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Bristol City v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 5th Apr, 15:00 BST, Robins High Performance Centre, Somerset

Home advantage makes a difference in the Championship, and Liam Manning’s Bristol City will have the joy of it on Saturday afternoon. Tom Cleverley’s Watford are their visitors to the Robins High Performance Centre. All of the key stats for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across seventeen major markets are covered in this preview. It's all designed to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be no more than 3 goals scored by Bristol C and Watford combined during 90 minutes. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this conclusion, and we're suggest there's a 80% chance of it coming in. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.30.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Bristol C are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 51% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bristol C
51%
3/4
3%
-
Draw
27%
5/2-
Watford
22%
15/4
6%
-
Bristol C 1-0
15%
11/2
7%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Bristol C 2-0
11%
7/1
6%
-
Draw 0-0
10%
17/2
5%
-
Bristol C 2-1
9%
15/2-
Watford 1-0
8%
11/1
8%
-
Watford 2-1
5%
14/1-
Bristol C 3-0
5%
14/1-
Bristol C 3-1
4%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
16/1
13%
-
Watford 2-0
4%
22/1-
Bristol C 4-0
2%
28/1-
Bristol C 3-2
2%
28/1
12%
-
Bristol C 4-1
2%
28/1-
Watford 3-1
1%
40/1
21%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
1/1
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
4/5
6%
-
Home 1st Goal
54%
1/2-
Away 1st Goal
40%
15/8-
No 1st Goal
6%
17/2
5%
-
BTTS - Yes
44%
5/6
2%
-
BTTS - No
56%
5/6
4%
-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
3/1
7%
-
BTTS - Draw
17%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
9%
8/1
6%
-
Home/draw
78%
2/11-
Away/draw
49%
1/1
3%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
1/3
3%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
12/5
9%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
5/2
3%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
3/10
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
6/1
17%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
1/10
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
14/1
15%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
9/1-
Home DNB
70%
3/10-
Away DNB
41%
12/5-
Bristol C win to nil
33%
7/4
8%
-
Watford win to nil
13%
7/1-
Bristol C / Bristol C
29%
15/8-
Bristol C / Watford
2%
40/1
21%
-
Bristol C / Draw
5%
14/1-
Draw / Bristol C
18%
7/2
5%
-
Draw / Watford
9%
8/1-
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
9%
-
Watford / Bristol C
4%
22/1-
Watford / Watford
11%
13/2-
Watford / Draw
5%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Bristol C have played 39 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 11 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. Bristol C have outscored their opponents by 49 goals to 47 goals.

Home League Performance

Bristol C have played 19 games at home winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 28 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 15 goals at home.

Watford are in 9th position in the Championship on 53 points having played 39 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 32 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 23 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 2 and won 5. Watford have conceded 19 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol C
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd3926762783 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
2
Leeds39231245181 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-1A
3
Burnley39221524281 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1A
4
Sunderland39201271972 
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
5
Coventry3917814559 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
6
West Brom39131881357 
Apr 8
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Apr 12
7
M'Boro39169141057 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
8
Bristol C Home39141510757 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
Apr 5
9
Watford Away3915816-453 
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
-
-
10
Norwich39131313752 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
11
Blackburn3915717152 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
12
Sheff Wed39141015-652 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2A
May 3
w
 
2-6F
13
Millwall39131214-351 
w
 
4-3F
w
 
0-2F
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
14
Preston39101712-747 
May 3
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
15
QPR39111216-845 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 12
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
16
Swansea3912918-1145 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
17
Portsmouth3912918-1445 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
18
Stoke39101217-1242 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
19
Oxford Utd39101217-1742 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
20
Derby3911820-941 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
21
Hull39101118-941 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 8
d
 
