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Watford

Watford (England)

Cardiff City

Cardiff City (Wales)

Starting lineups

Watford

Starting lineups confirmed

4-1-4-1

Lineups formation

52.4

Overall player rating

92 %

From the perfect composition

55%

Attacking

50%

Technical

51%

Defending

46%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Daniel Bachmann	G	29	0,5M+	60.3
45	Ryan Andrews	D
6	Matthew Pollock	D	22		52.1
5	Ryan Porteous	D	24	0,5M+	55.5
37	Yasser Larouci	D	22	2,1M+	48.5
10	Imrân Louza	M	24	5,5M+	55.3
39	Edo Kayembe	M	25	1,6M+	54.1
17	Moussa Sissoko	M	34	24,0M+	52.3
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze	M	24	8,4M+	54.7
11	Rocco Vata	M
19	Vakoun Issouf Bayo	F	26	0,7M+	53.1

Substitute
23	Jonathan Bond	G	30	0,2M+	56.1
21	Angelo Ogbonna	D	35	8,3M+	51.5
2	Jeremy Ngakia	D	23	0,2M+	55.7
22	James Morris	D	21
3	Francisco Sierralta	D	26	0,4M+	47.9
14	Pierre Dwomoh	M	19		46.9
36	Festy Ebosele	D	21		50.7
7	Thomas Ince	M	31	5,7M+	53.5
18	Daniel Jebbison	F	20		42.9

Cardiff City

Starting lineups confirmed

3-4-3

Lineups formation

52.8

Overall player rating

64.1 %

From the perfect composition

59%

Attacking

49%

Technical

54%

Defending

47%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
21	Jak Alnwick	G	30	0,2M+	60.3
5	Jesper Daland	D	23	0,1M+	50.9
4	Dimitris Goutas	D	29	0,6M+	56.9
12	Calum Chambers	M	28	17,4M+	51.3
35	Andy Rinomhota	D	26	0,5M+	48.3
3	Manolis Siopis	M	29	1,4M+	55.3
18	Alex Robertson	M	20
11	Callum O'Dowda	D	28	1,9M+	48.7
47	Callum Robinson	F	28	6,8M+	53.7
45	Cian Ashford	M
16	Christopher Willock	M	25	0,9M+	52.1

Substitute
1	Ethan Horvath	G	28	1,9M+	60.1
23	Joel Bagan	D	22		49.7
2	William Fish	D	20		53.7
44	Ronan Kpakio	D
20	Anwar El Ghazi	F	28	9,5M+	55.5
27	Rubin Colwill	M	21		54.1
19	Yakou Meite	F	27	1,4M+	44.7
15	Wilfried Kanga	F	25	1,0M+	49.5
32	Ollie Tanner	F	21

Events: Watford


Championship
Round 46
2025-05-03	Watford - Sheffield Wednesday	-
Round 45
2025-04-26	Blackburn Rovers - Watford	-
Round 44
2025-04-21	Portsmouth - Watford	-
Round 43
2025-04-18	Watford - Burnley	1 - 2
Round 42
2025-04-12	West Bromwich Albion - Watford	2 - 1
Round 41
2025-04-08	Watford - Hull City	1 - 0
Round 40
2025-04-05	Bristol City - Watford	2 - 1
Round 39
2025-03-29	Watford - Plymouth Argyle	0 - 0

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.73	3.6	5

Double chance

Books	1X	X2	12
Bet365	1.17	2.05	1.29

1st half

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	2.38	2.2	5

Draw no bet

Books	1	2
Bet365	1.29	3.5

Both teams to score

Books	Yes	No
Bet365	1.83	1.83

Match goals 0.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.06	10

Match goals 1.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.29	3.75

Match goals 2.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.91	1.91

Match goals 3.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	3.2	1.36

Match goals 4.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	6	1.13

Match goals 5.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	13	1.04

Match goals 6.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	26	1.01

Match goals 7.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	51	1

Asian handicap

Books	(-0.75) Watford	(0.75) Cardiff City
Bet365	2.01	1.89

First team to score

Books	Watford	No goal	Cardiff City
Bet365	1.5	11	2.88

Corners 2-Way 9.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.73	2

Cards in match 4.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.83	1.83

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Match stats

Watford

Cardiff City

72%	Ball possession	28%
0.63	Expected goals	1.25
9	Total shots	9
15	Fouls	12
526	Passes	200
12	Tackles	17
12	Free kicks	15
9	Total shots	9
1	Shots on target	3
0	Hit woodwork	0
5	Shots off target	5
3	Blocked shots	1
6	Shots inside box	8
3	Shots outside box	1
23	Touches in penalty area	22
0	Offsides	2
431	Accurate passes	109
35	Throw-ins	26
63	Final third entries	52
106/149 (71%)	Final third phase	46/95 (48%)
24/52 (46%)	Long balls	18/61 (30%)
6/24 (25%)	Crosses	7/12 (58%)
44%	Duels	56%
27/63 (43%)	Ground duels	36/63 (57%)
23/50 (46%)	Aerial duels	27/50 (54%)
3/12 (25%)	Dribbles	5/12 (42%)
58%	Tackles won	53%
12	Total tackles	17
45	Recoveries	43
24	Clearances	34
-0.81	Goals prevented	-0.93
8	Dispossessed	5
8	Interceptions	14
6	Goal kicks	6
2	Big chances	2
4	Corner kicks	2
1	Big chances scored	1
1	Big chances missed	1
1	Punches	1
2	Yellow cards	3
0	High claims	1
1	Fouled in final third	3
1	Goalkeeper saves	0
1	Errors lead to a shot	0
1	Total saves	0

