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Bristol City v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 18th Sep, 20:00 BST, Ashton Gate, Bristol

the Ashton Gate is the setting on Friday night, as Michael Skubala's Bristol City welcome Alessio Dionisi's Watford in the Championship. Championship statistics are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) performance included too. It's all on this page, with infographics and odds from leading bookmakers available for every betting markets via the tabs.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
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Bristol C
46%
--
Draw
25%
--
Watford
29%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Bristol C 1-0
11%
--
Bristol C 2-1
9%
--
Bristol C 2-0
8%
--
Watford 1-0
8%
--
Watford 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Bristol C 3-1
5%
--
Watford 2-0
5%
--
Bristol C 3-0
4%
--
Bristol C 3-2
3%
--
Watford 3-1
3%
--
Watford 3-2
2%
--
Bristol C 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
53%
--
BTTS - No
47%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
54%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
Bristol C win to nil
25%
--
Watford win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win Championship table
Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol C
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Swansea4310610 
Dec 5
Mar 16
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
2
QPR4310410 
Mar 20
Dec 26
Jan 1
Dec 12
3
Charlton5311-110 
Feb 27
Oct 10
Oct 17
Jan 16
4
Wolves421137 
Nov 4
Jan 27
Dec 29
Oct 24
5
M'Boro421127 
Feb 6
Nov 21
Nov 7
Jan 30
6
West Brom421117 
Mar 13
Nov 28
Apr 10
l
 
1-0A
7
Bristol C421117 
-
-
Feb 20
Sep 18
8
Sheff Utd413016 
Oct 17
Jan 16
Feb 6
Nov 21
9
Birmingham413016 
Mar 2
d
 
2-2F
Apr 24
Dec 8
10
Stoke5203-16 
Dec 29
Oct 24
Sep 12
Feb 13
11
Millwall4202-26 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 6
Dec 5
Mar 17
12
Wrexham412125 
Nov 24
May 1
Mar 2
d
 
1-1F
13
West Ham412115 
Jan 1
Dec 12
d
 
1-1F
Apr 17
14
Blackburn5122-15 
Oct 13
Feb 16
Nov 25
May 1
15
Watford4121-15 
Sep 18
Feb 20
-
-
16
Lincoln5122-25 
Sep 15
Apr 6
Nov 3
Jan 26
17
Southampton522154 
Feb 13
Sep 12
w
 
2-1F
Mar 6
18
Bolton4112-14 
Jan 23
Oct 31
Dec 19
Apr 3
19
Derby4112-24 
Apr 24
Dec 9
Mar 13
Nov 28
20
Cardiff4031-13 
Dec 19
Apr 3
Feb 16
Oct 13
21
Norwich4103-23 
Nov 7
Jan 30
Jan 23
Oct 31
22
Portsmouth4103-33 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 17
Mar 20
Dec 26
23
Preston5104-53 
Apr 21
w
 
