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Championship
Referee: J Gillett
Watford
U T T U S
1–3
Full-time
Cardiff
U T S T T

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Team trends

Watford Cardiff
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 25%
33%
17%
Points per game
1,3
0,7
Over 2.5 Ø 50%
50%
50%
Both score Ø 59%
50%
67%
Average goals
3,0
3,2
Scored
1,7
1,2
Conceded
1,3
2,0
Goal diff per game
+0,3
-0,8
This season — Championship · 42/41 matches
Win Ø 32%
36%
27%
Points per game
1,4
1,0
Over 2.5 Ø 34%
38%
29%
Both score Ø 40%
43%
37%
Average goals
2,3
2,0
Scored
1,2
0,8
Conceded
1,1
1,2
Goal diff per game
+0,1
-0,4
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Match stats

Half-time score: 1–3

73% Possession 27%
14 Shots 9
3 Shots on target 5
7 Blocked shots 2
2 Goalkeeper saves 2
10 Corners 1
2 Offside 1
11 Free kicks against 11
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Watford 11. · Cardiff 22.
# Team K V U T +/− P
1 Burnley 42 26 14 2 +48 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 +29 82
3 Middlesbrough 41 21 8 12 +29 71
4 Luton 39 20 11 8 +17 71
5 Millwall 43 18 11 14 +8 65
6 West Brom 42 17 12 13 +9 63
7 Blackburn 41 19 6 16 -2 63
8 Preston 42 17 11 14 -6 62
9 Norwich 42 17 10 15 +8 61
10 Sunderland 41 16 12 13 +9 60
11 Watford 42 15 14 13 +4 59
12 Coventry 40 15 13 12 +8 58
13 Swansea 42 15 11 16 -2 56
14 Bristol City 43 13 14 16 -3 53
15 Birmingham 43 14 11 18 -7 53
16 Hull 42 13 14 15 -9 53
17 Stoke 43 14 10 19 +4 52
18 Reading 42 13 9 20 -19 48
19 Rotherham 42 10 16 16 -10 46
20 Huddersfield 43 11 11 21 -19 44
21 QPR 42 11 10 21 -27 43
22 Cardiff 41 11 9 21 -16 42
23 Wigan 43 9 13 21 -28 40
24 Blackpool 43 9 11 23 -25 38

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Match report

Watford Cardiff
1–0 I. Sarr
K. Davis
11′
31′
K. Etete 1–1
A. Rinomhota
35′
C. Kipré 1–2
39′
🟨 Kion Etete
Wesley Hoedt 🟨
40′
42′
S. Kaba 1–3
P. Ng
Half-time 1–3
K. Sema 🔁
↦ I. Koné
46′
57′
🟨 Joe Ralls
58′
🟨 Callum O'Dowda
J. Ngakia 🔁
↦ R. Andrews
64′
Y. Asprilla 🔁
↦ H. Kamara
65′
68′
🔁 C. Wickham
↦ K. Etete
68′
🔁 R. Sawyers
↦ A. Rinomhota
Keinan Davis 🟨
74′
Jeremy Ngakia 🟨
77′
82′
🔁 M. Harris
↦ S. Kaba
Full-time 1–3

Line-ups

Watford

4-1-4-1
1 D. Bachmann G
57 R. Andrews D
22 R. Porteous D
44 W. Hoedt D
14 H. Kamara D
4 H. Choudhury M
23 I. Sarr M
11 I. Koné M
6 I. Louza M
10 João Pedro M
7 K. Davis F
Bench (7)
12 K. Sema
2 J. Ngakia
18 Y. Asprilla
26 B. Hamer
25 L. Bacuna
27 C. Kabasele
21 Henrique Araújo

Coach: C. Wilder

Cardiff

5-3-2
1 R. Allsop G
2 M. Romeo D
38 P. Ng D
23 C. Kipré D
5 M. McGuinness D
11 C. O'Dowda D
35 A. Rinomhota M
6 R. Wintle M
8 J. Ralls M
9 K. Etete F
48 S. Kaba F
Bench (7)
31 C. Wickham
19 R. Sawyers
29 M. Harris
10 S. Ojo
12 T. Sang
21 J. Alnwick
39 I. Davies

Coach: S. Lamouchi

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

1X2
H
1,93
U
3,40
B ✓
4,14
Over/under goals
O1,5 ✓
O2,5 ✓
2,21
U2,5
1,66
O3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja ✓
BLS nei

Referee

J Gillett · 178 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,5 / match
Average
⚽ Free kicks
21,1 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,07 per match

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.