Bristol City 1-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Friday 27 February 2026

Result

Bristol City 1-2 Watford

Championship · Friday 27 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bristol City · Watford · Championship predictions

Bristol City 1-2 Watford: match report

Bristol City lost to Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 27 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Luca Kjerrumgaard opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Bristol City's goal came from Scott Twine (36'). Watford scored through Luca Kjerrumgaard (7') and Jeremy Ngakia (77').

Discipline: Bristol City received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 8th on 50 points from 34 and Watford 12th on 48 points from 34. Bristol City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Watford 16th with 57.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Edo Kayembe of Watford (7.7), ahead of Imrân Louza (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bristol City wins, 4 draws and 3 for Watford.

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Watford's L-W-D-L-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Luca KjerrumgaardWatford · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Neto BorgesBristol City
  • 36'Goal · Scott TwineBristol City · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow cardWatford
  • 58'Yellow card · Stephen MfuniWatford
  • 58'Yellow card · Jeremy NgakiaWatford
  • 77'Goal · Jeremy NgakiaWatford · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · Edo KayembeWatford
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Delano BurgzorgBristol City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 3, draws 4, Watford 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Luke McNallyBristol City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Bristol City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Radek Vitek, George Tanner, Noah Eile, Neto Borges, Mark Sykes, Jason Knight, Adam Randell, Ross McCrorie, Tomi Horvat, Scott Twine, Emil Riis

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, James Abankwah, Saba Goglichidze, Stephen Mfuni, Nestory Irankunda, Imrân Louza, Nampalys Mendy, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Edo Kayembe