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Watford

1 — 5 Sep 20, 2026 · 06:30 PM IST

Bristol City

English WSL 2 · Round 3

Venue Vicarage Road, Watford

Referee Aaron Ford

Attendance 736

Player of the Match Rio Hardy 9.7 90' played

Match Events

18' Away Brooke Aspin

31' Home Aoibheann Clancy

33' Home Grace Neville

37' Away ⚽ Rio Hardy — 0-1

HT

49' Away Alexia Apostolakis

61' Home ↔ Phoebie Poole → Poppy Wilson

62' Home ↔ Ava Kuyken → Ellie Noble ↗

62' Away ⚽ Rio Hardy — 0-2

64' Away ↔ Malaika Meena → Marine Dafeur

64' Away ↔ Katie Robinson → Maria Farrugia

66' Home ⚽ Saoirse Noonan — 1-2

67' Away Francesca Bentley

69' Home ↔ Tianna Teisar → Zara Bailey

71' Home Lucy Lyon

72' Away ⚽ Rio Hardy — 1-3

79' Away ↔ Esther Morgan → Alexia Apostolakis

79' Home ↔ Eva Gray ↗ → Karin Muya

79' Home ↔ Megan Chandler → Saoirse Noonan

81' Home Eva Gray ↗

84' Away ↔ Emma Bissell → Sophie Ingle

84' Away ↔ Neeve McDonald ↗ → Oliwia Woś

87' Away ⚽ Aoibheann Clancy (own goal) — 1-4

88' Away Neeve McDonald ↗

90 + 6' Away ⚽ Katie Robinson — 1-5

FT

Match Stats

46 54

Ball possession

9 24

Total shots

1 12

Shots on target

22 28

Touches in opposition box

0 4

Big chances

0 1

Big chances missed

214 (71%) 256 (74%)

Accurate passes

0 0

Yellow cards

5 5

Corners

Lineups

Watford (3-5-2)

Coach: Renée Hector

Starting XI

39 Safia Middleton Patel 7.3

22 Grace Neville 5.9

5 Lucy Lyon 4.4

12 Eden Skyers ↗ 5.7

16 Karin Muya 6.1

19 Ellie Noble ↗ 6.5

15 Aoibheann Clancy 6.4

18 Poppy Wilson 6.5

2 Zara Bailey 6.2

9 Madison Perry 6.5

20 Saoirse Noonan 7.3

Substitutes

10 Phoebie Poole 6.1

8 Ava Kuyken 6

11 Tianna Teisar 6.4

14 Eva Gray ↗

17 Megan Chandler 6

25 Naomi Williams

23 Coral-Jade Haines

7 Lachante Paul

Bristol City (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Charlotte Healy

Starting XI

1 Francesca Bentley 6.2

12 Alexia Apostolakis 6.8

23 Brooke Aspin 7.1

3 Gemma Lawley 6.9

15 Oliwia Woś 6.7

5 Sophie Ingle 7.4

21 Marine Dafeur 6.9

10 Lotta Lindström 8.3

16 Emily Syme 7.9

19 Maria Farrugia 7.6

9 Rio Hardy 9.7

Substitutes

7 Katie Robinson 8

18 Malaika Meena 6.3

20 Esther Morgan 6.4

14 Emma Bissell

40 Neeve McDonald ↗

13 Lauren Brzykcy

17 Hope McSheffrey

45 Isabel Hebard