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

Vicarage Road, Watford

The Championship is the focus for both Watford and Bristol City on Friday night, as bosses Javier Gracia Carlos and Gerhard Struber battle it out at the Vicarage Road. Form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We've backed , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?

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Watford's next match is v Derby at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd November
Bristol City's next match is v Swansea at 12:30 on Saturday 22nd November
The last English Championship meeting between Watford and Bristol C was on Friday 7th November 2025
English Championship
November 7th 2025
Watford 1
1 Bristol C
 
M. Bola 6'29' S. Twine
 
WAT
BCY
Shots On
10
4
Shots Off
2
3
Corners
6
4
Possession
64%
36%
Fouls
10
9
Yellow/red cards
2/0
1/0
 
WatfordBristol C
 
E. Selvik
M. Alleyne (T. Ince 84')
K. Keben
M. Pollock
M. Bolafootball icon
I. Louza
L. Kjerrumgaard (V. Semedo Moura Sousa 84')
J. Pétris (J. Ngakia 61')
E. Kayembe
M. Doumbia (O. Maamma 61')
N. Irankunda (K. Baah 61')
R. Vítek
(Y. Hirakawa 57') R. McCrorie
Z. Vyner
R. Dickie
G. Tanner
A. Randell
football iconS. Twine
A. Mehmeti
(E. Riis Jakobsen 57') F. Mayulu
(O. Thomas 87') H. Roberts
(L. Pecover 76') S. Armstrong

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The stats suggest we don't have an obvious winner for this clash, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Watford and Bristol C will score at least a couple of goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head historically, and neither Javier Gracia Carlos or Gerhard Struber has served up too many 0-0s of late either. The bookmakers predict over 1.5 goals too, with top odds of 1.29 equating to approximately a 79% probability.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Watford
43%
21/20
6%
10/1
Draw
25%
13/5
4%
1/14
Bristol C
32%
12/5
10%
18/1
Draw 1-1
12%
11/23/10
Watford 1-0
9%
7/15/1
Watford 2-1
9%
8/117/4
Bristol C 1-0
8%
10/18/1
Bristol C 2-1
8%
11/115/2
Watford 2-0
7%
9/19/2
Draw 0-0
6%
10/115/2
Draw 2-2
6%
14/125/1
Bristol C 2-0
5%
16/114/1
Watford 3-1
5%
16/128/1
Watford 3-0
4%
18/18/1
Bristol C 3-1
3%
25/155/1
Watford 3-2
3%
25/1100/1
Bristol C 3-2
2%
33/1100/1
Bristol C 3-0
2%
40/125/1
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
10/11
5%
13/2
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
10/11
6%
1/14
Home 1st Goal
50%
8/113/4
Away 1st Goal
46%
5/413/10
No 1st Goal
3%
10/115/2
BTTS - Yes
57%
8/114/7
BTTS - No
43%
1/113/10
BTTS - Home Win
21%
10/319/5
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/22/7
BTTS - Away Win
16%
11/27/1
Home/draw
68%
3/101/200
Away/draw
57%
8/111/33
Home/away
75%
2/713/2
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
2/71/9
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
11/45/1
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
12/550/1
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
1/31/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
5/155/1
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/81/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
12/11/50
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/251/50
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/201/18
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/18/1
Home DNB
61%
1/24/9
Away DNB
49%
6/48/5
Watford win to nil
22%
11/4-
Bristol C win to nil
16%
5/1-
Watford / Watford
25%
9/410/1
Watford / Bristol C
3%
28/140/1
Watford / Draw
6%
12/125/1
Draw / Watford
16%
9/219/10
Draw / Bristol C
11%
13/214/5
Draw / Draw
15%
9/217/10
Bristol C / Watford
4%
22/140/1
Bristol C / Bristol C
14%
9/214/1
Bristol C / Draw
6%
14/128/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

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

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Watford have conceded 7 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Watford have played 7 games at home, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Bristol C lay in 7th place on 22 points in the Championship league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 20 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bristol C have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Bristol C have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.7 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 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
Coventry1510412734 
May 2
l
 
