Bristol City 2-1 Watford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 April 2025
Result
Bristol City 2-1 Watford
Championship · Saturday 5 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Bristol City 2-1 Watford: match report
Bristol City beat Watford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 April 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Ross McCrorie opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Ross McCrorie (24') and Nahki Wells (29'). Watford scored through Mamadou Doumbia (80').
Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol City were 8th on 57 points from 39 and Watford 9th on 53 points from 39. Bristol City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Watford 14th with 57.
Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Imrân Louza of Watford (7.8), ahead of Ross McCrorie (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Watford.
Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-W-D-D-W and Watford's D-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Ross McCrorie
- 29'Goal · Nahki Wells
- 69'Yellow card · George Earthy
- 80'Goal · Mamadou Doumbia
- 90+6'Yellow card · Edo Kayembe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Cameron Pring, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Joe Williams, Ross McCrorie, Max Bird, George Earthy, Nahki Wells
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, Mattie Pollock, James Abankwah, Caleb Wiley, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Edo Kayembe, Kwadwo Baah, Vakoun Bayo, Rocco Vata