David Watson

Bolton Wanderers

Born on : February 12, 2005 (21 years) at Prestwick

Nationality : Scotland

U21 International

2023
2023-2024
2022-2023

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Current season statistics (2026/2027)

0 Impacting goals 0 Goals

0 Impacting assists 0 Assists

2 Played matches 26 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

Main position
Offensive Midfielder	3%

Watson's career statisticsLast updated on 03/11/2026 at 19:21

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

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goals

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goals

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2026/2027

Bolton

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Bolton	Carabao Cup	1							15	12	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%
Bolton	Sky Bet Championship	1							11	12	0%	5	8%			0%	0%	100%

2025/2026

Kilmarnock

795

953

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Kilmarnock	Premier Sports Cup	6				3	4	382	12	67%	2	100%	1		67%	33%	0%
Kilmarnock	WilliamHill Premiership	34	3	1	795	48	8	2386	12	76%	9	89%	8	1	26%	26%	47%
Kilmarnock	Scottish FA Cup	1		1		2		90	12	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Kilmarnock B	Challenge Cup	1						20	17	0%	1				0%	0%	100%
Scotland U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	8	1	2	665	9	4	665	14	100%			1		38%	25%	38%

2024/2025

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Kilmarnock	Europa League	1	1		76	1		76	12	100%	1	50%		0%	100%	0%
Kilmarnock	WilliamHill Premiership	35	4	1	532	43	8	2127	12	66%	15	92%	5	34%	14%	51%
Kilmarnock	Conference League	4				3	1	204	12	25%	3	100%	1	25%	50%	25%
Kilmarnock	Premier Sports Cup	1				1		120	12	100%		100%	1	0%	0%	100%
Kilmarnock	Scottish FA Cup	1				1		24	12	0%	1	100%		0%	0%	100%
Scotland U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	2				1	1	70	14	0%	3		1	50%	0%	50%

2023/2024

Kilmarnock

461

594

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Kilmarnock	Viaplay Cup	6		1		4	3	466	12	83%	1	100%	1	67%	17%	17%
Kilmarnock	cinch Premiership	36	5	2	461	28	14	2303	12	67%	13	95%	9	36%	36%	28%
Kilmarnock	Scottish FA Cup	3		1		2	2	202	12	100%		100%		67%	0%	33%
Scotland U-19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	6	1		396	7	1	396	10	67%	2		1	33%	17%	50%

2022/2023

Kilmarnock

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Kilmarnock	cinch Premiership	10					10	2	651	34	80%	2	91%	2	1	40%	10%	50%

2022/2023

Kilmarnock B

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Kilmarnock B	Challenge Cup	2					6		180	34	100%			1		50%	0%	50%
Kilmarnock	cinch Premiership									34		1

2021/2022

Kilmarnock

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Kilmarnock	Challenge Cup	1							7	44	0%	2	25%			100%	0%	0%

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Rewards

Victories

PFA Young Player of the Year

2024

Transfers

02/06/26 >	Bolton	Free
01/03/23 > 02/06/26	Kilmarnock
01/07/21 > 01/03/23	Kilmarnock B

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 03/11/2026 at 19:21

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Bolton	2				26			0%0	0%0	100%2
Scotland U-19	6	1		396	396	1		67%4	33%2	50%3
Scotland U-21	10	1	2	735	735	2		80%8	40%4	40%4
Kilmarnock	141	13	7	702	9126	29	2	70%98	37%52	39%55
Kilmarnock B	3				200	1		67%2	33%1	67%2

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
St. Mirren	13	8	7	15
Aberdeen	11	5	5	10
Livingston	8	6	5	4
Hearts	13	4	4	14
Ross County	8	3	3	6
Dundee FC	12	4	2	19
Rangers	11	2	2	33
Motherwell	10	2	2	15
St. Johnstone	9	4	2	10
Dundee U	6	3	2	6
Gibraltar U-21	2	2	2	0
Celtic	12	1	1	35
Czech Rep. U-21	2	0	1	2
Montrose	2	1	1	4
Tromsö	2	1	1	2
Bulgaria U-19	1	0	1	0
Kelty Hearts	1	0	1	0
Malta U-21	1	1	1	0
Bulgaria U-21	1	1	1	0
East Fife	1	1	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Celtic	12	10	35
Rangers	11	9	33
Aberdeen	11	6	10
Hearts	13	5	14
Motherwell	10	5	15
Hibernian	9	4	16
St. Johnstone	9	4	10
Ross County	8	4	6
Falkirk	4	3	10
Dundee FC	12	3	19
Portugal U-21	2	2	5
Czech Rep. U-21	2	1	2
Czech Rep. U-19	1	1	2
Spain U-21	1	1	2
Italy U-19	1	1	3
Georgia U-19	1	1	3
S Wednesday	1	1	1
Montrose	2	1	4
FC Edinburgh	1	1	1
Copenhague	2	1	3

Results with or without him

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2026/2027	Bolton	0%	100%	2	33%	50%	12	-
2025/2026	Kilmarnock	32%	41%	41	25%	50%	4	-
2024/2025	Kilmarnock	31%	50%	42	0%	25%	4	-
2023/2024	Kilmarnock	42%	27%	45	50%	0%	2	-
2022/2023	Kilmarnock	40%	50%	10	50%	50%	2	-
2022/2023	Kilmarnock B	50%	50%	2	100%	0%	1	-
2021/2022	Kilmarnock	100%	0%	1	57%	26%	46	-

Key figures

David Watson hasn't scored at home all competitions included for 1773 minutes.

