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

Fri 7th Nov, 20:00 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Gerhard Struber pays counterpart Javier Gracia Carlos a visit on Friday night in the Championship, as their Bristol City and Watford charges face each other at the Vicarage Road. We have custom-designed stats for every major market, from from under 0.5 goals to over 5.5, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Watford
31%
--
Draw
27%
--
Bristol C
43%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Bristol C 1-0
11%
--
Watford 1-0
9%
--
Bristol C 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Bristol C 2-0
8%
--
Watford 2-1
7%
--
Watford 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Bristol C 3-1
4%
--
Bristol C 3-0
4%
--
Watford 3-1
3%
--
Bristol C 3-2
2%
--
Watford 3-0
2%
--
Watford 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
14%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
57%
--
Away/draw
69%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
49%
--
Away DNB
61%
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Watford win to nil
17%
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Bristol C win to nil
24%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 3. Watford have conceded 9 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 2 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Watford have played 6 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Bristol C lay in 4th place on 22 points in the Championship league table having played 12 matches. Bristol C are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored 20 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bristol C have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Bristol C have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 1.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.4 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Bristol C
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry128402528 
May 2
l
 
3-1A
Mar 7
Dec 13
2
M'Boro12741825 
Nov 1
Apr 25
Dec 20
Mar 14
3
Millwall12723123 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
Dec 6
Dec 29
4
Bristol C12642922 
Nov 7
Feb 28
-
-
5
Stoke12633521 
Dec 20
Mar 14
May 2
Nov 1
6
Charlton12543419 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
7
Preston12543319 
Nov 25
Feb 14
Jan 4
d
 
0-00-0
8
Hull12543019 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 4
w
 
4-2A
Feb 7
9
QPR12534-218 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
10
Leicester12453317 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Dec 10
Mar 10
11
West Brom12525-217 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
Mar 21
Dec 26
12
Ipswich11443416 
Feb 24
Nov 4
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
13
Swansea12444016 
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
Nov 22
Feb 21
14
Watford12435-215 
-
-
Feb 28
Nov 7
15
Birmingham12435-415 
Jan 1
Dec 1
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
16
Wrexham12354-114 
Mar 7
Dec 13
Feb 14
Nov 26
17
Derby12354-314 
Feb 21
Nov 22
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
18
Portsmouth12345-313 
Jan 21
d
 
2-2A
Jan 1
Nov 29
19
Oxford Utd12336-212 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 11
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
20
Southampton12264-412 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 7
w
 
3-1A
Apr 21
21
Blackburn11317-710 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 24
Nov 4
Feb 25
22
Sheff Utd12309-119 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Apr 6
w
 
