Watford FC vs Cardiff City FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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 ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
Watford FCLuca Kjerrumgaard 10 G 1 A -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Vicarage Road that hosts another battle between Watford FC and Cardiff City FC.
- 1' Goal! Callum Robinson scores his 53 goal in 378 matches.
- 6' It’s high time Tom Cleverley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 11' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 16' The travelling Cardiff City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Watford FC that had 358 games and scored 391 goals.
- 26' Alex Robertson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Calum Chambers, as he is very good at scoring at Vicarage Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 36' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rubin Colwill made 372 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 38' What a strike from Giorgi Chakvetadze! The score is 1-1.
- 42' Callum Robinson with the second goal in the match!
- 46' Francisco Sierralta is replacing Ryan Porteous for the Watford FC side.
- 51' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 55' Andy Rinomhota was booked on 55.
- 58' Daniel Jebbison is replacing Vakoun Issouf Bayo for the Watford FC side.
- 60' Imran Louza was booked on 60.
- 65' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Chris Willock is replaced by Ollie Tanner on 65 minute.
- 67' The supporters are chanting for Tom Ince. He replaces Imran Louza on 67 minute.
- 69' The referee shows Cardiff City FC player a card on 69.
- 74' Another change for Cardiff City FC made on 74 minute. Calum Chambers leaves to be changed by Joel Bagan.
- 79' It looks surprising Watford FC does not make any changes. Vakoun Issouf Bayo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 81' Jesper Daland is having his name booked by the referee on 81.
- 86' Ryan Andrews was booked on 86.
- 89' It is a substitution in Cardiff City FC team. Cian Ashford is replaced by Yakou Meite on 89 minute.
- The final score is 1-2.
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Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
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- 39
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- 19
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Imran Louza ↓ Tom Ince 67'
- 37
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11
Rocco Vata ↓ Festy Ebosele 58'
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Bench
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Tom Ince ↑ 67'
- 21
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Francisco Sierralta ↑ 46'
- 14
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36
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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- 21
- 4
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Chris Willock ↓ Ollie Tanner 65'
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- 18
- 5
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45
Cian Ashford ↓ Yakou Meite 89'
Bench
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Yakou Meite ↑ 89'
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- 20
- 15
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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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H2H
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 Adam Masina 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Cardiff City FC Form
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Predictions
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.