1-1A
22
Cardiff3991317-2040 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
23
Luton3910821-2538 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 21
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
24
Plymouth3971319-3734 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bristol C 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C2 - 1Norwich
Bristol C1 - 1Hull
Bristol C2 - 1M'Boro
Bristol C2 - 0Stoke
Bristol C0 - 1Swansea
Bristol C2 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C1 - 0Derby
Bristol C3 - 0Portsmouth
Bristol C1 - 0Luton
Bristol C1 - 1QPR
Bristol C4 - 0Plymouth
Bristol C0 - 1Burnley
Bristol C1 - 2Sheff Utd
Bristol C0 - 0Leeds
Bristol C1 - 1Cardiff
Bristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
Bristol C2 - 1Oxford Utd
Bristol C1 - 1Coventry
Bristol C4 - 3Millwall
Bristol C2 - 0Rotherham
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol C0 - 1Burnley
HBristol C2 - 1Norwich
ABristol C1 - 1Sheff Utd
HBristol C1 - 1Hull
ABristol C2 - 0Millwall
HBristol C2 - 1M'Boro
ABristol C1 - 1Cardiff
HBristol C2 - 0Stoke
HBristol C0 - 1Swansea
ABristol C1 - 1Oxford Utd
HBristol C2 - 1Blackburn
ABristol C2 - 2Sheff Wed
ABristol C0 - 1Coventry
HBristol C1 - 0Derby
ABristol C2 - 2Plymouth
HBristol C3 - 0Portsmouth
HBristol C1 - 0Luton
ABristol C0 - 2West Brom
HBristol C1 - 1QPR
ABristol C1 - 1Sunderland
Watford 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd1 - 0Watford
Stoke0 - 0Watford
M'Boro0 - 1Watford
Sunderland2 - 2Watford
Coventry2 - 1Watford
Derby0 - 2Watford
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
QPR3 - 1Watford
Burnley2 - 1Watford
Hull1 - 1Watford
Plymouth2 - 2Watford
Swansea1 - 0Watford
Sheff Wed2 - 6Watford
Leeds2 - 1Watford
Luton3 - 0Watford
Preston3 - 0Watford
Norwich4 - 1Watford
Sheff Utd1 - 0Watford
Millwall2 - 3Watford
M'Boro3 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford0 - 0Plymouth
AWatford0 - 1Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 0Swansea
HWatford1 - 2Millwall
AWatford0 - 0Stoke
HWatford2 - 0Luton
AWatford1 - 0M'Boro
HWatford0 - 4Leeds
AWatford2 - 2Sunderland
HWatford0 - 1Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 2Preston
AWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford1 - 1Cardiff
HWatford1 - 2Sheff Utd
AWatford1 - 3QPR
HWatford1 - 2Cardiff
HWatford2 - 1Portsmouth
AWatford1 - 2Burnley
HWatford2 - 1West Brom
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Bristol C have drawn with Watford in 3 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Bristol C since 1998
Bristol C
Watford
Goals: Scored
7
12
Games: Scored
5 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
5 / 10
BCY
1
D
6
WAT
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bristol C2 - 0
0 - 2Watford
0 - 2Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 4Watford
League games at Watford since 1998
Watford
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
21
17
Games: Scored
11 / 11
6 / 11
Clean sheets
5 / 11
0 / 11
BCY
4
D
2
WAT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford1 - 0
1 - 4Bristol C
Watford2 - 0
Watford6 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3Bristol C
Watford2 - 0
2 - 4Bristol C
1 - 2Bristol C
Watford1 - 0
Goal Statistics

A truly dismal PG of just 0.8 should cause concerns for Watford fans, as should a 5 Championship games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

Bristol C 8th Watford 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Bristol C will score 1 or more goals
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Watford scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-3
Bristol C’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-1
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Bristol C
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.5
0.8
Attack rating
4%
better
BCY
WAT
view stats
Games scored28
29
Failed to score11
10
Scored first19
14
Goals scored49
47
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
14
Avg. XG for1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
5%
better
BCY
WAT
view stats
Games conceded29
28
Clean sheets10
11
Conceded first18
22
Goals conceded42
51
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+5%

Bristol C v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
391277
M O'LearyA MehmetiM BirdR Dickie
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M O'Leary GLK39
3
-
Z Vyner DEF391
2
-
J Knight MID3935
6
-
M Bird MID3917
1
-
A Mehmeti FWD36121
4
-
Y Hirakawa FWD3222
-
N Wells FWD3283
3
-
S Twine MID3053
5
-
G. Earthy MID3021
1
-
S Armstrong FWD303
1
-
R Dickie DEF291
6
1
C Pring DEF272
7
-
L McNally DEF2631
7
-
G Tanner DEF261
2
-
M Sykes MID2533
5
-
H Roberts DEF241
3
-
J Williams MID194
6
1
S Bell FWD17
-
R McCrorie DEF161
6
1
M McGuane MID15
1
-
H Cornick FWD31
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
371069
G ChakvetadzeV BayoG ChakvetadzeF Carvallo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pollock DEF3814
6
-
G Chakvetadze MID3826
7
-
E Kayembe MID3881
6
-
Y Larouci DEF372
2
-
M Sissoko MID3531
4
-
V Bayo FWD3510
4
1
R Andrews DEF3332
3
-
F Carvallo DEF28
9
-
T Ince FWD2711
-
I Louza  MID2621
8
-
K Baah FWD2643
5
2
R Vata FWD2633
-
D Bachmann GLK22
1
-
J Ngakia DEF221
6
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID224
-
J Morris DEF16
2
-
J Abankwah DEF12
2
1
M. Doumbia FWD12
1
-
E Selvik GLK9
2
-
J Bond GLK9
-
A Ogbonna DEF6
-
K Keben DEF4
-
P Dwomoh MID4
-
C Wiley DEF3
-