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Bristol City

8th · 4-1-3 · 13 pts · -1

YES!

Bristol City beat Watford

2-2-4 0 – 1

4-1-3

FT · Fri, Sep 18

Match Details

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Commentary

·Match ends, Bristol City 1, Watford 0.
90'+5'Second Half ends, Bristol City 1, Watford 0.
90'+3'Offside, Bristol City. Lorent Tolaj is caught offside.
90'+3'Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Sam Tickle (Bristol City).
90'+2'Corner, Watford. Conceded by Lisav Eissat.
90'+2'Attempt blocked. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+2'Attempt saved. Lorent Tolaj (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Rio Cardines.
90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'Attempt saved. Gibson Yah (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Federico Ravaglia (Watford). Assisted by Rio Cardines with a cross.
88'Foul by Kévin Keben (Watford).
88'Lorent Tolaj (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88'Substitution, Bristol City. Gibson Yah replaces Adam Randell.

Line Score

	1	2	T
WAT	0	0	0
BRC	1	0	1

Match Leaders

Watford

HK Hector Kyprianou · 2Total Shots
FR Federico Ravaglia · 6Saves
MP Matthew Pollock · 11Defensive Interventions
MP Matthew Pollock · 88Accurate Passes

Bristol City

DB Dominic Ballard · 1Goals
JW Joe Williams · 3Total Shots
ST Sam Tickle · 2Saves
GT George Tanner · 8Defensive Interventions
RA Robert Atkinson · 35Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026-27 English League Championship

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Swansea	8	5	2	1	+7	17
2	West Ham	8	4	3	1	+11	15
3	Boro	8	4	3	1	+4	15
4	Wolves	7	4	2	1	+5	14
5	West Brom	8	4	2	2	+2	14
6	QPR	8	3	4	1	+3	13
7	Stoke	8	4	1	3	+1	13
8	Bristol City	8	4	1	3	-1	13
9	Charlton	8	3	3	2	-3	12
10	Birmingham	8	2	5	1	+1	11
11	Millwall	8	3	2	3	0	11
12	Lincoln City	8	3	2	3	-1	11
13	Southampton	8	4	2	2	+9	10
14	Wrexham	8	2	4	2	-3	10
15	Bolton	8	3	1	4	-4	10
16	Blackburn	8	2	3	3	0	9
17	Norwich City	8	3	0	5	-1	9
18	Sheffield Utd	8	2	3	3	-2	9
19	Portsmouth	7	2	2	3	-1	8
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	-3	8
21	Cardiff	8	1	4	3	-2	7
22	Derby	8	1	2	5	-7	5
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	-7	4
24	Burnley	8	0	4	4	-8	4

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Key Events

88'Substitution, Bristol City. Gibson Yah replaces Adam Randell.

88'Substitution, Bristol City. Lisav Eissat replaces Noah Eile because of an injury.

81'Mattie Pollock (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

70'Substitution, Bristol City. Cameron Pring replaces Sam Greenwood.

70'Substitution, Watford. Myron Boadu replaces Mamadou Doumbia.

63'Substitution, Bristol City. Jed Wallace replaces Yu Hirakawa.

63'Substitution, Bristol City. Lorent Tolaj replaces Dom Ballard.

62'Substitution, Watford. Stephy Mavididi replaces Amin Nabizada.

62'Substitution, Watford. Othmane Maamma replaces Rocco Vata.

62'Substitution, Watford. Albert Eames replaces Branimir Mlacic.

54'Edo Kayembe (Watford) is shown the yellow card.

54'Joe Williams (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.

54'Jason Knight (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.

54'Branimir Mlacic (Watford) is shown the yellow card.

31'Goal! Bristol City 1, Watford 0. Dom Ballard (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rio Cardines with a cross.

25'Amin Nabizada (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

21'Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.