Saturday , 14 November 2026

Cardiff City FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2022-23
Cardiff City FC
1 – 2
Full Time
Watford FC
Wed 2 Nov 2022 · 19:45 UTC Cardiff City Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Niels Nkounkou 40' Y
Y 77' Ken Sema
Ryan Wintle 78' Y
Y 82' Mario Gaspar

Overview

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Birmingham City FC 15 29
2 Middlesbrough FC 15 29
3 Stoke City FC 15 29
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 15 28
5 West Bromwich Albion FC 15 28
6 Swansea City AFC 15 26
7 Southampton FC 15 24
8 Queens Park Rangers FC 15 24
9 West Ham United FC 15 23
10 Sheffield United FC 15 22
11 Portsmouth FC 15 22
12 Norwich City FC 15 21
13 Blackburn Rovers FC 15 21
14 Cardiff City FC 15 18
15 Wrexham AFC 15 18
16 Millwall FC 15 18
17 Bristol City FC 15 18
18 Bolton Wanderers FC 15 17
19 Charlton Athletic FC 15 17
20 Watford FC 15 15
21 Lincoln City FC 15 15
22 Burnley FC 15 10
23 Derby County FC 15 10
24 Preston North End FC 15 8

Head-to-Head

5
2
4
Cardiff City FC 11 games · Avg 3.3 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-11-02 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC 2021-03-13 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC 2020-12-05 Watford FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC 2019-02-22 Cardiff City FC 1–5 Watford FC 2018-12-15 Watford FC 3–2 Cardiff City FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Nov Watford FC H 1–2 L
29 Oct Rotherham United FC H 1–0 W
23 Oct Swansea City AFC A 0–2 L
19 Oct Queens Park Rangers FC A 0–3 L
15 Oct Coventry City FC H 0–1 L
08 Oct Wigan Athletic FC A 3–1 W
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Nov Cardiff City FC A 2–1 W
29 Oct Wigan Athletic FC A 1–0 W
23 Oct Luton Town FC H 4–0 W
19 Oct Millwall FC A 0–3 L
15 Oct Norwich City FC H 2–1 W
08 Oct Blackpool FC A 1–3 L

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC Watford FC
#14 Position #20
18 Points 15
15 Played 15
4 / 6 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 3 / 8
27 Scored 13
27 Conceded 23
+0 GD -10
1.20 PPG 1.00
27% Win % 27%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
64% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
7% Clean Sheets
Cardiff City FC this season
20% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Cardiff City FC are 14th (18 pts). Watford FC are 20th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Cardiff City FC
0-15
4/6
16-30
3/5
31-45
9/3
46-60
1/7
61-75
5/2
76+
4/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Watford FC
0-15
3/4
16-30
3/4
31-45
–/6
46-60
2/3
61-75
1/2
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Cardiff City FC
Jack Moylan 10 G 3 A
Yousef Salech 5 G 1 A
Cian Ashford 2 G 2 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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Cardiff City FC to score. At the same time, Watford FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Callum O'Dowda needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 22 Yellow cards this season.
  • 9' Cedric Kipre doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 14' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 19' It looks surprising Cardiff City FC does not make any changes. Ryan Wintle has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 24' Joao Pedro is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Cardiff City FC so far.
  • 29' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Cardiff City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 34' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 38' Magnificent from Francisco Sierralta! That is 5 goals in 391 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 40' Niels Nkounkou picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 45' Cardiff City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Watford FC backline.
  • 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' With 0 assists to his name this season, William Troost-Ekong is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Watford FC.
  • 59' A goal from the Senegal international Ismaila Sarr! He fires home on 59 to make it 1-2!
  • 64' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 68' Romaine Sawyers is ready to make an impact after coming on for Andy Rinomhota at the 68 minute mark.
  • 73' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
  • 77' Ken Sema has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 77.
  • 78' Fresh legs for Watford FC! Joseph Hungbo comes on to replace Vakoun Issouf Bayo.
  • 78' Ryan Wintle picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 82' It’s a booking for Watford FC player. Mario Gaspar gets a Yellow card.
  • 87' Cardiff City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Jack Moylan scoring 2 goals.
  • 90' Ismaila Sarr makes way for Christian Kabasele at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Watford FC.
  • With this win, Watford FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Watford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Slaven Bilic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gerard Deulofeu 4
Callum Robinson 3
Ismaila Sarr 3
Cedric Kipre 3
Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2
Troy Deeney 2
Francisco Sierralta 2
Jack Moylan 2

Head to Head

2022-11-02 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC 2021-03-13 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC 2020-12-05 Watford FC 0–1 Cardiff City FC 2019-02-22 Cardiff City FC 1–5 Watford FC 2018-12-15 Watford FC 3–2 Cardiff City FC

Cardiff City FC Form

2022-11-02 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC L 2022-10-29 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Rotherham United FC W 2022-10-23 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Cardiff City FC L 2022-10-19 Queens Park Rangers FC 3–0 Cardiff City FC L 2022-10-15 Cardiff City FC 0–1 Coventry City FC L 2022-10-08 Wigan Athletic FC 1–3 Cardiff City FC W

Watford FC Form

2022-11-02 Cardiff City FC 1–2 Watford FC W 2022-10-29 Wigan Athletic FC 0–1 Watford FC W 2022-10-23 Watford FC 4–0 Luton Town FC W 2022-10-19 Millwall FC 3–0 Watford FC L 2022-10-15 Watford FC 2–1 Norwich City FC W 2022-10-08 Blackpool FC 3–1 Watford FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.67 Cardiff City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.34 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Cardiff City FC or Watford FC 74% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Cardiff City FC40% Draw26% Watford FC34%
Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw
66%
Draw or Watford FC
60%
Cardiff City FC or Watford FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Cardiff City FC33% Draw44% Watford FC23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.9%
2 – 1
8.9%
1 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 0
6.8%
0 – 0
6.7%
2 – 2
5.9%
0 – 1
5.7%
3 – 1
4.9%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 0
3.7%
3 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap Cardiff City FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 20% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 16% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet
27% ✓
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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