Championship · Matchweek 8
Bristol City
BRI
1–0Full time
Watford
WAT
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
42%Possession43%
33%Territory31%
33%From set plays31%
0.14Chance quality0.10
5.4%Directness5.8%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Bristol City, 3 for Watford. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.