Watford FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Watford FC vs Cardiff City FC — Championship at Vicarage Road.
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2025/26)
- Cardiff City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Samuel Allison
- Assistant 1 Andrew Fox
- Assistant 2 David Harrison (England)
22 games this season 🟨 0.6/game ⚽ 3.5 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 29 Dec Cardiff City FC H 1–2 L 26 Dec Portsmouth FC H 2–1 W 21 Dec Burnley FC A 1–2 L 15 Dec West Bromwich Albion FC H 2–1 W 11 Dec Hull City AFC A 1–1 D 30 Nov Queens Park Rangers FC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 29 Dec Watford FC A 2–1 W 26 Dec Oxford United FC A 2–3 L 21 Dec Sheffield United FC H 0–2 L 14 Dec Stoke City FC A 2–2 D 11 Dec Preston North End FC H 0–2 L 30 Nov Coventry City FC A 2–2 D 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 -
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Watford FC and Cardiff City FC.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Cardiff City FC players.
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Watford FC Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
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Imran Louza ↓ Tom Ince 67'
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Rocco Vata ↓ Festy Ebosele 58'
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Bench
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Tom Ince ↑ 67'
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Francisco Sierralta ↑ 46'
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Festy Ebosele ↑ 58'
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Daniel Jebbison ↑ 58'
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Coach Tom CleverleyCardiff City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Callum O'Dowda ↓ Rubin Colwill 89'
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Calum Chambers ↓ Joel Bagan 74'
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Chris Willock ↓ Ollie Tanner 65'
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Cian Ashford ↓ Yakou Meite 89'
Bench
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Yakou Meite ↑ 89'
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Joel Bagan ↑ 74'
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Rubin Colwill ↑ 89'
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Ollie Tanner ↑ 65'
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Coach Omer Riza -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gerard Deulofeu 4 Ismaila Sarr 3 Cedric Kipre 3 Callum Robinson 2 Francisco Sierralta 2 Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2 Troy Deeney 2 Nathaniel Chalobah 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Cardiff City FC Form
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Prediction accuracy2 / 41.38 Watford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.36 Cardiff City FC xGI would bet for: Watford FC or Cardiff City FC 71% + Both teams to score 56%
Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Cardiff City FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.74Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 76% 24% ± 2.5 51% 49% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
Watford FC or Draw 65%Draw or Cardiff City FC 64%Watford FC or Cardiff City FC 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Cardiff City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%0 – 0 8.5%2 – 1 8%1 – 0 8%1 – 2 Actual0 – 1 7.8%2 – 0 6%0 – 2 5.9%2 – 2 5.5%3 – 1 3.7%1 – 3 3.6%3 – 0 2.7%Asian Handicap — Watford FC
Handicap Watford FC covers Push Cardiff City FC covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 19% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 65% — 35% +1 65% 19% 17% +1.5 83% — 17% +2 83% 11% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Watford FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.