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Bristol City
FT
1–2
HT 1–1
Watford
Championship Fri 27 Feb, 20:00London Ashton Gate, Bristol Lewis Smith 21,866 attendance

Timeline

  1. 7' Luca Kjerrumgaard assist Edo Kayembe
  2. 26' Neto Borges Yellow Card
  3. 36' Scott Twine assist Adam Randell
  4. 58' Stephen Mfuni Yellow Card
  5. 58' Jeremy Ngakia Yellow Card
  6. 61' Sinclair Armstrong for Emil Riis Jakobsen
  7. 61' Max Bird for Scott Twine
  8. 69' Tom Ince for Nestory Irankunda
  9. 69' Matthew Pollock for Saba Goglichidze
  10. 76' Cameron Pring for Mark Sykes
  11. 77' Jeremy Ngakia
  12. 84' Delano Burgzorg for Tomi Horvat
  13. 84' George Earthy for Ross McCrorie
  14. 86' Edoardo Bove for Giorgi Chakvetadze
  15. 86' Pierre Ekwah for Nampalys Mendy
  16. 86' Edo Kayembe Yellow Card
  17. 90'+3' Marc Bola for Imran Louza
  18. 90'+7' Delano Burgzorg Yellow Card

Match stats

64.8% Possession 35.2%
11 Shots 11
4 On target 4
6 Fouls 10
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 1
2 Saves 3
563 Accurate passes 275

Lineups

Bristol City 3-4-2-1
23 Vítek
21 Borges 38 Eile 19 Tanner
2 McCrorie 4 Randell 12 Knight 17 Sykes
10 Twine 18 Jakobsen
14 Horvat
Watford 4-4-2
1 Selvik
21 Mfuni 3 Goglichidze 25 Abankwah 2 Ngakia
8 Chakvetadze 23 Mendy 10 Louza 66 Irankunda
39 Kayembe 9 Kjerrumgaard
Bristol City 3-4-2-1
  1. 23 Radek Vítek G
  2. 38 Noah Eile CD
  3. 21 Neto Borges CD-L
  4. 19 George Tanner CD-R
  5. 4 Adam Randell CM-L
  6. 12 Jason Knight CM-R
  7. 2 Ross McCrorie ▼ LM
  8. 17 Mark Sykes ▼ RM
  9. 18 Emil Riis Jakobsen ▼ F
  10. 10 Scott Twine ▼ CF-L
  11. 14 Tomi Horvat ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 6 Max Bird ▲ SUB
  2. 11 Delano Burgzorg ▲ SUB
  3. 30 Sinclair Armstrong ▲ SUB
  4. 3 Cameron Pring ▲ SUB
  5. 44 George Earthy ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 20 Sam Bell SUB
  2. 40 Sam Morsy SUB
  3. 13 Joe Lumley SUB
  4. 24 Sebastian Naylor SUB
Watford 4-4-2
  1. 1 Egil Selvik G
  2. 3 Saba Goglichidze ▼ CD-L
  3. 25 James Abankwah CD-R
  4. 21 Stephen Mfuni LB
  5. 2 Jeremy Ngakia RB
  6. 23 Nampalys Mendy ▼ CM-L
  7. 10 Imran Louza ▼ CM-R
  8. 8 Giorgi Chakvetadze ▼ LM
  9. 66 Nestory Irankunda ▼ RM
  10. 39 Edo Kayembe CF-L
  11. 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard CF-R

