Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Cardiff City FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Cardiff City FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Watford FC
Tue 14 Jan 2025 · 19:45 UTC Cardiff City Stadium 16,942 HT 45' · FT 45'
Cian Ashford 65' 1–0
1–1 87' Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Y 61' Jeremy Ngakia
Y 73' Matthew Pollock
Calum Chambers 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Cardiff City FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Oliver Langford
  • Assistant 1
  • Assistant 2 Abbas Khan
4 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 6.5 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Swansea City AFC 8 17
2 West Ham United FC 8 15
3 Middlesbrough FC 8 15
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 7 14
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 14
6 Queens Park Rangers FC 8 13
7 Stoke City FC 8 13
8 Bristol City FC 8 13
9 Charlton Athletic FC 8 12
10 Birmingham City FC 8 11
11 Millwall FC 8 11
12 Lincoln City FC 8 11
13 Southampton FC 8 10
14 Wrexham AFC 8 10
15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 10
16 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 9
17 Norwich City FC 8 9
18 Sheffield United FC 8 9
19 Portsmouth FC 7 8
20 Watford FC 8 8
21 Cardiff City FC 8 7
22 Derby County FC 8 5
23 Preston North End FC 8 4
24 Burnley FC 8 4

Head-to-Head

4
2
4
Cardiff City FC 10 games · Avg 3.0 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC 2024-12-29 Watford FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2024-02-03 Watford FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC 2023-10-07 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC 2023-04-19 Watford FC 1–3 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jan Watford FC H 1–1 D
09 Jan Sheffield United FC A 1–0 W
04 Jan Middlesbrough FC A 1–1 D
01 Jan Coventry City FC H 1–1 D
29 Dec Watford FC A 2–1 W
26 Dec Oxford United FC A 2–3 L
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
14 Jan Cardiff City FC A 1–1 D
09 Jan Fulham FC A 1–4 L
04 Jan Sheffield United FC H 1–2 L
01 Jan Queens Park Rangers FC A 1–3 L
29 Dec Cardiff City FC H 1–2 L
26 Dec Portsmouth FC H 2–1 W

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC Watford FC
#21 Position #20
7 Points 8
8 Played 8
1 / 4 / 3 W / D / L 2 / 2 / 4
10 Scored 7
12 Conceded 10
-2 GD -3
0.88 PPG 1.00
13% Win % 25%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Cardiff City FC are 21st (7 pts). Watford FC are 20th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cardiff City FC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/2
46-60
–/3
61-75
3/–
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Watford FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
2/2
31-45
–/3
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/–
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cardiff City FC
Jack Moylan 3 G 1 A
Yousef Salech 2 G 1 A
Cian Ashford 2 G 1 A
Rubin Colwill 1 G 1 A
Watford FC
Amin Nabizada 3 G
Iker Bravo 1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Cardiff City FC welcome Watford FC for this crunch clash at Cardiff City Stadium.
  • 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Dimitrios Goutas made 25 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 15' Rocco Vata has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' Calum Chambers needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 25' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Cardiff City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 45' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
  • 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Watford FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 55' Giorgi Chakvetadze has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 306 appearances.
  • 60' Watford FC make a change. Ryan Porteous trudges off to be replaced by Rocco Vata on 60 minutes.
  • 61' The referee calls foul for Jeremy Ngakia. He receives a card.
  • 65' A goal from the Wales international Cian Ashford! He fires home on 65 to make it 1-0!
  • 68' Cardiff City FC make a change. Chris Willock trudges off to be replaced by Ollie Tanner on 68 minutes.
  • 73' The referee shows Watford FC player a card on 73.
  • 78' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 79' Fresh legs for Cardiff City FC! Yakou Meite comes on to replace Rubin Colwill.
  • 83' Time for substitution for Watford FC. Yasser Larouci is replaced by Festy Ebosele.
  • 87' A stunning finish from Vakoun Issouf Bayo — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 88' A tactical swap from Cardiff City FC — Joe Ralls on, Alex Robertson off on 88 minutes.
  • 90' Poor challenge from Calum Chambers. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Omer Riza

Watford FC Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tom Cleverley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gerard Deulofeu 4
Ismaila Sarr 3
Cedric Kipre 3
Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2
Troy Deeney 2
Callum Robinson 2
Francisco Sierralta 2
Bobby Reid 1

Head to Head

2025-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC 2024-12-29 Watford FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC 2024-02-03 Watford FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC 2023-10-07 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC 2023-04-19 Watford FC 1–3 Cardiff City FC

Cardiff City FC Form

2025-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2025-01-09 Sheffield United FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC W 2025-01-04 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2025-01-01 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2024-12-29 Watford FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC W 2024-12-26 Oxford United FC 3–2 Cardiff City FC L

Watford FC Form

2025-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Watford FC D 2025-01-09 Fulham FC 4–1 Watford FC L 2025-01-04 Watford FC 1–2 Sheffield United FC L 2025-01-01 Queens Park Rangers FC 3–1 Watford FC L 2024-12-29 Watford FC 1–2 Cardiff City FC L 2024-12-26 Watford FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.5 Cardiff City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.91 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Cardiff City FC54% Draw26% Watford FC20%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes47% 0% No53%
Avg goals/match: 2.41
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 70%
30%
± 2.5 43%
57%
± 3.5 23%
77%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw
80%
Draw or Watford FC
46%
Cardiff City FC or Watford FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Cardiff City FC34% Draw49% Watford FC17%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
12.4%
0 – 0
11%
2 – 0
9.8%
2 – 1
8.9%
0 – 1
7%
1 – 2
5.4%
3 – 0
4.8%
3 – 1
4.5%
2 – 2
4.1%
0 – 2
3.6%
3 – 2
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap Cardiff City FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 24% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 14% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet
41% ✓
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.