Match summary
Before kickoff, Cardiff City were 23rd in the table but 16th on points from the last five league games.
Cardiff City vs WatfordResult, Lineups & H2H
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Cardiff City vs Watford in numbers
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Cardiff City2W 2D 1L
Cardiff CityWatford
8Pointsof 153
7Goals scored6
6Goals conceded12
1Clean sheets0
5Scored in a row8
4Unbeaten in a row0
0Without a win4
0Conceded in a row8
Head to head19 meetings · Oct 2009 – Dec 2024
- Cardiff City wins
- 9
- Draws
- 4
- Watford wins
- 6
3.21goals per meeting
74%both teams scored
63%3+ goals
26%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsCardiff City 3W 1D 1L · 2.6 goals per game
Meetings
- ChampionshipWatford1-2Cardiff City
- ChampionshipWatford0-1Cardiff City
- ChampionshipCardiff City1-1Watford
- ChampionshipWatford1-3Cardiff City
- ChampionshipCardiff City1-2Watford
Show all 19 meetings
- ChampionshipCardiff City1-2Watford
- ChampionshipWatford0-1Cardiff City
- Premier LeagueCardiff City1-5Watford
- Premier LeagueWatford3-2Cardiff City
- ChampionshipCardiff City2-4Watford
- ChampionshipWatford0-1Cardiff City
- ChampionshipWatford0-0Cardiff City
- ChampionshipCardiff City2-1Watford
- ChampionshipCardiff City1-1Watford
- ChampionshipWatford1-1Cardiff City
- ChampionshipCardiff City4-2Watford
- ChampionshipWatford4-1Cardiff City
- ChampionshipCardiff City3-1Watford
- ChampionshipWatford0-4Cardiff City
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 308 earlier results
Cardiff CityWatford
#23Position#8
23Points25 v 25 games37
-15Goal difference-1
1Scored per gameleague avg 1.241.4
1.6Conceded per game1.44
#16Form table position#20
Match Timeline
Man of the Match
Cardiff CityWatford
- Yellow Card · Cardiff City · Calum Chambers90+5'
- Substitution · Cardiff City · Joel Bagan · InOut: Alex Robertson88'
- Substitution · Cardiff City · Joe Ralls · InOut: Cian Ashford88'
- 87'Goal · Watford · Vakoun Issouf Bayo1-1
- 83'Substitution · Watford · Festy Ebosele · InOut: Yasser Larouci
- Substitution · Cardiff City · Yakou Méïté · InOut: Rubin Colwill79'
- 73'Yellow Card · Watford · Matthew Pollock
- Substitution · Cardiff City · Edo Kayembe · InOut: Moussa Sissoko69'
- 68'Substitution · Watford · Ollie Tanner · InOut: Chris Willock
- Goal · Cardiff City · Cian Ashford1-065'
- 61'Yellow Card · Watford · Jeremy Ngakia
- 60'Substitution · Watford · Rocco Vata · InOut: Ryan Porteous
Match Statistics
Match stats
Cardiff CityWatford
51%Ball Possession49%
12Shots Total6
5Shots On Target2
7Corners3
8Fouls14
1Yellow Cards2
3Offsides3
1Saves3
355Passes341
86Attacks59
49Dangerous Attacks27
9Goal Attempts3
5Shots Off Target3
6Shots Inside Box5
6Shots Outside Box1
1Goals1
2Shots Blocked0
4Substitutions3
10Tackles20
248Accurate Passes241
0Red Cards0
79Ball Safe84
2Injuries1
69.86%Pass Accuracy70.67%
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-2-3-1 · 5-3-2
Player Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 90' | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 64(78%) | 1 | 5/14 | |
| 7.5 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 42(64%) | 1 | 10/12 | |
| 7.5 | 88' | 1 | 0 | 1/2 | 26(85%) | - | 4/7 | |
| 7.2 | 11' | 0 | 0 | - | 3(33%) | - | 4/5 | |
| 7.1 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 33(52%) | 4 | 11/13 | |
Perry Ng DF | 7.1 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 39(67%) | 1 | 5/9 |
| 7.0 | 88' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 28(68%) | 1 | 5/13 | |
| 6.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 27(78%) | 2 | 3/9 | |
| 6.7 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 35(89%) | - | 4/7 | |
| 6.6 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 24(29%) | - | 1/1 | |
| 6.5 | 22' | 0 | 0 | - | 7(50%) | - | 1/2 | |
| 6.5 | 8' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1/1 | |
| 6.4 | 8' | 0 | 0 | - | 1(100%) | 1 | 1/2 | |
| 6.2 | 68' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 15(87%) | - | 3/10 | |
| 6.1 | 79' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 14(86%) | 1 | 1/16 |
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