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

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Championship · 2025-26

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Watford FC

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 46 games · 62 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lewis Smith

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Bristol City FC 11 games · Avg 2.7 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
#12	Position	#16
62	Points	57
46	Played	46
17 / 11 / 18	W / D / L	14 / 15 / 17
59	Scored	53
59	Conceded	65
+0	GD	-12
1.35	PPG	1.24
37%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Bristol City FC are 12th (62 pts). Watford FC are 16th (57 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Watford FC gets underway.
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
Harry Cornick	1
Mamadou Doumbia	1
Joao Pedro	1
Andreas Weimann	1
Cameron Pring	1
Mark Sykes	1
Giorgi Chakvetadze	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

3 / 4

1.5 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.41 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Bristol City FC or Watford FC 72% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Bristol City FC38% Draw28% Watford FC34%

Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Watford FC

62%

Bristol City FC or Watford FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC29% Draw45% Watford FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

7.3%

0 – 0

7.2%

0 – 1

6.8%

2 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	19%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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