Watson hasn't scored all competitions included for 3118 minutes.

He hasn't scored away from home all competitions included for 1498 minutes.

The player hasn't scored in non-league and non-national team competition for 598 minutes.

He hasn't won in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 matches

David Watson hasn't scored at home in non-league and non-national team competition for 1101 minutes.

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Kilmarnock
04/09/2021	CC	Kilmarnock - Falkirk	3 - 1	First match with the club, first victory
16/07/2022		Montrose - Kilmarnock	0 - 3	First start
04/03/2023		Rangers - Kilmarnock	3 - 1	First loss
20/05/2023		Kilmarnock - St. Johnstone	0 - 1	First red card
07/10/2023		Celtic Glasgow - Kilmarnock	3 - 1	First goal
28/09/2024		Kilmarnock - Dundee United	3 - 3	First time scoring 2 goals
Kilmarnock B
23/08/2022	CC	Kilmarnock B - East Stirlingshire	5 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first victory
24/09/2022	CC	Montrose - Kilmarnock B	4 - 2	First loss
Bolton Wanderers
08/08/2026		S Wednesday - Bolton	1 - 0	First match with the club, first loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 03/11/2026 at 19:21

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
League Cup	League Cup	1				15					100%1
Championship	Championship	1				11					100%1
Premiership	Premiership	115	12	622	4	7467	70%81	2	33%38	24%28	43%49
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup	15			1	1056	73%11		67%10	20%3	13%2
Scottish FA Cup	Scottish FA Cup	5			2	316	80%4		40%2		60%3
Scottish Challenge Cup	Scottish Challenge Cup	4				207	50%2		50%2		50%2
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	10	1	735	2	735	80%8		40%4	20%2	40%4
EEU19	Eliminatoires Euro U-19	6	1	396		396	67%4		33%2	17%1	50%3
Europa League	Europa League	1	1	76		76	100%1			100%1
ECL	Europa Conference League	4				204	25%1		25%1	50%2	25%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2026/2027	Bolton	2	19	14	13	4	2	7	18	26
2025/2026	Kilmarnock	1P	11	28	34	6	10	18	37	66
2025/2026	Kilmarnock	1	6	1	1	0	1	0	2	2
2024/2025	Kilmarnock	1P	9	44	36	12	8	16	45	60
2024/2025	Kilmarnock	1	9	35	33	9	8	16	38	58
2023/2024	Kilmarnock	1	4	51	33	13	12	8	43	34
2022/2023	Kilmarnock	1P	10	34	36	9	7	20	31	61
2022/2023	Kilmarnock	1	11	31	33	8	7	18	29	58

Last games

Date	Competition	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
October 31, 2026	31/10	Round 13	Bolton	2 - 3	Bristol City	On the bench
October 23, 2026	23/10	Round 12	Bolton	1 - 5	Middlesbrough	Absent
October 17, 2026	17/10	Round 11	Southampton	0 - 0	Bolton	Absent
October 13, 2026	13/10	Round 10	Wolverhampton	1 - 3	Bolton	Absent
October 10, 2026	10/10	Round 9	Bolton	1 - 2	Stoke City	Absent
October 06, 2026	06/10	Round 12	Bulgaria Espoirs	0 - 2	Scotland Espoirs	Absent
September 30, 2026	30/09	Round 11	Scotland Espoirs	5 - 2	Azerbaijan Espoirs	Absent
September 20, 2026	20/09	Round 8	Norwich City	3 - 4	Bolton	On the bench
September 12, 2026	12/09	Round 7	Bolton	1 - 0	Cardiff City	Absent
September 08, 2026	08/09	Round 6	Bolton	2 - 3	West Ham	Absent
September 05, 2026	05/09	Round 5	Millwall	4 - 0	Bolton	Absent
September 01, 2026	01/09	Round 4	Sheffield U	3 - 2	Bolton	Absent
August 29, 2026	29/08	Round 3	Bolton	0 - 1	Lincoln City	11 Minutes
August 22, 2026	22/08	Round 2	QPR	0 - 0	Bolton	On the bench
August 15, 2026	15/08	Round 1	Bolton	2 - 1	Preston NE	On the bench
August 08, 2026	08/08	First round	S Wednesday	1 - 0	Bolton	15 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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