1-4F
23
Norwich12228-68 
Dec 6
Dec 29
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
24
Sheff Wed12138-15-6 
Dec 9
Mar 10
Jan 24
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Watford 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Watford2 - 1Oxford Utd
Watford2 - 1Hull
Watford0 - 1Blackburn
Watford2 - 2Southampton
Watford2 - 1QPR
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford1 - 2Burnley
Watford1 - 0Hull
Watford0 - 0Plymouth
Watford1 - 0Swansea
Watford1 - 2Millwall
Watford2 - 0Luton
Watford0 - 4Leeds
Watford0 - 1Norwich
Watford1 - 2Preston
Watford1 - 2Sheff Utd
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Watford2 - 1Portsmouth
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford1 - 3Coventry
HWatford2 - 1West Brom
AWatford0 - 1Sheff Utd
HWatford2 - 1Oxford Utd
AWatford2 - 2Portsmouth
HWatford2 - 1Hull
AWatford0 - 1Millwall
HWatford0 - 1Blackburn
HWatford2 - 2Southampton
AWatford1 - 1Swansea
HWatford2 - 1QPR
AWatford0 - 1Charlton
HWatford1 - 1Sheff Wed
AWatford1 - 2Blackburn
AWatford0 - 1Portsmouth
HWatford1 - 2Burnley
AWatford1 - 2West Brom
HWatford1 - 0Hull
AWatford1 - 2Bristol C
HWatford0 - 0Plymouth
Bristol C 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich0 - 1Bristol C
Preston0 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Wed0 - 3Bristol C
Derby1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 4Bristol C
Sheff Utd3 - 0Bristol C
Leeds4 - 0Bristol C
Luton3 - 1Bristol C
QPR1 - 1Bristol C
Burnley1 - 0Bristol C
Sheff Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Millwall0 - 2Bristol C
Cardiff1 - 1Bristol C
Oxford Utd1 - 1Bristol C
Sheff Wed2 - 2Bristol C
Coventry1 - 0Bristol C
Plymouth2 - 2Bristol C
West Brom2 - 0Bristol C
Sunderland1 - 1Bristol C
Portsmouth3 - 0Bristol C
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol C1 - 0Birmingham
HBristol C3 - 1Southampton
ABristol C1 - 0Norwich
HBristol C1 - 2QPR
HBristol C1 - 1Ipswich
ABristol C0 - 0Preston
HBristol C1 - 3Oxford Utd
ABristol C3 - 0Sheff Wed
HBristol C4 - 2Hull
ABristol C1 - 1Derby
HBristol C0 - 0Charlton
ABristol C4 - 1Sheff Utd
ABristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
HBristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
HBristol C2 - 2Preston
ABristol C0 - 4Leeds
ABristol C1 - 3Luton
HBristol C2 - 1Sunderland
ABristol C1 - 1QPR
HBristol C2 - 1West Brom
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Watford since 1998
Watford
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
21
17
Games: Scored
11 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
0 / 11
WAT
5
D
2
BCY
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
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
League games at Bristol C since 1998
Bristol C
Watford
Goals: Scored
9
13
Games: Scored
6 / 11
7 / 11
Clean sheets
4 / 11
5 / 11
WAT
3
D
6
BCY
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Bristol C2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bristol C2 - 0
0 - 2Watford
0 - 2Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 4Watford
Goal Statistics
Watford 14th Bristol C 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
21%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Bristol C will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-10
Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-10
Bristol C’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol C
1.1
1.4
Attack rating
WAT
BCY
32%
better
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Games scored8
10
Failed to score4
2
Scored first2
7
Goals scored14
20
Avg. goals scored1.2
1.7
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal9
6
Conversion rate for11
18
Avg. XG for1.6
1.5
KickOff rating
+32%
Defence rating
WAT
BCY
44%
better
view stats
Games conceded12
7
Clean sheets0
5
Conceded first10
3
Goals conceded16
11
Avg. goals conceded1.3
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
9
Conversion rate against14%
11%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+44%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11423
E SelvikI Louza I Louza I Louza 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Irankunda FWD1221
2
-
E Selvik GLK11
1
-
M Sissoko MID11
-
E Kayembe MID11
1
-
H Kyprianou MID11
2
-
K Baah FWD111
2
-
J Ngakia DEF102
1
-
K Keben DEF10
2
-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD102
1
-
I Louza  MID942
2
1
R Vata FWD922
-
M. Alleyne DEF8
1
-
M Bola DEF8
-
J Abankwah DEF8
1
1
M Pollock DEF7
2
-
V Semedo FWD711
1
-
M. Doumbia FWD7
1
-
J Petris DEF5
1
-
C Wiley DEF5
-
N Mendy MID4
-
T Ince FWD4
-
N Baxter GLK2
-
F Mendy DEF2
-
J Morris DEF1
1
-
P Dwomoh MID1
-
Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12534
R VítekS TwineR McCrorieZ Vyner
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Vítek GLK12
2
-
R Atkinson DEF1211
1
-
Z Vyner DEF12
4
-
R McCrorie DEF1213
2
-
A Randell MID121
1
-
S Twine MID1252
1
-
A Mehmeti MID1253
3
-
M Sykes MID1211
1
-
G Tanner DEF11
-
R Dickie DEF11
1
-
E Riis FWD1142
1
-
Y Hirakawa FWD11
1
-
S Armstrong FWD111
1
-
N Borges DEF71
-
J Knight MID7
2
-
F Mayulu FWD5
-
M Bird MID41
-
H Roberts DEF3
-
H Cornick FWD1
-