Watford 2-0 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 April 2023

Result

Watford 2-0 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 15 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 2-0 Bristol City: match report

Watford won against Bristol City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 15 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Watford's goals came from an own goal by Harry Cornick (6') and João Pedro (54'). Bristol City did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 56 points from 41 and Bristol City 13th on 53 points from 41. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Bristol City 14th with 59.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bachmann of Watford (8.6), ahead of João Pedro (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 4 draws and 3 for Bristol City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Own goal · Harry CornickWatford · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · G. TannerBristol City
  • 54'Goal · João PedroWatford · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · R. PorteousWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Matty JamesBristol City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Anis MehmetiBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 3, draws 4, Bristol City 3.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-1-4-1)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Hassane Kamara, Leandro Bacuna, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Ismaïla Sarr, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Keinan Davis, Imrân Louza, João Pedro

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Jay Dasilva, Matty James, Zak Vyner, Cameron Pring, Harry Cornick, Andy King, Nahki Wells, Andreas Weimann, Sam Bell