Came on

  1. 16 Marc Bola ▲ SUB
  2. 7 Tom Ince ▲ SUB
  3. 17 Pierre Ekwah ▲ SUB
  4. 6 Matthew Pollock ▲ SUB
  5. 15 Edoardo Bove ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 12 Nathan Baxter SUB
  2. 53 Amin Nabizada SUB
  3. 18 Vivaldo Semedo SUB
  4. 29 Jeremy Petris SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Bristol City 1, Watford 2.
  2. 90'+7' Second Half ends, Bristol City 1, Watford 2.
  3. 90'+7' Attempt missed. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  4. 90'+7' Delano Burgzorg (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 90'+6' Pierre Ekwah (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  6. 90'+6' Foul by Delano Burgzorg (Bristol City).
  7. 90'+5' Corner, Watford. Conceded by George Tanner.
  8. 90'+3' Substitution, Watford. Marc Bola replaces Imrân Louza.
  9. 90'+3' Attempt saved. Max Bird (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Egil Selvik (Watford). Assisted by Cameron Pring with a cross.
  10. 90'+1' Attempt missed. Max Bird (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by George Earthy.
  11. 90' Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  12. 87' Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by James Abankwah.
74 earlier entries
  1. 86' Edo Kayembe (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 86' George Tanner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  3. 86' Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
  4. 86' Substitution, Watford. Pierre Ekwah replaces Nampalys Mendy.
  5. 86' Substitution, Watford. Edoardo Bove replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  6. 84' Substitution, Bristol City. George Earthy replaces Ross McCrorie.
  7. 84' Substitution, Bristol City. Delano Burgzorg replaces Tomi Horvat.
  8. 82' Attempt missed. Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
  9. 77' Goal! Bristol City 1, Watford 2. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  10. 76' Substitution, Bristol City. Cameron Pring replaces Mark Sykes.
  11. 75' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Radek Vítek.
  12. 75' Attempt saved. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top right corner by Radek Vítek (Bristol City).
  13. 73' George Tanner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 73' Foul by Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford).
  15. 72' Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
  16. 69' Substitution, Watford. Mattie Pollock replaces Saba Goglichidze because of an injury.
  17. 69' Substitution, Watford. Tom Ince replaces Nestory Irankunda.
  18. 69' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  19. 67' Delay in match because of an injury Saba Goglichidze (Watford).
  20. 67' Attempt missed. Sinclair Armstrong (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tomi Horvat following a fast break.
  21. 64' Offside, Watford. Nestory Irankunda is caught offside.
  22. 62' Attempt missed. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze with a cross.
  23. 62' Attempt blocked. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
  24. 61' Substitution, Bristol City. Max Bird replaces Scott Twine.
  25. 61' Substitution, Bristol City. Sinclair Armstrong replaces Emil Riis.
  26. 58' Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  27. 58' Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  28. 58' Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
  29. 58' Stephen Mfuni (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  30. 56' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Radek Vítek.
  31. 56' Attempt saved. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Radek Vítek (Bristol City). Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  32. 49' Nampalys Mendy (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  33. 49' Foul by Mark Sykes (Bristol City).
  34. 46' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  35. 46' Adam Randell (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  36. 45' Second Half begins Bristol City 1, Watford 1.
  37. 45'+1' First Half ends, Bristol City 1, Watford 1.
  38. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  39. 45' Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Imrân Louza.
  40. 45' Attempt blocked. Tomi Horvat (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jason Knight.
  41. 44' Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  42. 44' Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
  43. 43' Attempt blocked. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nestory Irankunda.
  44. 36' Goal! Bristol City 1, Watford 1. Scott Twine (Bristol City) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Adam Randell with a cross following a set piece situation.
  45. 35' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  46. 35' Emil Riis (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  47. 33' Attempt blocked. Tomi Horvat (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  48. 33' Attempt blocked. Scott Twine (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  49. 33' Scott Twine (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  50. 33' Foul by James Abankwah (Watford).
  51. 31' Attempt missed. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
  52. 30' Offside, Bristol City. Emil Riis is caught offside.
  53. 30' Attempt saved. Tomi Horvat (Bristol City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Egil Selvik (Watford).
  54. 28' Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  55. 28' Foul by Tomi Horvat (Bristol City).
  56. 27' Saba Goglichidze (Watford) hits the right post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a cross following a set piece situation.
  57. 26' Neto Borges (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  58. 26' Nestory Irankunda (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  59. 26' Foul by Neto Borges (Bristol City).
  60. 21' Attempt blocked. Jason Knight (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomi Horvat.
  61. 18' Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Stephen Mfuni.
  62. 14' Attempt saved. Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Egil Selvik (Watford). Assisted by Tomi Horvat.
  63. 12' Ross McCrorie (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  64. 12' Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
  65. 11' Handball by Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford).
  66. 10' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  67. 10' Adam Randell (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  68. 7' Goal! Bristol City 0, Watford 1. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
  69. 5' Nampalys Mendy (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  70. 5' Foul by Scott Twine (Bristol City).
  71. 4' Foul by Noah Eile (Bristol City).
  72. 4' Edo Kayembe (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. First Half begins.
  74. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Bristol City W L D W L

  • L Derby County 5-0 EFL Championship
  • W at Hull City 3-2 EFL Championship
  • D Wrexham 2-2 EFL Championship
  • L at Swansea City 1-0 EFL Championship
  • W at Blackburn Rovers 2-1 EFL Championship

Watford L W D L D

  • D at Hull City 0-0 EFL Championship
  • L at Southampton 1-0 EFL Championship
  • D at Preston North End 2-2 EFL Championship
  • W Derby County 2-0 EFL Championship
  • L Ipswich Town 2-0 EFL Championship

Head to head

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  • 7 Nov 2025 Watford 1–1 Bristol City 2025-26 English League Championship
  • 5 Apr 2025 Bristol City 2–1 Watford 2024-25 English League Championship
  • 26 Nov 2024 Watford 1–0 Bristol City 2024-25 English League Championship
  • 20 Jan 2024 Bristol City 1–1 Watford 2023-24 English League Championship