Struggling Bristol City U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Watford U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Bristol City U23 form and stats
The story so far in the Professional Development League for Bristol City U23 at their home stadium is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Happy days for Bristol City U23 in their previous game, a Professional Development League match away at Ipswich U23 (placed 8th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that match, a win away at Crystal Palace U23.
Bristol City U23 can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 10 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bristol City U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Watford U23 form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (30) in Professional Development League, are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League.
Watford U23's last game was the home draw against Millwall U23 (1-1). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Cardiff U23.
A quick return to home after this game, as Watford U23 are hosting Coventry U23 in the Professional Development League only four days away.
Watford U23 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Watford U23 have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Watford U23 - Bristol City U23 2-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Bristol City U23, 1 draw and 3 wins for Watford U23. Over 2,5 goals: 4 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.Bristol City U23 missing players
Watford U23 missing players
| Bristol City U23 | Watford U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 30 |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 73% |
| 38% | 80% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 23% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 54% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 14% | 20% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 4.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 5.8 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 4.9 |
| 0.9 | 1 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 121 | 66 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 65 | 116 |
| 56 | 35 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 27 | 54 |
| 32% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 41% | 44% |
- All of Watford U23's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol City U23 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bristol City U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Watford U23 has the most scored goals (30)
- Watford U23 have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Watford U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Watford U23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Millwall U23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Charlton U23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Coventry U23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Cardiff U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 18 |
| 7 | Bristol City U23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Ipswich U23 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 9 | Colchester U23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 11 |