Watford vs Bristol City

26 December 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Busby

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Giorgi Chakvetadze 49’

Cameron Pring 28’
Wesley Hoedt 45+2’ (og)
Mark Sykes 50’
Andreas Weimann 83’

Match summary

Bristol City won comfortably, 4-1 away at Watford. Bristol City led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Cameron Pring put Bristol City ahead in the 28th minute and Hoedt's own goal made it 0-2 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Giorgi Chakvetadze pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 49th minute, Mark Sykes made it 1-3 in the 50th minute, and Andreas Weimann made it 1-4 in the 83rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Bristol City created 1.33 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Watford's 0.93 from 13.

Match stats

13 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 5

6 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.93 xG 1.33

0.93 Non-penalty xG 1.33

Key events

Watford Bristol City

Kick-off

28’

Cameron Pring

0-1

45+2’

Wesley Hoedt
Own goal

0-2

Half-time0-2

Giorgi Chakvetadze

1-2

49’

50’

Mark Sykes

1-3

83’

Andreas Weimann

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Watford

Wesley Hoedt

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Watford 0.93 xGBristol City 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bristol City attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Ben Hamer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Andrews Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Francisco Sierralta	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Wesley Hoedt	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamal Lewis Taken off	45′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Jake Livermore Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yáser Asprilla	90′	–	–	3	0.09	–	–	–
Edo Kayembe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ismael Koné Taken off	62′	–	–	1	0.34	–	–	–
Ken Sema	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mileta Rajović Taken off	75′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Matheus Martins Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Giorgi Chakvetadze Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	1	0.22	–	–	–
Tom Dele-Bashiru Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	2	0.05	–	–	–
Rhys Healey Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	2	0.09	–	–	–
Vakoun Issouf Bayo Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Max O'Leary	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
George Tanner	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zak Vyner	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rob Dickie	90′	–	–	3	0.08	–	–	–
Cameron Pring	90′	1	–	1	0.10	–	–	–
Mark Sykes Taken off	87′	1	–	2	0.62	–	–	–
Joe Williams Taken off	87′	–	–	2	0.08	–	–	–
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Taken off	68′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Anis Mehmeti Taken off	77′	–	–	4	0.28	–	–	–
Jason Knight	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Tommy Conway Taken off	77′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matty James Came on as a substitute	22′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nahki Wells Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andreas Weimann Came on as a substitute	13′	1	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Sam Bell Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Cornick Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 49% Avg odds 1.94

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.48

Bristol City win 24% Avg odds 4.04

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Watford W D L W W

Bristol City L D L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Watford 2-0 Bristol City, 15 Apr 23 Next meeting: Bristol City 1-1 Watford, 20 Jan 24 All Watford vs Bristol City meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.