Bristol City vs Watford stats and head-to-head

2026-27, Matchday 8. Fri, 18 Sept 2026

10Full time, half-time 1–0

Bristol City won by 1 goal.

WLLWDLeague form, oldest to newestLWLLL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Bristol City have 3 scored home results and Watford 3 scored away results stored in 2026-27. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Bristol City at home: 1.00 points per match (3 measured matches); Watford away: 0.33 points per match (3 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Bristol City scored 0.67 per home match (3 measured matches); Watford scored 0.33 away (3). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.43 per club appearance across 166 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 2 of 6 pooled club appearances (33.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 10. Bristol City: 2 wins; Watford: 4 wins; draws: 4.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10

Second half00

The match in numbers

Bristol CityWatford

17Shots10
7Shots on target2
1.56xG0.52
2Corners5
11Fouls15
2Yellow cards5
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Bristol City

xG 1.56

Shots17
On target7
Goals1

41% of shots on target, 14% of those scored.

Watford

xG 0.52

Shots10
On target2
Goals0

20% of shots on target, 0% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

10 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Bristol City wins

Draws

Watford wins

Goals / meeting

2.40

24 goals in 10 meetings

Both scored

50%

5 of 10 meetings

Over 1.5

70%

7 of 10 meetings

Over 2.5

40%

4 of 10 meetings

Over 3.5

20%

2 of 10 meetings

Bristol City clean sheets

20%

2 of 10 meetings

Watford clean sheets

50%

5 of 10 meetings

Corners / meeting

10.20

10 with corner data

Cards / meeting

2.90

10 with card data

Bristol City v WatfordFri, 27 Feb 2026 · EFL Championship 2025-261–2HT 1–1
Watford v Bristol CityFri, 7 Nov 2025 · EFL Championship 2025-261–1HT 1–1
Bristol City v WatfordSat, 5 Apr 2025 · EFL Championship 2024-252–1HT 2–0
Watford v Bristol CityTue, 26 Nov 2024 · EFL Championship 2024-251–0HT 0–0
Bristol City v WatfordSat, 20 Jan 2024 · EFL Championship 2023-241–1HT 1–1
Watford v Bristol CityTue, 26 Dec 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-241–4HT 0–2
Watford v Bristol CitySat, 15 Apr 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-232–0HT 1–0
Bristol City v WatfordSat, 12 Nov 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–0HT 0–0
Watford v Bristol CitySat, 13 Feb 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-216–0HT 4–0
Bristol City v WatfordWed, 25 Nov 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-210–0HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Bristol City at homeWLLWLW

Fri, 18 Septv Watford1–0C 2–5 · Y 2–5
Tue, 15 Septv Lincoln0–1C 13–4 · Y 2–5
Sat, 29 Augv Portsmouth2–1C 3–10 · Y 3–0
Sat, 15 Augv Millwall0–2C 6–6 · Y 3–2
Thu, 6 Augv Walsall0–1C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 2 Mayv Stoke2–0C 2–15 · Y 1–3

Watford awayLLDLLL

Fri, 18 Sept@ Bristol City0–1C 5–2 · Y 5–2
Sat, 5 Sept@ West Brom0–1C 4–5 · Y 3–5
Tue, 1 Sept@ Swansea0–2C 3–5 · Y 4–0
Sat, 22 Aug@ Wrexham1–1C 3–10 · Y 0–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Middlesbrough1–5C 3–6 · Y 2–1
Tue, 21 Apr@ West Brom0–3C 3–4 · Y 3–4

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Bristol City at home, Watford away

25%
Both teams scored
League 67%
4 + 4 matches
100%
Over 0.5 goals
League 93%
4 + 4 matches
50%
Over 1.5 goals
League 79%
4 + 4 matches
13%
Over 2.5 goals
League 62%
4 + 4 matches
0%
Over 3.5 goals
League 34%
4 + 4 matches
0%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
4 + 4 matches
1.6
Avg total goals
League 2.85
4 + 4 matches
88%
1st half over 0.5
League 79%
4 + 4 matches
25%
1st half over 1.5
League 40%
4 + 4 matches
10.8
Corners per match
League 10.60
4 + 4 matches
63%
Corners over 8.5
League 71%
4 + 4 matches
50%
Corners over 9.5
League 59%
4 + 4 matches
50%
Corners over 10.5
League 49%
4 + 4 matches
5.4
Cards per match
League 3.92
4 + 4 matches
75%
Cards over 3.5
League 48%
4 + 4 matches
63%
Cards over 4.5
League 36%
4 + 4 matches

Stored season context, 2026-27

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2026-27

Home and away Overall

Bristol City at home, Watford away

Bristol City (home)		Watford (away)
11	Position	20
LWLW	Last 5, oldest to newest	DLLL
4	Played	4
1.50	Points per match	0.25
50%	Win %	0%
0.75	Scored / match	0.25
1.00	Conceded / match	1.25
1.75	Avg total goals	1.50
25%	Both scored	25%
25%	Clean sheets	0%
50%	Failed to score	75%
1.06	xG for	0.83
1.46	xG against	1.84

Half by half

Bristol CityWatford

0.501st half scored / match0.25
0.251st half conceded / match1.25
0.252nd half scored / match0.00
0.752nd half conceded / match0.00
50%Leading at half-time0%
75%1st half over 0.5100%
0%1st half over 1.550%
75%2nd half over 0.50%
25%2nd half over 1.50%
25%Scored in both halves0%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Bristol City at home, Watford away, this season.

Goals

Bristol CityWatford

0.75Scored / match0.25
1.00Conceded / match1.25
1.75Match total / match1.50
50%Scored 1+25%
25%Scored 2+0%
75%Conceded 1+100%
25%Conceded 2+25%
50%Match over 1.550%
25%Match over 2.50%
0%Match over 3.50%

Shots and xG

Bristol CityWatford

13.00Shots for10.00
14.25Shots against14.00
3.50On target for3.25
2.25On target against5.25
6%Shot conversion3%
1.06xG for0.83
1.46xG against1.84

Corners

Bristol CityWatford

6.00Corners for3.75
6.25Corners against5.50
12.25Match total9.25
75%Over 7.575%
75%Over 8.550%
75%Over 9.525%
75%Over 10.525%
75%Over 11.525%

Cards

Bristol CityWatford

2.50Cards for3.00
3.00Cards against2.25
5.50Match total5.25
100%Over 2.575%
75%Over 3.575%
75%Over 4.550%
50%Over 5.550%
11.75Fouls committed12.75

Referee this season

O Langford

Matches

Cards / match

4.00

4 matches

Over 3.5 cards

50%

4 matches

Over 4.5 cards

25%

4 matches

Fouls / match

24.00

4 matches

The table, 2026-27

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
9	Millwall	9	1	14
10	West Brom	9	1	14
11	Bristol City	9	-1	14
12	Charlton	9	-3	13
13	Blackburn	9	1	12
18	Norwich	9	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	-1	8
20	Watford	9	-7	8
21	Cardiff	9	-3	7
22	Burnley	9	-4	7

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