Championship preview: Can Watford edge out victory against Bristol City?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, good and bad resulting in mid-table positions so far. Clear the decks for Watford - Bristol City!

Insights:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Watford form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Watford at their home stadium (Vicarage Road) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Watford travelled for their previous game, a trip to Coventry City that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Watford in the Coventry City match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Midfielder Louza was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.95 (out of ten) in that game. Louza scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).

Ahead of that match, Watford lost 2-3 at home to Huddersfield Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Watford handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Watford, as the Championship home game vs Cardiff City is only four days away.

Watford have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vicarage Road with 30 goals in 20 league matches.

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Bristol City form and stats

5-7-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bristol City in their Championship matches away.

Bristol City played 2-2 against Middlesbrough in their previous match. Drawing 2-2 against Middlesbrough after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Pearson needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Cornick got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, top player of the team. Cornick scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Stoke City.

Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this team's last 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bristol City manager Pearson as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sheffield United.

Bristol City have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 20 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bristol have conceded 29 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Watford have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Bristol City.

The squads have played each other already this season, with the match result Bristol City - Watford 0-0 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
11 goals
WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
10 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
9 goals

Watford missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
41 20 5 Played P 6 20 41
14 9 1 Won W 2 5 13
14 6 2 Drew D 2 7 14
13 5 2 Lost L 2 8 14
49 30 6 Scored S 7 23 50
47 20 7 Conceded C 7 29 50
90% 90% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
73% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 80%
39% 45% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 39%
24% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
7% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 12%
44% 50% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 56%
34% 40% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 15% 27%
32% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 35% 27%
 
5 5.3 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 5.2
5.1 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.9 5.4
2.2 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.8 1.8
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 12.9 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.2 9.9
3.9 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.4
31% 33% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 38% 36%
 
12.1 10.9 12.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13.5 11.5
4.1 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 40 26 12 2 78 30 21 15 6 0 45 13 19 11 6 2 33 17 48 90
2 Sheffield United 40 23 7 10 60 35 19 12 3 4 36 17 21 11 4 6 24 18 25 76
3 Luton Town 41 19 14 8 51 36 21 9 8 4 29 20 20 10 6 4 22 16 15 71
4 Middlesbrough 41 20 8 13 74 50 20 11 6 3 37 16 21 9 2 10 37 34 24 68
5 Millwall 41 17 11 13 48 41 20 10 6 4 29 17 21 7 5 9 19 24 7 62
6 Blackburn Rovers 40 19 5 16 45 47 19 13 1 5 25 16 21 6 4 11 20 31 -2 62
7 Preston North End 41 17 11 13 41 45 21 7 6 8 19 24 20 10 5 5 22 21 -4 62
8 Norwich City 41 17 10 14 54 42 21 8 5 8 27 23 20 9 5 6 27 19 12 61
9 Coventry City 41 15 14 12 49 43 21 9 7 5 26 23 20 6 7 7 23 20 6 59
10 Sunderland 41 15 13 13 58 50 20 6 7 7 28 29 21 9 6 6 30 21 8 58
11 West Bromwich Albion 40 15 12 13 50 44 21 10 7 4 28 17 19 5 5 9 22 27 6 57
12 Watford 41 14 14 13 49 47 20 9 6 5 30 20 21 5 8 8 19 27 2 56
13 Bristol City 41 13 14 14 50 50 21 8 7 6 27 21 20 5 7 8 23 29 0 53
14 Swansea City 41 14 11 16 56 59 20 8 4 8 30 28 21 6 7 8 26 31 -3 53
15 Stoke City 41 14 10 17 53 47 20 6 5 9 24 23 21 8 5 8 29 24 6 52
16 Hull City 41 13 13 15 48 57 21 8 5 8 22 26 20 5 8 7 26 31 -9 52
17 Birmingham City 41 13 11 17 44 51 21 7 6 8 23 21 20 6 5 9 21 30 -7 50
18 Rotherham United 40 10 15 15 44 52 19 8 5 6 33 24 21 2 10 9 11 28 -8 45
19 Huddersfield Town 41 11 10 20 41 59 21 7 6 8 23 25 20 4 4 12 18 34 -18 43
20 Queens Park Rangers 41 11 10 20 40 64 20 6 4 10 20 29 21 5 6 10 20 35 -24 43
21 Cardiff City 40 11 9 20 33 46 21 6 6 9 18 21 19 5 3 11 15 25 -13 42
22 Reading 41 13 8 20 43 62 20 10 5 5 29 22 21 3 3 15 14 40 -19 41
23 Blackpool 41 8 11 22 43 67 20 5 6 9 25 29 21 3 5 13 18 38 -24 35
24 Wigan Athletic 41 8 13 20 34 62 21 4 6 11 15 34 20 4 7 9 19 28 -28 34

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.