BRISTOL. Watford and Bristol City draw 1-1. T. Dele-Bashiru scored the first goal (13′) for Watford. S. Twine made it even (25′).
The match was played at the Ashton Gate Stadium stadium in Bristol on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 23,611 spectators. The referee was Andrew Kitchen with the support of James Wilson and Nigel Lugg. The 4th official was David Rock. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 15 Total 14
- 6 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 5
- 6 Shots blocked 7
- 118 Attack 92
- 50 Dangerous attack 37
- 76 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 8
Fouls
- 8 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Bristol City was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Watford that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Bristol City was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Bristol City to win the match.
Bristol City shot 15 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Watford shot 14 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Bristol City received 1 yellow card (Ross McCrorie). On the other side, Watford received 2 yellow cards (Ryan Andrews and Yaser Asprilla).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Bristol City has 37 points like Cardiff City to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Watford will has 40 points like Sunderland and Middlesbrough to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Bristol City will play away against Coventry City on the 27th of January with a 11-7 head to head record in favor of Bristol City (6 draws).
Watford will play away against Sheffield Wednesday on the 27th of January with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of Watford (4 draws).
Bristol City – Formation
Bristol City started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Liam Manning decided to play with the following team: Max O’Leary , George Tanner , Zak Vyner , Robert Dickie , Ross McCrorie , Joe Williams , Matty James , Cameron Pring , Jason Knight , Scott Twine and Tommy Conway .
The home team had on the bench: Anis Mehmeti, Taylor Gardner-Hickman , Harry Cornick, Andy King, Sam Bell , Nahki Wells , Stefan Bajić, Haydon Roberts and Jamie Knight-Lebel.
Substitutions
Bristol City made 3 changes: Joe Williams for Taylor Gardner-Hickman (69′), Tommy Conway for Nahki Wells (63′) and Ross McCrorie for Sam Bell (63′).
Player of the match: Scott Twine
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bristol City was Scott Twine.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (50% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 10 crosses.
Watford – Formation
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Valérien Ismaël played with: Rhys Healey, James William Morris, Ben Hamer , Ryan Andrews , Ryan Porteous , Wesley Hoedt , James Morris , Jake Livermore , Yaser Asprilla , Tom Dele-Bashiru and Ismaël Koné , Giorgi Chakvetadze , Mileta Rajovic .
These were the players on the bench: Matheus Martins , Horacio Barrenechea, Francisco Sierralta, Jamal Lewis , Thomas Ince, Matthew Pollock, Jorge Cabezas, Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Jack Grieves.
Substitutions
Watford made 4 changes: Yaser Asprilla for Matheus Martins (46′), Mileta Rajovic for Vakoun Issouf Bayo (62′), James Morris for Jamal Lewis (62′) and Giorgi Chakvetadze for Thomas Ince (89′).
Player of the match: James Morris
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was James Morris.
His rating is with 22 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Swansea City – Southampton – 1-3
- Stoke City – Birmingham City – 1-2
- Sheffield Wednesday – Coventry City – 1-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Millwall – 2-0
- Plymouth Argyle – Cardiff City – 3-1
- Norwich City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-0
- Middlesbrough – Rotherham United – 1-1
- Bristol City – Watford – 1-1
- Blackburn Rovers – Huddersfield Town – 1-1