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Bristol City

1 — 0 Sep 19, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Watford

Championship · Round 8

Venue Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

Referee Oliver Langford

Attendance 20,906

Player of the Match Rio Cardines 8.3 90' played

Match Events

21' Away Mamadou Doumbia

25' Away Amin Nabizada

31' Home ⚽ Dominic Ballard — 1-0

HT

54' Away Branimir Mlačić

54' Home Jason Knight

54' Away Edo Kayembe

54' Home Joe Williams

62' Away ↔ Albert Eames → Branimir Mlačić

62' Away ↔ Othmane Maamma → Rocco Vata

62' Away ↔ Stephy Mavididi → Amin Nabizada

63' Home ↔ Lorent Tolaj → Dominic Ballard

63' Home ↔ Jed Wallace → Yu Hirakawa

70' Away ↔ Myron Boadu → Mamadou Doumbia

70' Home ↔ Cameron Pring → Sam Greenwood

81' Away Matthew Pollock

88' Home ↔ Lisav Naif Eissat → Noah Eile

88' Home ↔ Gibson Yah → Adam Randell

FT

Match Stats

36 64

Ball possession

1.47 0.57

Expected goals (xG)

17 10

Total shots

7 2

Shots on target

25 9

Touches in opposition box

1 1

Big chances

1 1

Big chances missed

208 (77%) 421 (86%)

Accurate passes

2 5

Yellow cards

2 5

Corners

Lineups

Bristol City (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Michael Skubala

Starting XI

1 Sam Tickle 7.2

19 George Tanner 7.9

38 Noah Eile 7.3

5 Robert Atkinson 7.2

21 Rio Cardines 8.3

8 Joe Williams 7.3

4 Adam Randell 7.3

7 Yu Hirakawa 6.7

12 Jason Knight 7

20 Sam Greenwood 7.2

23 Dominic Ballard 7.8

Substitutes

17 Jed Wallace 6.5

9 Lorent Tolaj 6.6

3 Cameron Pring 6.3

2 Lisav Naif Eissat

27 Gibson Yah

40 Bradley Collins

10 Scott Twine

14 Tomi Horvat

45 Elijah Adebayo

Watford (3-4-1-2)

Coach: Alessio Dionisi

Starting XI

1 Federico Ravaglia 7.1

4 Kévin Keben 6.1

6 Matthew Pollock 6.5

29 Branimir Mlačić 6.3

11 Rocco Vata 5.6

5 Hector Kyprianou 6.9

39 Edo Kayembe 7

21 Amin Nabizada 6.4

17 Iker Bravo 6.6

20 Mamadou Doumbia 6.1

9 Luca Kjerrumgaard 5.8

Substitutes

56 Albert Eames 6.4

7 Othmane Maamma 6.6

45 Stephy Mavididi 6.1

10 Myron Boadu 5.9

26 Daniel Bachmann

24 Sam Walker

53 James Andrew Clarridge

43 Jack Grieves

19 Nikoloz Chikovani