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Tuesday 26th December

Championship Table

On Tuesday 26th December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	24	19	2	3	48	17	31	59	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
2	Ipswich Town	24	16	5	3	48	33	15	53	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
3	Southampton	24	14	6	4	43	29	14	48	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
4	Leeds United	24	13	6	5	42	24	18	45	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
5	West Bromwich Albion	24	11	6	7	35	23	12	39	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
6	Sunderland	24	11	3	10	33	27	6	36	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
7	Hull City	24	10	6	8	36	31	5	36	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
8	Bristol City	24	10	5	9	30	27	3	35	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win
9	Preston North End	24	10	5	9	31	41	-10	35	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
10	Watford	24	9	7	8	38	32	6	34	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
11	Cardiff City	24	10	4	10	32	30	2	34	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
12	Norwich City	24	10	4	10	41	40	1	34	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
13	Coventry City	24	8	9	7	33	25	8	33	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
14	Middlesbrough	24	10	3	11	35	35	0	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss
15	Blackburn Rovers	24	10	1	13	35	43	-8	31	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16	Plymouth Argyle	24	7	7	10	39	40	-1	28	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
17	Swansea City	24	7	7	10	32	37	-5	28	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
18	Stoke City	24	7	6	11	24	31	-7	27	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
19	Birmingham City	24	7	6	11	30	38	-8	27	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
20	Millwall	24	6	8	10	26	31	-5	26	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
21	Huddersfield Town	24	5	10	9	24	38	-14	25	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
22	Queens Park Rangers	24	5	5	14	20	35	-15	20	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	24	4	4	16	17	39	-22	16	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	24	3	7	14	21	47	-26	16	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 26th December 2023 at 21:43

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Watford

Manager: Valérien Ismaël

Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Number 26,
B. Hamer
Number 6,
J. Lewis , substituted for Matheus Martins at 45 minutes
Number 4,
W. Hoedt , Captain, Yellow Card at 80 minutes
Number 3,
F. Sierralta
Number 45,
R. Andrews , substituted for T. Dele-Bashiru at 46 minutes
Number 8,
J. Livermore , substituted for G. Chakvetadze at 46 minutes
Number 12,
K. Sema
Number 11,
I. Koné , substituted for R. Healey at 62 minutes
Number 39,
E. Kayembe
Number 18,
Y. Asprilla
Number 9,
M. Rajović , substituted for V. Bayo at 75 minutes

away team, Bristol City

Manager: Liam Manning

Formation: 4 - 4 - 2

Number 1,
M. O’Leary
Number 3,
C. Pring
Number 16,
R. Dickie
Number 26,
Z. Vyner
Number 19,
G. Tanner
Number 11,
A. Mehmeti , substituted for A. Weimann at 77 minutes
Number 22,
T. Gardner-Hickman , substituted for M. James at 68 minutes
Number 8,
J. Williams , substituted for H. Cornick at 87 minutes
Number 17,
M. Sykes , substituted for S. Bell at 87 minutes
Number 15,
T. Conway , substituted for N. Wells at 77 minutes
Number 12,
J. Knight , Captain

Substitutes

home team, Watford

Number 1,
D. Bachmann
Number 19,
V. Bayo
Number 16,
G. Chakvetadze
Number 24,
T. Dele-Bashiru
Number 14,
R. Healey
Number 7,
T. Ince
Number 15,
M. Pollock
Number 5,
R. Porteous
Number 37,
Matheus Martins

away team, Bristol City

Number 23,
S. Bajić
Number 20,
S. Bell
Number 9,
H. Cornick
Number 6,
M. James
Number 27,
J. Knight-Lebel
Number 30,
R. Nelson
Number 14,
A. Weimann
Number 21,
N. Wells
Number 29,
E. Yeboah

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v Preston North End

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Match Facts

Watford are unbeaten in their last four league games against Bristol City (W2 D2) since a 2-0 defeat in January 2013. They have kept a clean sheet in all four games.
Bristol City’s last away league win at Watford came in February 2011 – they have won none of four league visits to Vicarage Road since then (D2 L2).
Bristol City haven’t scored the first goal in any of their last eight games against Watford in all competitions, last doing so in a 2-0 home win in January 2013. The last time they did so at Vicarage Road was on Boxing Day in 2008, with Nicky Maynard scoring after one minute.
Watford have won just four of their last 20 Boxing Day league matches (D7 L9) and lost 2-0 against Millwall last year.
Bristol City have lost their last five away Boxing Day league games – their last away win on Boxing Day was at Vicarage Road against Watford back in 2008 under Gary Johnson.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Match ends, Watford 1, Bristol City 4.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 6
Second Half ends, Watford 1, Bristol City 4.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Offside, Watford. Vakoun Bayo is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt missed. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rhys Healey.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Foul by Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford).
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Sam Bell (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Offside, Watford. Rhys Healey is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes
Attempt saved. Rhys Healey (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yáser Asprilla.
Postat 90 minutes
Attempt missed. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
Postat 87 minutes
Foul by Matheus Martins (Watford).
Postat 87 minutes
Jason Knight (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitutionat 87 minutes
Substitution, Bristol City. Sam Bell replaces Mark Sykes.
Substitutionat 87 minutes
Substitution, Bristol City. Harry Cornick replaces Joe Williams.
Postat 85 minutes
Attempt blocked. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Goal!at 83 minutes
Goal! Watford 1, Bristol City 4. Andreas Weimann (Bristol City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Williams with a through ball.
Postat 81 minutes
Attempt missed. Rob Dickie (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joe Williams with a cross following a set piece situation.
Bookingat 80 minutes
Wesley Hoedt (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 80 minutes
Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
Postat 80 minutes
Jason Knight (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitutionat 77 minutes
Substitution, Bristol City. Nahki Wells replaces Tommy Conway.