Bristol City vs Watford: Soccer match preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Both Bristol City and Watford are hungry for points in this match, despite the away side carrying a 9 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • Bristol City have won significantly more corners at home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bristol City form and stats

4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Bristol City so far this season.

The Bristol regulars got no joy from their last fixture, a Carabao Cup duel also played here at Ashton Gate Stadium: A 1-3 defeat against Lincoln City. The striker Conway outshone all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Conway scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A 1-1 draw away in the Championship before that, with Middlesbrough the opponent.

Sports betting people who like betting for low-scoring matches might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).

The Bristol City fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches.

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Watford form and stats

3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Watford in their Championship matches away. Momentum is building for Watford in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Impressive finishing from Pedro (2) secured the home win 2-0 against Reading in their previous game. Pedro got a match rating of 9.12 in that game, top player of the team. Pedro scored two goals.

A 0-1 loss hosting Coventry City before that.

Watford are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Watford have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol City two wins, four draws and Watford four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityN. Wells
N. Wells
7 goals
BristolT. Conway
T. Conway
6 goals
WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
6 goals

Bristol City missing players

Watford missing players

Bristol City Watford
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
6 4 1 Won W 2 3 9
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 5
9 4 2 Lost L 1 3 6
27 13 4 Scored S 5 11 28
29 10 5 Conceded C 5 12 22
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
90% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 75%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 50%
20% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 25%
20% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
60% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 50%
25% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 35%
20% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 20%
 
4.9 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.4 5
6.2 5.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.7 5.4
1.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 11.6 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.5 12.2
3.1 3.5 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.5 4
43% 37% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 35%
 
11.9 9.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.8 11.4
3.7 2.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.3 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have won significantly more corners at 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 20 10 8 2 37 23 10 6 4 0 20 10 10 4 4 2 17 13 14 38
2 Blackburn Rovers 20 12 0 8 24 19 10 8 0 2 17 7 10 4 0 6 7 12 5 36
3 Sheffield United 20 10 5 5 34 19 10 5 3 2 22 11 10 5 2 3 12 8 15 35
4 Norwich City 20 9 5 6 28 21 10 5 3 2 17 10 10 4 2 4 11 11 7 32
5 Watford 20 9 5 6 28 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 10 3 4 3 11 12 6 32
6 Queens Park Rangers 20 9 4 7 26 22 10 5 2 3 15 10 10 4 2 4 11 12 4 31
7 Preston North End 20 8 7 5 16 16 10 3 4 3 5 7 10 5 3 2 11 9 0 31
8 Swansea City 20 8 6 6 27 28 10 5 2 3 15 13 10 3 4 3 12 15 -1 30
9 Luton Town 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 2 6 2 13 11 10 5 2 3 9 10 1 29
10 Birmingham City 20 7 7 6 22 18 10 3 5 2 12 8 10 4 2 4 10 10 4 28
11 Millwall 19 8 4 7 22 20 10 7 1 2 16 7 9 1 3 5 6 13 2 28
12 Coventry City 18 7 5 6 19 18 8 4 1 3 8 6 10 3 4 3 11 12 1 26
13 Reading 20 8 2 10 21 29 10 6 1 3 15 11 10 2 1 7 6 18 -8 26
14 Rotherham United 20 6 7 7 24 25 10 4 3 3 17 12 10 2 4 4 7 13 -1 25
15 Stoke City 20 7 4 9 22 25 10 3 2 5 11 14 10 4 2 4 11 11 -3 25
16 Middlesbrough 20 6 6 8 27 25 10 3 5 2 11 10 10 3 1 6 16 15 2 24
17 Sunderland 19 6 6 7 24 22 9 2 4 3 10 10 10 4 2 4 14 12 2 24
18 Cardiff City 20 7 3 10 17 24 10 4 2 4 9 9 10 3 1 6 8 15 -7 24
19 Hull City 20 7 3 10 24 37 10 4 0 6 10 18 10 3 3 4 14 19 -13 24
20 Bristol City 20 6 5 9 27 29 10 4 2 4 13 10 10 2 3 5 14 19 -2 23
21 Blackpool 20 6 4 10 23 31 10 3 1 6 12 16 10 3 3 4 11 15 -8 22
22 West Bromwich Albion 19 4 8 7 22 24 10 2 4 4 12 14 9 2 4 3 10 10 -2 20
23 Wigan Athletic 20 5 5 10 19 30 10 1 3 6 6 17 10 4 2 4 13 13 -11 20
24 Huddersfield Town 19 5 3 11 19 26 10 4 1 5 10 10 9 1 2 6 9 16 -7 18

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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.