 17 shots by Bristol City were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 20,906
- Referee
- Oliver Langford (Referee)
- Bristol City form
- LWDLD
- Watford form
- LLLLD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol City | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Watford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
11Fouls15
2Yellow Cards5
0Red Cards0
3Offsides0
2Corner Kicks5
2Saves6
35.9%Possession64.1%
17Shots10
7On Goal2
40%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
208Accurate Passes418
270Passes491
80%Pass Completion %90%
7Accurate Crosses0
12Crosses12
60%Cross %0%
37Long Balls63
15Accurate Long Balls30
40%Long Balls %50%
5Blocked Shots5
15Effective Tackles8
19Tackles9
80%Tackle %90%
7Interceptions5
20Effective Clearances22
20Clearances22
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
🔁Gibson Yahreplacing Adam Randell
88'
🔁Lisav Eissatreplacing Noah Eile
88'
81'
🟨Matthew Pollock
🔁Cameron Pringreplacing Sam Greenwood
70'
70'
🔁Myron Boadureplacing Mamadou Doumbia
🔁Jed Wallacereplacing Yu Hirakawa
63'
🔁Lorent Tolajreplacing Dominic Ballard
63'
62'
🔁Stephy Mavididireplacing Amin Nabizada
62'
🔁Othmane Maammareplacing Rocco Vata
62'
🔁Albert Eamesreplacing Branimir Mlacic
54'
🟨Edo Kayembe
🟨Joe Williams
54'
🟨Jason Knight
54'
54'
🟨Branimir Mlacic
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Dominic BallardAssist: Rio Cardines
31'1 - 0
25'
🟨Amin Nabizada
21'
🟨Mamadou Doumbia
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol City4-2-3-1
23⚽↓Ballard
20↓Greenwood
12🟨Knight
7↓Hirakawa
4↓Randell
8🟨Williams
21Cardines
5Atkinson
19Tanner
38↓Eile
1Tickle
Bench
- 17Jed Wallaceon for Yu Hirakawa, 63'
- 27Gibson Yahon for Adam Randell, 88'
- 3Cameron Pringon for Sam Greenwood, 70'
- 10Scott Twine
- 40Bradley Collins
- 2Lisav Eissaton for Noah Eile, 88'
- 9Lorent Tolajon for Dominic Ballard, 63'
- 14Tomi Horvat
- 45Elijah Adebayo
Watford3-4-1-2
9Kjerrumgaard
20🟨↓Doumbia
17Bravo
21🟨↓Nabizada
39🟨Kayembe
11↓Vata
5Kyprianou
29🟨↓Mlacic
6🟨Pollock
4Keben
1Ravaglia
Bench
- 26Daniel Bachmann
- 53James Clarridge
- 10Myron Boaduon for Mamadou Doumbia, 70'
- 45Stephy Mavididion for Amin Nabizada, 62'
- 43Jack Grieves
- 24Sam Walker
- 19Nikoloz Chikovani
- 7Othmane Maammaon for Rocco Vata, 62'
- 56Albert Eameson for Branimir Mlacic, 62'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Swansea City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 23 |
| 2 |  West Ham United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +18 | 22 |
| 3 |  Middlesbrough | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +6 | 22 |
| 4 |  Birmingham City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 20 |
| 6 |  Stoke City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 19 |
| 7 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 18 |
| 8 |  Southampton | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +11 | 17 |
| 9 |  Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 17 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 |
| 11 |  Sheffield United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Millwall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 |  Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wrexham | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 |  Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 |  Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 |  Charlton Athletic | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 |  Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 |  Cardiff City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 11 |
| 20 |  Watford | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 |  Norwich City | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 4 |
Meetings
2Bristol City wins
1Level
2Watford wins
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Form
Last games: Bristol City
W2-1W3-1W2-1L4-1L1-0
Last games: Watford
D1-1L2-0L1-0W2-1L2-1
