Championship · ENG · Round 40
Bristol City
2 - 1
Full time
Watford
Ashton Gate Stadium · Bristol
Lineups
Bristol City3-4-3MO
1O'Leary
1O'LearyZV
14Vyner
RD
16Dickie
16DickieCP
3Pring
3PringMS
17↓90'Sykes
17↓90'SykesJK
12Knight
12KnightJW
8↓64'Williams
8↓64'WilliamsRM
2⚽↓64'McCrorie
2⚽↓64'McCrorieGE
40Earthy
40EarthyNW
21⚽↓64'Wells
21⚽↓64'WellsMB
6↓72'Bird
6↓72'BirdES
33Selvik
33SelvikJN
2↓78'Ngakia
2↓78'NgakiaMP
6Pollock
6PollockJA
25Abankwah
25AbankwahCW
26↓79'Wiley
26↓79'WileyMS
17↓60'Sissoko
IL
10Louza
10LouzaEK
39Kayembe
39KayembeKB
34↓18'Baah
VI
19↓60'Bayo
RV
11Vata
Watford4-3-3Bristol City substitutes
24 Haydon Roberts ↑64'
29 Marcus McGuane ↑64'
30 Sinclair Armstrong ↑64'
11 Anis Mehmeti ↑72'
20 Sam Bell ↑90'
23 Stefan Bajic
31 Elijah Morrison
7 Yu Hirakawa
Coach: Liam Manning · Unavailable: Luke McNally (injury)
Watford substitutes
7 Thomas Ince ↑18'
8 Giorgi Chakvetadze ↑60'
20 Mamadou Doumbia ⚽↑60'
45 Ryan Andrews ↑78'
37 Yasser Larouci ↑79'
1 Daniel Bachmann
3 Francisco Sierralta
24 Tom Dele-Bashiru
47 Zavier Massiah-Edwards
Coach: Tom Cleverley · Unavailable: Pierre Dwomoh (injury)
Match events
18'↑ Thomas Ince ↓ Kwadwo Baah⇄
24'Ross McCrorie 1 - 0⚽
29'Nahki Wells assist: Mark Sykes 2 - 0⚽
Second half
60'↑ Giorgi Chakvetadze ↓ Moussa Sissoko⇄
60'↑ Mamadou Doumbia ↓ Vakoun Issouf Bayo⇄
64'↑ Sinclair Armstrong ↓ Nahki Wells⇄
64'↑ Haydon Roberts ↓ Ross McCrorie⇄
64'↑ Marcus McGuane ↓ Joe Williams⇄
69'George Earthy
72'↑ Anis Mehmeti ↓ Max Bird⇄
78'↑ Ryan Andrews ↓ Jeremy Ngakia⇄
79'↑ Yasser Larouci ↓ Caleb Wiley⇄
80'Mamadou Doumbia assist: Imran Louza 2 - 1⚽
90+1'↑ Sam Bell ↓ Mark Sykes⇄
90+6'Edo Kayembe
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Match details
| Competition | Championship |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 5 April 2025, 14:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.
Head to head
4Bristol City wins6Draws7Watford wins17 past meetings on record. Biggest Bristol City win: Watford 6–0 Bristol City (2021). Biggest Watford win: Watford 1–4 Bristol City (2023).
26 Nov 2024Watford 1 - 0 Bristol CityChampionship
20 Jan 2024Bristol City 1 - 1 WatfordChampionship
26 Dec 2023Watford 1 - 4 Bristol CityChampionship
15 Apr 2023Watford 2 - 0 Bristol CityChampionship
12 Nov 2022Bristol City 0 - 0 WatfordChampionship
13 Feb 2021Watford 6 - 0 Bristol CityChampionship
25 Nov 2020Bristol City 0 - 0 WatfordChampionship
6 Jan 2018Watford 3 - 0 Bristol CityFA Cup
22 Aug 2017Watford 2 - 3 Bristol CityEFL Cup
14 Jan 2014Watford 2 - 0 Bristol CityFA Cup
Show all 17 past meetings
4 Jan 2014Bristol City 1 - 1 WatfordFA Cup
29 Jan 2013Bristol City 2 - 0 WatfordChampionship
22 Sep 2012Watford 2 - 2 Bristol CityChampionship
20 Mar 2012Bristol City 0 - 2 WatfordChampionship
29 Nov 2011Watford 2 - 2 Bristol CityChampionship
22 Feb 2011Watford 1 - 3 Bristol CityChampionship
14 Sep 2010Bristol City 0 - 2 WatfordChampionship
