Watford 2-4 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Friday 26 December 2008

Result

Watford 2-4 Bristol City

Championship · Friday 26 December 2008, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Watford 2-4 Bristol City: match report

Watford were beaten by Bristol City 2-4 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Nicky Maynard opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Watford's goals came from Grzegorz Rasiak (49') and an own goal by M. Elliott (65'). Bristol City scored through Nicky Maynard (1'), Nicky Maynard (29'), M. Elliott (52') and Bamberdele Adebola (90').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 26 points from 24 and Bristol City 18th on 28 points from 24. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Bristol City 10th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bristol City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Nicky MaynardBristol City · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Nicky MaynardBristol City · 0-2
  • 49'Goal · Grzegorz RasiakWatford · 1-2
  • 52'Goal · M. ElliottBristol City · 1-3
  • 53'Yellow card · Louis CareyBristol City
  • 60'Yellow card · L. FontaineBristol City
  • 65'Own goal · M. ElliottWatford · 2-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Bamberdele AdebolaBristol City
  • 90'Goal · Bamberdele AdebolaBristol City · 2-4

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, Bristol City 1.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King