Cardiff City FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Cardiff City FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Cardiff City Stadium.
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Oliver Langford
- Assistant 1
- Assistant 2 Abbas Khan
24 games this season 🟨 0.2/game ⚽ 3.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 Key Stats
80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Watford FC0-15–/116-30–/431-45–/346-601/461-751/476+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Cardiff City Stadium that hosts another battle between Cardiff City FC and Watford FC.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Cardiff City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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- 35
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- 38
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16
Chris Willock ↓ Ollie Tanner 68'
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27
Rubin Colwill ↓ Yakou Meite 79'
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18
Alex Robertson ↓ Joe Ralls 88'
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45
Cian Ashford ↓ Joel Bagan 88'
Bench
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19
Yakou Meite ↑ 79'
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8
Joe Ralls ↑ 88'
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- 9
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23
Joel Bagan ↑ 88'
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32
Ollie Tanner ↑ 68'
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Coach Omer RizaWatford FC Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
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17
Moussa Sissoko ↓ Edo Kayembe 68'
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5
Ryan Porteous ↓ Rocco Vata 60'
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- 19
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- 10
- 34
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37
Yasser Larouci ↓ Festy Ebosele 83'
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Bench
- 7
- 21
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39
Edo Kayembe ↑ 68'
- 24
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36
Festy Ebosele ↑ 83'
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11
Rocco Vata ↑ 60'
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Coach Tom Cleverley -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gerard Deulofeu 4 Ismaila Sarr 3 Cedric Kipre 3 Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2 Troy Deeney 2 Callum Robinson 2 Francisco Sierralta 2 Sory Kaba 1 Head to Head
Cardiff City FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.54 Cardiff City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.01 Watford FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.55Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Cardiff City FC or Draw 78%Draw or Watford FC 48%Cardiff City FC or Watford FC 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 0 11.1%0 – 0 9.9%2 – 0 9%2 – 1 9%0 – 1 6.9%1 – 2 5.9%3 – 1 4.6%2 – 2 4.6%3 – 0 4.5%0 – 2 3.9%3 – 2 2.4%Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC
Handicap Cardiff City FC covers Push Watford FC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 15% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 23% 52% -0.5 48% — 52% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 15% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet 37% ✓Watford FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.