Championship LIVE: Bristol City v Watford - stats & head-to-head

Summary

Kick-off: 20:00 GMT at Ashton Gate
Both sides seeking win to close gap on play-offs
Robins eighth, four points off top six - Watford two points behind them in 12th
Hornets one win in past nine, lost 5-1 at Bristol City in FA Cup in January
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Friday 27th February

Championship Table

On Friday 27th February

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Coventry City	34	20	8	6	70	37	33	68	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Middlesbrough	34	18	9	7	51	34	17	63	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
3 Millwall	34	17	8	9	45	40	5	59	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
4 Ipswich Town	32	16	9	7	56	34	22	57	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win
5 Hull City	33	17	6	10	55	48	7	57	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
6 Wrexham	34	14	12	8	53	45	8	54	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
7 Southampton	34	13	11	10	54	45	9	50	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
8 Bristol City	34	14	8	12	47	42	5	50	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
9 Preston North End	34	12	13	9	41	38	3	49	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
10 Birmingham City	34	13	10	11	45	43	2	49	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
11 Derby County	34	13	9	12	49	45	4	48	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
12 Watford	34	12	12	10	43	40	3	48	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
13 Stoke City	34	13	8	13	38	32	6	47	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
14 Queens Park Rangers	34	13	8	13	46	52	-6	47	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
15 Swansea City	34	13	7	14	40	40	0	46	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
16 Sheffield United	34	14	3	17	48	48	0	45	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
17 Norwich City	34	12	6	16	45	44	1	42	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
18 Charlton Athletic	34	10	11	13	33	43	-10	41	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
19 Portsmouth	33	10	9	14	34	43	-9	39	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
20 Blackburn Rovers	34	10	8	16	32	43	-11	38	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
21 West Bromwich Albion	34	9	8	17	33	50	-17	35	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
22 Leicester City	34	10	10	14	47	54	-7	34	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
23 Oxford United	34	6	11	17	29	46	-17	29	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
24 Sheffield Wednesday	34	1	8	25	20	68	-48	-7	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1, 2: Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6: Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24: Relegation

Sheffield Wednesday 12-point deduction was applied when the club entered administration 6-point deduction for breaches of payment obligations

Breach of EFL Regulation – Leicester City deducted 6 points

Last Updated 26th February 2026 at 15:34

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Match Facts

Bristol City are unbeaten in their last five home league games against Watford (W2 D3) since a 2-0 loss in March 2012.
In their league history, Watford have only drawn more games against Bournemouth (36) and Brighton (33) than they have against Bristol City (32), with this season’s reverse fixture finishing 1-1.
Bristol City have lost 5-0 against Derby and drawn 2-2 with Wrexham in their last two home league games, conceding as many goals in these two games as in their previous 10 at Ashton Gate (7).
Watford have lost just one of their last seven away league games (W2 D4), going down 1-0 at Southampton earlier this month.
This will be Bristol City’s fifth Friday game in the Championship this season (W1 D2 L1), with only West Bromwich Albion playing more on a Friday this term (6).

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Championship Scores & Fixtures

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