Watford W 1–5 Bristol City W

Women's Championship 2026/27 Matchweek 3 · 20 Sep 2026

Watford W vs Bristol City W in the Women's Championship 2026/27.

At Vicarage Road, Watford.

Bristol City W beat Watford W 5–1. R. Hardy opened the scoring for Bristol City W after 37 minutes. R. Hardy made it 0–2 after 62 minutes, and that was the winner.

What the result changed

Watford W went into the match 7th and came out of it 9th, on 2 points. Bristol City W went into the match 11th and came out of it 7th, on 3 points.

Places from the table below, worked out from the results played before and after this match.

Goalscorers

Watford W: S. Noonan 66'
Bristol City W: R. Hardy 37', R. Hardy 62', R. Hardy 72' (pen), A. Clancy 87' (og), K. Robinson 90+6'

Match events

18′ Bristol City W: Yellow Card, B. Aspin
31′ Watford W: Yellow Card, A. Clancy
33′ Watford W: Yellow Card, G. Neville
37′ Bristol City W: Normal Goal, R. Hardy, L. Lindstrom
49′ Bristol City W: Yellow Card, A. Apostolakis
61′ Watford W: Substitution, P. Poole, P. Wilson
62′ Watford W: Substitution, A. Kuyken, E. Noble
62′ Bristol City W: Normal Goal, R. Hardy, M. Farrugia
64′ Bristol City W: Substitution, M. Meena, M. Dafeur
64′ Bristol City W: Substitution, K. Robinson, M. Farrugia
66′ Watford W: Normal Goal, S. Noonan, A. Clancy
67′ Bristol City W: Yellow Card, F. Bentley
69′ Watford W: Substitution, T. Teisar, Z. Bailey
71′ Watford W: Red Card, L. Lyon
72′ Bristol City W: Penalty, R. Hardy
79′ Bristol City W: Substitution, E. Morgan, A. Apostolakis
79′ Watford W: Substitution, E. Gray, K. Muya
79′ Watford W: Substitution, M. Chandler, S. Noonan
81′ Watford W: Red Card, E. Gray
84′ Bristol City W: Substitution, E. Bissell, S. Ingle
84′ Bristol City W: Substitution, N. McDonald, O. Wos
87′ Bristol City W: Own Goal, A. Clancy
88′ Bristol City W: Yellow Card, N. McDonald
90+6′ Bristol City W: Normal Goal, K. Robinson, E. Bissell

The table as it stood on 20 Sep 2026

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle United W	3	+6	9
2	Sunderland W	3	+4	7
3	Wolverhampton W	3	+3	6
4	Leicester City FC W	2	+3	6
5	Southampton W	3	+2	5
6	Nottingham Forest W	3	+1	5
7	Bristol City W	3	0	3
8	Ipswich Town W	2	0	2
9	Watford W	3	-4	2
10	Burnley W	3	-4	1
11	Durham W	3	-5	0
12	Sheffield United W	3	-6	0

Worked out from the results played by then, ordered by points, then goal difference, then goals scored.

Watford W before this match

at Nottingham Forest W 2–2 (Nottingham Forest W) · Matchweek 2, 13 Sep 2026
vs Burnley W 0–0 (Burnley W) · Matchweek 1, 4 Sep 2026

Bristol City W before this match

vs Newcastle United W 0–1 (Newcastle United W) · Matchweek 2, 12 Sep 2026
at Sunderland W 1–4 (Sunderland W) · Matchweek 1, 6 Sep 2026