Bristol City 1:0 Watford: xG & match report · Championship

Friday, 18/09/2026 at 21:00

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Match report · Championship

Bristol City Home 1.47 xG · 17 shots

Watford Away 0.57 xG · 10 shots

10 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

31' Dominic Ballard Bristol City · 0.03 xG chance 1–0

The shots behind it

Bristol City Watford

Shots: 17; 10
On target: 7; 2
Inside the box: 12; 3
xG per shot: 0.09; 0.05
Open play xG: 0.64; 0.49
Set-piece xG: 0.95; 0.03
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.56 for Bristol City and 0.52 for Watford.

Shot map

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All shots

27 shots · 2.11 xG

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Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

Bristol City

1.44 xG created 1.29 xGA

D 1.43 created, 1.98 conceded against Birmingham City
W 0.61 created, 1.37 conceded against Portsmouth
W 1.78 created, 1.91 conceded against Preston North End
W 1.06 created, 0.26 conceded against Burnley
L 2.24 created, 1.71 conceded against Southampton
L 1.53 created, 0.53 conceded against Lincoln City

Watford

1.04 xG created 1.77 xGA

D 0.65 created, 1.92 conceded against Wrexham
D 1.60 created, 0.89 conceded against West Ham United
L 0.88 created, 2.71 conceded against Swansea City
L 1.26 created, 1.14 conceded against West Bromwich Albion
W 1.44 created, 2.48 conceded against Preston North End
L 0.39 created, 1.50 conceded against Stoke City

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Bristol City: 0 won · 1 drawn · 1 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.