Championship

Bristol City 1-0 Watford

Bristol City vs Watford finished 1-0 in Championship. Key event: 21' Mamadou Doumbia (Foul). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-2-3. Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium. Home form: L L W W W; Away form: L W L L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

BRI 1 - 0 Finished

Competition Championship Season 2026 Country England Venue Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

Your time 18 Sep 2026, 19:00 Venue time 18 Sep 2026, 20:00 BST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form L L W W W 9 pts, goals 8-8, 1.60 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form L W L L D 4 pts, goals 4-7, 0.80 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Timeline 17 events

21' Yellow Mamadou Doumbia WAT Foul

25' Yellow Amin Nabizada WAT Foul

31' Goal Dominic Ballard 1–0 BRI assist Rio Cardines · Normal Goal

54' Yellow Branimir Mlacic WAT Argument

54' Yellow Jason Knight BRI Argument

54' Yellow Joe Williams BRI Argument

54' Yellow Edo Kayembe WAT Argument

62' Sub Branimir Mlacic WAT on for Albert Eames

62' Sub Rocco Vata WAT on for Othmane Maamma

62' Sub Amin Nabizada WAT on for Stephy Mavididi

63' Sub Dominic Ballard BRI on for lorent tolaj

63' Sub Yu Hirakawa BRI on for Jed Wallace

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70' Sub Mamadou Doumbia WAT on for Myron Boadu

70' Sub Sam Greenwood BRI on for Cameron Pring

81' Yellow Matthew Pollock WAT Foul

88' Sub N.Eile BRI on for Lisav Naif Eissat

88' Sub Adam Randell BRI on for Gibson Osahumen Yah

Head-to-head H2H last 11: 3-4-4

Watford leads the last 11 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 27 Feb 2026 · Bristol City vs Watford · 1 - 2.

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Showing 8 of 11 head-to-head matches.

Bristol City 1 - 2 Watford

Bristol City 5 - 1 Watford

Watford 1 - 1 Bristol City

Bristol City 2 - 1 Watford

Watford 1 - 0 Bristol City

Bristol City 1 - 1 Watford

Watford 1 - 4 Bristol City

Watford 2 - 0 Bristol City

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Bristol City 0 - 0 Watford

Watford 6 - 0 Bristol City

Bristol City 0 - 0 Watford

Team statistics 11 metrics

36% Ball Possession 64%

36% 64%

17 Total Shots 10

63% 37%

7 Shots on Goal 2

77% 22%

2 Corner Kicks 5

28% 71%

11 Fouls 15

42% 57%

2 Yellow Cards 5

28% 71%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 6

25% 75%

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5 Blocked shots 5

3 Offsides 0

14 Free kicks 11

0 Red Cards 0

Lineups

1 S. Tickle GK

19 G. Tanner DEF

38 N. Eile DEF

5 R. Atkinson DEF

21 Rio Cardines DEF

8 J. Williams MID

4 A. Randell MID

7 Y. Hirakawa MID

12 J. Knight MID

20 S. Greenwood MID

23 D. Ballard FWD

1 F. Ravaglia GK

4 K. Keben DEF

6 M. Pollock DEF

29 Branimir Mlačić DEF

11 R. Vata MID

5 H. Kyprianou MID

39 E. Kayembe MID

21 Amin Nabizada MID

17 Iker Bravo MID

20 M. Doumbia FWD

9 L. Kjerrumgaard FWD

Bristol City

4-2-3-1 · Manager M. Skubala

1

S. Tickle GK 19

G. Tanner DEF 38

N. Eile DEF 5

R. Atkinson DEF 21

Rio Cardines DEF 8

J. Williams MID 4

A. Randell MID 7

Y. Hirakawa MID 12

J. Knight MID 20

S. Greenwood MID 23

D. Ballard FWD

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45

E. Adebayo FWD 40

B. Collins GK 2

L. Eissat DEF 14

T. Horvat MID 3

C. Pring DEF 9

L. Tolaj FWD 10

S. Twine MID 17

J. Wallace MID 27

G. Yah MID

Watford

3-4-1-2 · Manager A. Dionisi

1

F. Ravaglia GK 4

K. Keben DEF 6

M. Pollock DEF 29

Branimir Mlačić DEF 11

R. Vata MID 5

H. Kyprianou MID 39

E. Kayembe MID 21

Amin Nabizada MID 17

Iker Bravo MID 20

M. Doumbia FWD 9

L. Kjerrumgaard FWD

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S. Mavididi FWD 7

O. Maamma FWD 43

J. Grieves FWD 10

M. Boadu FWD 24

S. Walker GK 26

D. Bachmann GK 19 N N. Chikovani FWD 53

James Andrew Clarridge DEF 56

Albert Eames DEF