3-1A
Mar 7
Dec 13
2
M'Boro15852629 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 25
Dec 20
Mar 14
3
Stoke158341127 
Dec 20
Mar 14
May 2
l
 
5-1A
4
Preston15753626 
Nov 25
Feb 14
Jan 4
d
 
0-00-0
5
Hull15744225 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 4
w
 
4-2A
Feb 7
6
Millwall15744-325 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
Dec 6
Dec 29
7
Ipswich146531023 
Feb 24
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
8
Bristol C15654423 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 27
-
-
9
Charlton15654423 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
10
Derby15654123 
Feb 21
Nov 22
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
11
Birmingham15636321 
Jan 1
Dec 1
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
12
Leicester15564221 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Dec 10
Mar 10
13
Wrexham15564121 
Mar 7
Dec 13
Feb 13
Nov 26
14
West Brom15636-221 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
Mar 21
Dec 26
15
Watford15555120 
-
-
Feb 27
d
 
1-1A
16
QPR15546-619 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
17
Southampton15465-318 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 7
w
 
3-1A
Apr 21
18
Swansea15456-417 
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
Nov 22
Feb 21
19
Blackburn14518-516 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 24
l
 
0-1A
Feb 25
20
Portsmouth15357-814 
Jan 21
d
 
2-2A
Jan 1
Nov 29
21
Oxford Utd15348-613 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 11
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
22
Sheff Utd153111-1510 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Apr 6
w
 
1-4F
23
Norwich152310-99 
Dec 6
Dec 29
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
24
Sheff Wed15159-17-4 
Dec 9
Mar 10
Jan 24
w
 
0-3F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Watford 15TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford3 - 0M'Boro
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
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford1 - 1Ipswich
HWatford3 - 0M'Boro
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
Bristol C 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke5 - 1Bristol C
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
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol C0 - 1Blackburn
ABristol C1 - 5Stoke
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
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 15th Bristol C 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Bristol C will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
Bristol C’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol C
1.5
1.3
Attack rating
WAT
BCY
18%
better
view stats
Games scored10
11
Failed to score4
3
Scored first4
7
Goals scored18
21
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.5
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal8
6
Conversion rate for13
16
Avg. XG for1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
WAT
BCY
21%
better
view stats
Games conceded13
9
Clean sheets1
5
Conceded first10
5
Goals conceded17
17
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
15%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+21%

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
14634
E SelvikI Louza I Louza K Baah
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Selvik GLK14
1
-
M. Alleyne DEF9
1
-
K Keben DEF121
3
-
M Pollock DEF10
2
-
M Bola DEF111
1
-
I Louza  MID1263
2
1
E Kayembe MID14
1
-
J Petris MID7
2
-
N Irankunda MID1521
3
-
M. Doumbia FWD101
1
-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD134
1
-
Subs
N Baxter GLK2
-
J Ngakia DEF1321
1
-
J Abankwah DEF9
1
1
T Ince MID7
-
M Sissoko MID12
-
N Mendy MID4
-
V Semedo FWD1011
1
-
K Baah FWD1411
4
-
O. Maamma FWD2
-
Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15634
R VítekS TwineR McCrorieZ Vyner
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Vítek GLK15
2
-
G Tanner DEF14
-
R Dickie DEF14
1
-
H Roberts DEF6
-
R McCrorie MID1513
2
-
A Randell MID151
1
-
Z Vyner MID15
4
-
S Armstrong MID141
1
-
S Twine FWD1562
1
-
A Mehmeti FWD1553
4
-
F Mayulu FWD7
-
Subs
M O'Leary GLK
-
J Lumley GLK2
1
-
L. Pecover MID2
-
E Morrison MID
-
J. Meerholz MID
-
E Riis FWD1442
1
-
E. Yeboah FWD
-
O Thomas FWD3
-
Y Hirakawa FWD131
1
-