English League Championship

FT Friday, February 27, 2026
Watford DLDWL 2
–
Bristol City LWDLW 1
1st2ndT
WAT112
BRC101
Ashton Gate · 21,866 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

10
Fouls
6
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
35.2
Possession
64.8
11
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
563
347
Passes
642
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
50
21
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
10
Effective Tackles
2
24
Tackles
10
0.4
Tackle %
0.2
11
Interceptions
10
31
Effective Clearances
17
31
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BRC leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BRC · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Radek VítekG
  2. 38Noah EileCD
  3. 21Neto BorgesCD-L
  4. 19George TannerCD-R
  5. 4Adam RandellCM-L
  6. 12Jason KnightCM-R
  7. 2Ross McCrorieLM
  8. 17Mark SykesRM
  9. 18Emil Riis JakobsenF
  10. 10Scott TwineCF-L
  11. 14Tomi HorvatCF-R

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 3Saba GoglichidzeCD-L
  3. 25James AbankwahCD-R
  4. 21Stephen MfuniLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 23Nampalys MendyCM-L
  7. 10Imran LouzaCM-R
  8. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeLM
  9. 66Nestory IrankundaRM
  10. 39Edo KayembeCF-L
  11. 9Luca KjerrumgaardCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Bristol City 0, Watford 1. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
  2. 26' Neto Borges (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Goal! Bristol City 1, Watford 1. Scott Twine (Bristol City) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Adam Randell with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 58' Stephen Mfuni (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 58' Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 61' Substitution, Bristol City. Sinclair Armstrong replaces Emil Riis.
  7. 61' Substitution, Bristol City. Max Bird replaces Scott Twine.
  8. 69' Substitution, Watford. Tom Ince replaces Nestory Irankunda.
  9. 69' Substitution, Watford. Mattie Pollock replaces Saba Goglichidze because of an injury.
  10. 76' Substitution, Bristol City. Cameron Pring replaces Mark Sykes.
  11. 77' Goal! Bristol City 1, Watford 2. Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  12. 84' Substitution, Bristol City. Delano Burgzorg replaces Tomi Horvat.
  13. 84' Substitution, Bristol City. George Earthy replaces Ross McCrorie.
  14. 86' Substitution, Watford. Edoardo Bove replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  15. 86' Substitution, Watford. Pierre Ekwah replaces Nampalys Mendy.
  16. 86' Edo Kayembe (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, Watford. Marc Bola replaces Imrân Louza.
  18. 90'+7' Delano Burgzorg (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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