1-3F
Sep 8
Apr 7
24
Burnley4022-52 
Apr 10
w
 
1-2A
Oct 10
Feb 27
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bristol C 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
2
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C2 - 1Portsmouth
Bristol C0 - 2Millwall
Bristol C2 - 0Stoke
Bristol C2 - 4Norwich
Bristol C1 - 0Sheff Utd
Bristol C0 - 1West Brom
Bristol C0 - 2Coventry
Bristol C1 - 2Watford
Bristol C2 - 2Wrexham
Bristol C0 - 5Derby
Bristol C2 - 0Sheff Wed
Bristol C0 - 2Preston
Bristol C5 - 0Portsmouth
Bristol C2 - 0M'Boro
Bristol C2 - 2Leicester
Bristol C0 - 1Millwall
Bristol C3 - 0Swansea
Bristol C0 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C1 - 0Birmingham
Bristol C3 - 1Southampton
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol C3 - 1Preston
HBristol C2 - 1Portsmouth
ABristol C2 - 2Birmingham
HBristol C0 - 2Millwall
HBristol C2 - 0Stoke
ABristol C1 - 2Birmingham
ABristol C2 - 2Southampton
HBristol C2 - 4Norwich
ABristol C0 - 0QPR
HBristol C1 - 0Sheff Utd
ABristol C2 - 1Charlton
HBristol C0 - 1West Brom
ABristol C1 - 1M'Boro
ABristol C0 - 2Leicester
HBristol C0 - 2Coventry
HBristol C1 - 2Watford
ABristol C2 - 1Blackburn
ABristol C0 - 1Swansea
HBristol C2 - 2Wrexham
ABristol C3 - 2Hull
Watford 15TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swansea2 - 0Watford
Wrexham1 - 1Watford
M'Boro5 - 1Watford
West Brom3 - 0Watford
Oxford Utd2 - 0Watford
QPR2 - 1Watford
Stoke3 - 1Watford
Sheff Wed1 - 1Watford
Bristol C1 - 2Watford
Preston2 - 2Watford
Southampton1 - 0Watford
Hull0 - 0Watford
Blackburn1 - 1Watford
Norwich0 - 1Watford
Leicester1 - 2Watford
Wrexham2 - 2Watford
Birmingham2 - 1Watford
Derby2 - 3Watford
Ipswich1 - 1Watford
Coventry3 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford0 - 2Swansea
HWatford1 - 1West Ham
AWatford1 - 1Wrexham
HWatford2 - 1Southampton
HWatford0 - 4Coventry
AWatford1 - 5M'Boro
AWatford0 - 3West Brom
HWatford0 - 2Sheff Utd
AWatford0 - 2Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 1Charlton
AWatford1 - 2QPR
HWatford0 - 0Leicester
HWatford3 - 1Wrexham
AWatford1 - 3Stoke
AWatford1 - 1Sheff Wed
AWatford2 - 1Bristol C
HWatford0 - 2Ipswich
HWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford2 - 2Preston
AWatford0 - 1Southampton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bristol C since 1998
Bristol C
Watford
Goals: Scored
10
15
Games: Scored
7 / 12
8 / 12
Clean sheets
4 / 12
5 / 12
BCY
2
D
6
WAT
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
1 - 2Watford
Bristol C2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bristol C2 - 0
0 - 2Watford
0 - 2Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 4Watford
League games at Watford since 1998
Watford
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
22
18
Games: Scored
12 / 12
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
0 / 12
BCY
4
D
3
WAT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw1 - 1Draw
Watford1 - 0
1 - 4Bristol C
Watford2 - 0
Watford6 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Bristol C
Watford2 - 0
2 - 4Bristol C
1 - 2Bristol C
Watford1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Bristol City's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday night, not least because Watford have conceded in each of their last 11 Championship matches. A PG of 1.6 for M. Skubala's side suggests that run should continue.

Bristol C 7th Watford 15th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Bristol C will score 1 or more goals
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-4
Bristol C’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-10
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season
Bristol C
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.5
1.2
Attack rating
18%
better
BCY
WAT
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Games scored3
3
Failed to score1
1
Scored first3
3
Goals scored7
4
Avg. goals scored1.8
1
Avg. shots per game9
9
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for19
11
Avg. XG for1
1.1
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
BCY
WAT
7%
better
view stats
Games conceded4
4
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first1
1
Goals conceded6
5
Avg. goals conceded1.5
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded11
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against14%
13%
Avg. XG against2.1
1.9
KickOff rating
+7%

Bristol C v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4232
S TickleD BallardR. CardinesR Dickie
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK4
-
R. Cardines DEF43
1
-
L. Eissat DEF41
-
R Dickie DEF4
2
-
J Knight MID41
2
-
S Greenwood MID4
-
J Williams MID4
-
D Ballard FWD42
-
L Tolaj FWD411
-
J Wallace FWD41
-
Y Hirakawa FWD4
-
G Tanner DEF3
-
S Twine MID32
-
C Pring DEF2
-
R Atkinson DEF2
-
N Eile DEF2
-
T Horvat MID2
-
G. Yah MID2
-
A Randell MID2
1
1
S Bell FWD1
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4212
F RavagliaA. NabizadaO TraoréK Keben
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Ravaglia GLK4
-
J Zemura DEF4
1
-
O Traoré DEF41
1
-
K Keben DEF4
2
-
M Pollock DEF4
1
-
E Kayembe MID4
-
H Kyprianou MID4
2
-
E Bove MID4
1
-
A. Nabizada FWD42
1
-
I Bravo FWD41
-
R Vata FWD4
-
O. Maamma FWD4
2
-
M. Doumbia FWD4
1
-
M Payero MID3
1
-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD31
-
B. Mlacic DEF1
-
A. Eames DEF1
-
M Bola DEF1
-