Bristol City vs Watford

Final score: Bristol City 2-1 Watford in the Championship, April 5, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 3 wins for Bristol City, 3 draws, 4 wins for Watford.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 40
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
Form: DWWWL Bristol City
: DLLWL Watford

18' ▲ T. Ince ▼ K. Baah
24' R. McCrorie 1-0
29' N. Wells · M. Sykes 2-0
HT2-0
60' ▲ G. Chakvetadze ▼ M. Sissoko
60' ▲ M. Doumbia ▼ V. Bayo
64' ▲ M. McGuane ▼ J. Williams
64' ▲ S. Armstrong ▼ N. Wells
64' ▲ H. Roberts ▼ R. McCrorie
69' George Earthy
72' ▲ A. Mehmeti ▼ M. Bird
78' ▲ R. Andrews ▼ J. Ngakia
79' ▲ Y. Larouci ▼ C. Wiley
80' 2-1 M. Doumbia · I. Louza
90'+6 Edo Kayembe
90'+1 ▲ S. Bell ▼ M. Sykes
FT2-1

Line-ups

Bristol City Formation: 3-4-2-1 · Coach: L. Manning

1M. O’Leary 6.7
14Z. Vyner 6.9
16R. Dickie 7.2
3C. Pring 6.3
17M. Sykes ⇢ ▼ 90' 6.7
12J. Knight 6.6
8J. Williams ▼ 64' 6.9
2R. McCrorie ⚽ ▼ 64' 7.7
6M. Bird ▼ 72' 6.3
40G. Earthy 6.7
21N. Wells ⚽ ▼ 64' 7.0

Substitutes 8

29M. McGuane ▲ 64' 7.0
30S. Armstrong ▲ 64' 6.7
24H. Roberts ▲ 64' 6.7
11A. Mehmeti ▲ 72' 6.6
20S. Bell ▲ 90'
23S. Bajić
7Y. Hirakawa
31E. Morrison

Watford Formation: 4-3-3 · Coach: T. Cleverley

33E. Selvik 6.5
2J. Ngakia ▼ 78' 6.7
6M. Pollock 6.9
25J. Abankwah 6.3
26C. Wiley ▼ 79' 6.6
17M. Sissoko ▼ 60' 6.2
10I. Louza ⇢ 7.3
39E. Kayembe 6.9
34K. Baah ▼ 18' 6.6
19V. Bayo ▼ 60' 6.6
11R. Vata 6.7

Substitutes 9

7T. Ince ▲ 18' 6.9
8G. Chakvetadze ▲ 60' 6.3
20M. Doumbia ⚽ ▲ 60' 7.0
45R. Andrews ▲ 78' 6.6
37Y. Larouci ▲ 79' 6.3
3F. Sierralta
1D. Bachmann
24T. Dele-Bashiru
14P. Dwomoh

Statistics

01⚑2

⚑210

44%Possession56%

7Shots8

4Shots on target3

2Shots off target2

6Shots inside box1

1Shots outside box7

1Blocked shots3

2Corners2

1Offsides0

11Fouls9

1Yellow cards1

2Saves2

-0.31Goals prevented-0.31

424Passes550

329Accurate passes470

78%Pass accuracy85%

0.67Expected goals (xG)0.28

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	46	95 - 30	+65	100
2	Burnley	46	69 - 16	+53	100
3	Sheffield Utd	46	63 - 36	+27	90
4	Sunderland	46	58 - 44	+14	76
5	Coventry	46	64 - 58	+6	69
6	Bristol City	46	59 - 55	+4	68
7	Blackburn	46	53 - 48	+5	66
8	Millwall	46	47 - 49	-2	66
9	West Brom	46	57 - 47	+10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	64 - 56	+8	64
11	Swansea	46	51 - 56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	60 - 69	-9	58
13	Norwich	46	71 - 68	+3	57
14	Watford	46	53 - 61	-8	57
15	QPR	46	53 - 63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	58 - 71	-13	54
17	Oxford United	46	49 - 65	-16	53
18	Stoke City	46	45 - 62	-17	51
19	Derby	46	48 - 56	-8	50
20	Preston	46	48 - 59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	44 - 54	-10	49
22	Luton	46	45 - 69	-24	49
23	Plymouth	46	51 - 88	-37	46
24	Cardiff	46	48 - 73	-25	44