Watford 1-4 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2023

Result

Watford 1-4 Bristol City

Championship · Tuesday 26 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Watford 1-4 Bristol City: match report

Watford were beaten by Bristol City 1-4 in the Championship on Tuesday 26 December 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Cameron Pring opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Watford's goal came from Giorgi Chakvetadze (49'). Bristol City scored through Cameron Pring (28'), an own goal by Wesley Hoedt (45+2'), Mark Sykes (50') and Andreas Weimann (83').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Bristol City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 34 points from 23 and Bristol City 13th on 32 points from 23. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Bristol City 11th with 62.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Yáser Asprilla of Watford (8.1), ahead of Joe Williams (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Cameron PringBristol City · 0-1
  • 45+2'Own goal · Wesley HoedtBristol City · 0-2
  • 49'Goal · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford · 1-2
  • 50'Goal · Mark SykesBristol City · 1-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford
  • 83'Goal · Andreas WeimannBristol City · 1-4

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ben Hamer, Ryan Andrews, Francisco Sierralta, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Jake Livermore, Yáser Asprilla, Edo Kayembe, Ismaël Koné, Ken Sema, Mileta Rajović

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

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Cameron Pring, Mark Sykes, Joe Williams, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Anis Mehmeti, Jason Knight, Tommy Conway