Bristol City 1-0 Watford: result and report

Bristol City 1-0 Watford

Championship · Friday 18 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol · half-time 1-0

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Bristol City beat Watford 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 18 September 2026 at Ashton Gate Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Dom Ballard of Bristol City in the 31st minute.

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 13th on 10 points from 7 and Watford 17th on 8 points from 7. In the current table Bristol City are 15th on 18 points and Watford are 20th on 14 points.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Federico Ravaglia of Watford (7.9), ahead of Rio Cardines (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 4 draws and 4 for Watford.

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Watford's L-W-L-L-D.