Championship (England) WON 1–0
Fri, Sep 18 · 21:00 · Ashton Gate Stadium
Bristol City Home
VS
Watford Away
Bristol City vs Watford — Championship
Tipster's pick Under 2.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.91 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Low Scoring Likely as Bristol City Face Watford

Bristol City sit in 11th position after earning 10 points from their opening six fixtures. Watford have gathered eight points from seven games and currently lie 17th in the table. Watford have scored just 0.8 goals per game this season and only 0.3 when playing away. Bristol City have averaged 1.0 goal scored and 1.5 conceded in their home matches. Watford will be without forwards K. Baah, M. Boadu and M. Bola due to injury. The visitors have recorded three defeats in their last five outings. These factors suggest a low scoring encounter at Ashton Gate where both sides may struggle to create clear openings.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
1–0 WON

Our pick “Under 2.5 Goals” at odds 1.91 won — final score 1–0.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Mamadou Doumbia 21'
  3. Amin Nabizada 25'
  4. Dominic Ballard assist Rio Cardines 31'
  5. Second half
  6. Branimir Mlacic 54'
  7. Edo Kayembe 54'
  8. Joe Williams 54'
  9. Jason Knight 54'
  10. Stephy Mavididi ↓ Amin Nabizada 62'
  11. Othmane Maamma ↓ Rocco Vata 62'
  12. Albert Eames ↓ Branimir Mlacic 62'
  13. Jed Wallace ↓ Yu Hirakawa 63'
  14. lorent tolaj ↓ Dominic Ballard 63'
  15. Cameron Pring ↓ Sam Greenwood 70'
  16. Myron Boadu ↓ Mamadou Doumbia 70'
  17. Matthew Pollock 81'
  18. Lisav Naif Eissat ↓ N.Eile 88'
  19. Gibson Osahumen Yah ↓ Adam Randell 88'
This season
Bristol City Watford
Over 2.5 goals 71% 43%
Clean sheet 0% 0%
Failed to score 17% 29%
Scored per game 1.7 1.0
Conceded per game 1.8 1.3
Scored home / away 1.0 / 2.0 1.5 / 0.3

Across 6 and 7 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
10 STO Stoke City 7 3 1 3 10
11 BRI Bristol City ▲ 6 3 1 2 10
12 NOR Norwich 7 3 0 4 9
13 MIL Millwall 6 3 0 3 9
14 SHE Sheffield Utd 7 2 3 2 9
15 BLA Blackburn 7 2 2 3 8
16 LIN Lincoln 6 2 2 2 8
17 WAT Watford ▲ 7 2 2 3 8
18 POR Portsmouth 6 2 1 3 7
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Bristol City DWWWL
D @ Birmingham 2–2 Aug 22
W vs Portsmouth 2–1 Aug 29
W @ Preston 3–1 Sep 1
W @ Burnley 2–1 Sep 5
L @ Southampton 1–4 Sep 12
Watford DLLWL
D vs West Ham 1–1 Aug 29
L @ Swansea 0–2 Sep 1
L @ West Brom 0–1 Sep 5
W vs Preston 2–1 Sep 8
L vs Stoke City 1–2 Sep 12
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Bristol City
Scored 2.0 avg
2 2 3 2 1
Conceded 1.8 avg
2 1 1 1 4
Watford
Scored 0.8 avg
1 0 0 2 1
Conceded 1.4 avg
1 2 1 1 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Bristol City
3 Draws
4 Watford
Feb 2026 Bristol City 1–2 Watford Watford
Jan 2026 Bristol City 5–1 Watford Bristol City
Nov 2025 Watford 1–1 Bristol City Draw
Apr 2025 Bristol City 2–1 Watford Bristol City
Nov 2024 Watford 1–0 Bristol City Watford

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Bristol City 4-2-3-1
  • 1 S. Tickle G
  • 19 G. Tanner D
  • 38 N. Eile D
  • 5 R. Atkinson D
  • 21 Rio Cardines D
  • 8 J. Williams M
  • 4 A. Randell M
  • 7 Y. Hirakawa M
  • 12 J. Knight M
  • 20 S. Greenwood M
  • 23 D. Ballard F
Bench E. Adebayo, B. Collins, L. Eissat, T. Horvat, C. Pring, L. Tolaj, S. Twine, J. Wallace, G. Yah

M. Skubala

Watford 3-4-1-2
  • 1 F. Ravaglia G
  • 29 Branimir Mlačić D
  • 6 M. Pollock D
  • 4 K. Keben D
  • 21 Amin Nabizada M
  • 5 H. Kyprianou M
  • 39 E. Kayembe M
  • 11 R. Vata M
  • 17 Iker Bravo M
  • 9 L. Kjerrumgaard F
  • 20 M. Doumbia F
Bench S. Mavididi, S. Walker, J. Grieves, M. Boadu, O. Maamma, D. Bachmann, N. Chikovani, James Andrew Clarridge, Albert Eames

A. Dionisi

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Bristol City
  • OUT B. De Keersmaecker Shoulder Injury
  • OUT R. Dickie Injury
  • OUT L. McNally Knee Injury
  • OUT B. De Keersmaecker Shoulder Injury
  • OUT R. Dickie Injury
  • OUT L. McNally Knee Injury
Watford
  • OUT T. Akomeah Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT K. Baah Knock
  • OUT M. Boadu Injury
  • OUT M. Bola Hamstring Injury
  • OUT E. Bove Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Zemura Inactive
  • DOUBT J. Grieves Lacking Match Fitness
  • DOUBT B. Mlacic Inactive
  • DOUBT J. Ngakia Thigh Injury
  • OUT T. Akomeah Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT K. Baah Knock
  • OUT M. Boadu Injury
  • OUT M. Bola Hamstring Injury
  • OUT E. Bove Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Zemura Inactive
  • DOUBT J. Grieves Lacking Match Fitness
  • DOUBT B. Mlacic Inactive
  • DOUBT J. Ngakia Thigh Injury