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Championship
Referee: J Busby
Watford
S S U U U
0–1
Full-time
Cardiff
T S T T T

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Team trends

Watford Cardiff
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 25%
33%
17%
Points per game
1,7
0,7
Over 2.5 Ø 67%
50%
83%
Both score Ø 67%
83%
50%
Average goals
2,7
3,3
Scored
1,5
0,8
Conceded
1,2
2,5
Goal diff per game
+0,3
-1,7
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This season — Championship · 29/28 matches
Win Ø 37%
34%
39%
Points per game
1,4
1,3
Over 2.5 Ø 53%
52%
54%
Both score Ø 51%
55%
46%
Average goals
2,9
2,6
Scored
1,6
1,3
Conceded
1,3
1,4
Goal diff per game
+0,2
-0,1
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Match stats

Half-time score: 0–1

1,14 xG 0,47
62% Possession 38%
17 Shots 10
6 Shots on target 2
4 Blocked shots 0
1 Goalkeeper saves 6
10 Corners 2
1 Offside 0
16 Free kicks against 6
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Watford 9. · Cardiff 14.
# Team K V U T +/− xG +/− P
1 Leicester 29 22 3 4 +36 +23.0 69
2 Ipswich 28 17 8 3 +16 +13.0 59
3 Southampton 27 16 7 4 +20 +20.3 55
4 Leeds 28 16 6 6 +24 +24.6 54
5 West Brom 27 13 6 8 +14 +7.1 45
6 Coventry 29 11 11 7 +13 +6.4 44
7 Sunderland 29 13 4 12 +8 +12.0 43
8 Hull 28 12 6 10 +4 +5.9 42
9 Watford 29 10 11 8 +7 +2.5 41
10 Norwich 27 12 5 10 +4 -5.3 41
11 Middlesbrough 28 12 4 12 +1 +13.4 40
12 Preston 29 11 6 12 -12 -10.9 39
13 Bristol City 30 10 8 12 -1 +0.7 38
14 Cardiff 28 11 4 13 -4 -12.7 37
15 Plymouth 28 8 9 11 +0 -12.0 33
16 Millwall 29 8 9 12 -7 -7.5 33
17 Swansea 29 8 9 12 -8 -11.7 33
18 Blackburn 28 10 3 15 -12 -4.3 33
19 Stoke 29 8 8 13 -9 -0.8 32
20 Birmingham 28 8 8 12 -10 -5.8 32
21 Huddersfield 29 5 13 11 -18 -12.7 28
22 QPR 29 6 7 16 -15 -9.8 25
23 Sheffield Weds 29 6 5 18 -24 -5.9 23
24 Rotherham 28 3 10 15 -27 -29.4 19

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Match report

Watford Cardiff
43′
J. Bowler 0–1
P. Ng
Giorgi Chakvetadze 🟨
44′
Half-time 0–1
Matthew Pollock 🟨
47′
Jake Livermore 🟨
50′
51′
🟨 Rubin Colwill
M. Rajović 🔁
↦ V. Bayo
60′
E. Dennis 🔁
↦ Matheus Martins
60′
K. Sema 🔁
↦ G. Chakvetadze
60′
63′
🔁 D. Turnbull
↦ R. Colwill
69′
🟨 Josh Bowler
73′
🔁 M. Romeo
↦ P. Ng
73′
🔁 J. Wilson-Esbrand
↦ J. Bowler
T. Dele-Bashiru 🔁
↦ J. Livermore
78′
82′
🔁 N. Phillips
↦ J. Collins
82′
🔁 F. Diédhiou
↦ K. Etete
91′
🟨 Dimitris Goutas
Full-time 0–1

Line-ups

Watford

4-1-4-1
26 B. Hamer G
45 R. Andrews D
15 M. Pollock D
4 W. Hoedt D
6 J. Lewis D
8 J. Livermore M
37 Matheus Martins M
11 I. Koné M
16 G. Chakvetadze M
18 Y. Asprilla M
19 V. Bayo F
Bench (9)
9 M. Rajović
25 E. Dennis
12 K. Sema
24 T. Dele-Bashiru
3 F. Sierralta
42 J. Morris
5 R. Porteous
7 T. Ince
1 D. Bachmann

Coach: V. Ismaël

Cardiff

4-4-2
21 J. Alnwick G
38 P. Ng D
4 D. Goutas D
5 M. McGuinness D
17 J. Collins D
14 J. Bowler M
6 R. Wintle M
23 M. Siopis M
16 K. Ahearne-Grant M
27 R. Colwill F
9 K. Etete F
Bench (9)
15 D. Turnbull
2 M. Romeo
30 J. Wilson-Esbrand
12 N. Phillips
20 F. Diédhiou
41 M. Turner
32 O. Tanner
22 Y. Meïté
10 A. Ramsey

Coach: E. Bulut

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

1X2
H
1,85
U
3,56
B ✓
4,30
Over/under goals
U1,5 ✓
O2,5
2,02
U2,5 ✓
1,80
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja
BLS nei ✓

Referee

J Busby · 113 kamper i vår database

🟨 Yellow cards
3,7 / match
Average
⚽ Free kicks
21,0 / match
Average

🟥 Red cards: 0,05 per match

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.