Bristol City 1-2 Watford: result and report
Championship · Friday 27 February 2026
Result
Bristol City 1-2 Watford
Championship · Friday 27 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Bristol City 1-2 Watford: match report
Bristol City lost to Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 27 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Luca Kjerrumgaard opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Bristol City's goal came from Scott Twine (36'). Watford scored through Luca Kjerrumgaard (7') and Jeremy Ngakia (77').
Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol City were 8th on 50 points from 34 and Watford 12th on 48 points from 34. Bristol City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Watford 16th with 57.
Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Edo Kayembe of Watford (7.7), ahead of Imrân Louza (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 W-L-D-W-L and Watford's L-W-D-L-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 26'Yellow card · Neto Borges
- 36'Goal · Scott Twine
- 58'Yellow card
- 58'Yellow card · Stephen Mfuni
- 58'Yellow card · Jeremy Ngakia
- 77'Goal · Jeremy Ngakia
- 86'Yellow card · Edo Kayembe
- 90+7'Yellow card · Delano Burgzorg
Head-to-head
Team news
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Bristol City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Radek Vitek, George Tanner, Noah Eile, Neto Borges, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Adam Randell, Ross McCrorie, Tomi Horvat, Scott Twine, Emil Riis
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, James Abankwah, Saba Goglichidze, Stephen Mfuni, Nestory Irankunda, Imrân Louza, Nampalys Mendy, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Edo Kayembe