Bristol City 1:2 Watford: Championship Match Result

Championship

Bristol City WLLWWL

1:2

Finished

Kick-off was 27 Feb, 20:00 UTC

Watford LLWLLL

Venue: Ashton Gate City: Bristol

In the Championship game on 27 February 2026, Watford beat Bristol City 1:2. Match numbers: fouls 6:10, possession, % 65:35.

Key numbers

Possession, % 65 – 35

Shots on target 4 – 4

Shots off target 3 – 4

Expected goals 0.91 – 0.80

⚽ 7' L. Kjerrumgaard — Goal 🟨 26' Neto Borges — Yellow card ⚽ 36' S. Twine — Goal 🟨 58' S. Mfuni — Yellow card 🟨 58' J. Ngakia — Yellow card ⇄ 61' E. Riis — Substitution ⇄ 61' S. Twine — Substitution ⇄ 69' N. Irankunda — Substitution ⇄ 69' S. Goglichidze — Substitution ⇄ 76' M. Sykes — Substitution ⚽ 77' J. Ngakia — Goal ⇄ 84' T. Horvat — Substitution ⇄ 84' R. McCrorie — Substitution ⇄ 85' G. Chakvetadze — Substitution ⇄ 85' N. Mendy — Substitution 🟨 87' E. Kayembe — Yellow card ⇄ 90+3' I. Louza — Substitution 🟨 90+7' D. Burgzorg — Yellow card

Match events

7' 0:1 Watford Goal L. Kjerrumgaard assist: E. Kayembe
26' 0:1 Bristol City Yellow card Neto Borges
36' 1:1 Bristol City Goal S. Twine assist: A. Randell
58' 1:1 Watford Yellow card S. Mfuni
58' 1:1 Watford Yellow card J. Ngakia
61' 1:1 Bristol City Substitution E. Riis off: S. Armstrong
61' 1:1 Bristol City Substitution S. Twine off: M. Bird
69' 1:1 Watford Substitution N. Irankunda off: T. Ince
69' 1:1 Watford Substitution S. Goglichidze off: M. Pollock
76' 1:1 Bristol City Substitution M. Sykes off: C. Pring
77' 1:2 Watford Goal J. Ngakia assist: E. Kayembe
84' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution T. Horvat off: D. Burgzorg
84' 1:2 Bristol City Substitution R. McCrorie off: G. Earthy
85' 1:2 Watford Substitution G. Chakvetadze off: E. Bove
85' 1:2 Watford Substitution N. Mendy off: P. Ekwah
87' 1:2 Watford Yellow card E. Kayembe
90+3' 1:2 Watford Substitution I. Louza off: M. Bola
90+7' 1:2 Bristol City Yellow card D. Burgzorg

Statistics

65 Possession, % 35

4 Shots on target 4

3 Shots off target 4

0.91 Expected goals 0.80

1 Big chances 3

246 Attacks 138

3 Corners 3

6 Fouls 10

9 Free kicks 6

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

7 Goal kicks 7

36 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

11/2250% Aerial duels 11/2250%

103 Backward passes 59

4 Blocked shots 3

17 Clearances 31

5/1828% Crosses 2/1118%

5/1242% Dribbles 1/250%

1 Expected assists 1

79 Failed passes 72

2 Goalkeeper saves 3

10 Interceptions 11

7 Key passes 8

23/5046% Long passes 21/4745%

94 Passes into the final third 57

304 Passes in the opposition half 199

356 Passes in own half 159

0.36 Shot accuracy 0.36

5 Shots from outside the box 6

6 Shots inside the box 5

2/1020% Tackles 10/2442%

642 Total passes 347

Line-ups

Bristol City

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Radek Vítek	23
2	Ross McCrorie	2
19	George Tanner	19
38	Noah Johannes Eile	38
4	Adam Fletcher Randell	4
12	Jason Knight	12
17	Mark Sykes	17
21	Vivaldo Borges dos Santos Neto	21
10	Scott Edward Twine	10
14	Tomi Horvat	14
18	Emil Riis Jakobsen	18

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Joseph Patrick Lumley	13
3	Cameron Pring	3
24	Seb Naylor	24
6	Max Bird	6
40	Samy Sayed Morsy	40
44	George Earthy	44
11	Delano Burgzorg	11
20	Samuel John Bell	20
30	Sinclair Ntomuchukwu Armstrong	30

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Watford

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Egil Selvik	1
2	Jeremy Ngakia	2
3	Saba Goglichidze	3
21	S. Mfouni	21
25	James Bright Adusei Abankwah	25
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze	8
10	Imrân Louza	10
23	Nampalys Mendy	23
39	Edouard Kayembe Kayembe	39
66	Nestory Irankunda	66
9	Luca Tange Kjerrumgaard	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Nathan Baxter	12
6	Matthew Pollock	6
16	Marc Joel Bola	16
29	Jeremy Petris	29
7	Tom Ince	7
15	Edoardo Bove	15
17	Pierre-Emmanuel Ekwah Elimby	17
18	V. Semedo	18
53	Amin Nabizada	53