Bristol City FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

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Fri 27 Feb 2026 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Bristol City FC vs Watford FC — Championship .

Bristol City FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 8 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lewis Smith

5 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Bristol City FC 12 games · Avg 2.6 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-02-27 Bristol City FC 1–2 Watford FC 2026-01-10 Bristol City FC 5–1 Watford FC 2025-11-07 Watford FC 1–1 Bristol City FC 2025-04-05 Bristol City FC 2–1 Watford FC 2024-11-26 Watford FC 1–0 Bristol City FC

Recent Form

Bristol City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Feb	Watford FC	H	1–2	L
24 Feb	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	2–1	W
21 Feb	Swansea City AFC	A	0–1	L
17 Feb	Wrexham AFC	H	2–2	D
07 Feb	Hull City AFC	A	3–2	W
30 Jan	Derby County FC	H	0–5	L

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Feb	Bristol City FC	A	2–1	W
24 Feb	Ipswich Town FC	H	0–2	L
21 Feb	Derby County FC	H	2–0	W
14 Feb	Preston North End FC	A	2–2	D
07 Feb	Southampton FC	A	0–1	L
03 Feb	Hull City AFC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Bristol City FC		Watford FC
#8	Position	#20
13	Points	8
8	Played	8
4 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 4
11	Scored	7
12	Conceded	10
-1	GD	-3
1.63	PPG	1.00
50%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Bristol City FC are 8th (13 pts). Watford FC are 20th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bristol City FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/1

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Watford FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bristol City FC

Dominic Ballard	3 G
Lorent Tolaj	2 G	1 A
Scott Twine	2 G

Watford FC

Amin Nabizada	3 G
Iker Bravo	1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Bristol City FC and Watford FC.
Full Time. Watford FC beats Bristol City FC

Lineups

Bristol City FC Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ismaila Sarr	2
Dominic Ballard	1
Andreas Weimann	1
Cameron Pring	1
Mark Sykes	1
Giorgi Chakvetadze	1
Taylor Moore	1
Scott Twine	1

Head to Head

Bristol City FC Form

2026-02-27 Bristol City FC 1–2 Watford FC L 2026-02-24 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Bristol City FC W 2026-02-21 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Bristol City FC L 2026-02-17 Bristol City FC 2–2 Wrexham AFC D 2026-02-07 Hull City AFC 2–3 Bristol City FC W 2026-01-30 Bristol City FC 0–5 Derby County FC L

Watford FC Form

2026-02-27 Bristol City FC 1–2 Watford FC W 2026-02-24 Watford FC 0–2 Ipswich Town FC L 2026-02-21 Watford FC 2–0 Derby County FC W 2026-02-14 Preston North End FC 2–2 Watford FC D 2026-02-07 Southampton FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2026-02-03 Hull City AFC 0–0 Watford FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.38 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.3 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Bristol City FC or Watford FC 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC38% Draw29% Watford FC33%

Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.68

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Watford FC

62%

Bristol City FC or Watford FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC28% Draw47% Watford FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

0 – 0

8.9%

1 – 0

8.5%

2 – 1

8.2%

0 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

6.4%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

3.8%

1 – 3

3.3%

3 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	20%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.