75%	Ball possession	25%
0.07	Expected goals	0.99
3	Total shots	4
316	Passes	109
3	Tackles	9
4	Free kicks	7
3	Total shots	4
1	Shots on target	2
0	Hit woodwork	0
1	Shots off target	2
1	Blocked shots	0
2	Shots inside box	3
1	Shots outside box	1
0	Offsides	1
274	Accurate passes	64
16	Throw-ins	15
34	Final third entries	30
13/22 (59%)	Long balls	9/30 (30%)
2/16 (13%)	Crosses	3/5 (60%)
39%	Duels	61%
10/28 (36%)	Ground duels	18/28 (64%)
9/21 (43%)	Aerial duels	12/21 (57%)
3/9 (33%)	Dribbles	2/4 (50%)
67%	Tackles won	44%
3	Total tackles	9
25	Recoveries	22
15	Clearances	20
3	Dispossessed	1
4	Interceptions	6
2	Goal kicks	1
1	Big chances	2
1	Corner kicks	0
1	Big chances scored	1
0	Big chances missed	1
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Fouled in final third	0
0	Goalkeeper saves	0
0	Total saves	0

69%	Ball possession	31%
0.56	Expected goals	0.26
1	Big chances	0
6	Total shots	5
3	Corner kicks	2
210	Passes	91
9	Tackles	8
8	Free kicks	8
2	Yellow cards	3
6	Total shots	5
0	Shots on target	1
0	Hit woodwork	0
4	Shots off target	3
2	Blocked shots	1
4	Shots inside box	5
2	Shots outside box	0
0	Big chances scored	0
1	Big chances missed	0
0	Offsides	1
157	Accurate passes	45
19	Throw-ins	11
29	Final third entries	22
11/30 (37%)	Long balls	9/31 (29%)
4/8 (50%)	Crosses	4/7 (57%)
48%	Duels	52%
5	Dispossessed	4
17/35 (49%)	Ground duels	18/35 (51%)
14/29 (48%)	Aerial duels	15/29 (52%)
0/3 (0%)	Dribbles	3/8 (38%)
56%	Tackles won	63%
9	Total tackles	8
4	Interceptions	8
20	Recoveries	21
9	Clearances	14
4	Goal kicks	5
1	Fouled in final third	3
1	Goalkeeper saves	0
1	Total saves	0

Media

Watford 1 - 2 Cardiff

Full Highlights

2024-12-30

Watford - Cardiff City

England, Championship, match Watford - Cardiff City, start time 2024-12-29 15:00:00 international time.

Watford and Cardiff City takes part in the championship Championship, England.

The match will take place at the stadium Vicarage Road in the city Watford, England. Stadium capacity Vicarage Road is 21 500 people.

Head Referee - Sam Allison. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Sam Allison played 62 matches, noted 254 of yellow cards and 5 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Cardiff City


Championship
Round 46
2025-05-03	Norwich City - Cardiff City	-
Round 45
2025-04-26	Cardiff City - West Bromwich Albion	-
Round 44
2025-04-21	Cardiff City - Oxford United	-
Round 43
2025-04-18	Sheffield United - Cardiff City	2 - 0
Round 42
2025-04-12	Cardiff City - Stoke City	0 - 1
Round 41
2025-04-08	Preston North End - Cardiff City	3 - 2
Round 40
2025-04-05	Queens Park Rangers - Cardiff City	0 - 0
Round 39
2025-03-29	Cardiff City - Sheffield Wednesday	1 - 1

Standings

Championship: 2024-2025

Standings table
#	Teams	P	W	D	L	Goals	PTS
1	Leeds United	43	26	13	4	83:29	91
2	Burnley	43	25	16	2	59:14	91
3	Sheffield United	43	27	7	9	59:33	86
4	Sunderland	43	21	13	9	58:40	76
5	Bristol City	43	17	16	10	56:46	67
6	Coventry City	43	19	9	15	61:54	66
7	Middlesbrough	43	18	9	16	63:52	63
8	West Bromwich Albion	43	14	18	11	51:41	60
9	Millwall	43	16	12	15	42:45	60
10	Blackburn Rovers	43	17	8	18	49:46	59
11	Swansea City	43	16	9	18	46:51	57
12	Watford	43	16	8	19	51:57	56
13	Norwich City	43	13	14	16	66:63	53
14	Queens Park Rangers	43	13	14	16	51:56	53
15	Sheffield Wednesday	43	14	11	18	56:66	53
16	Stoke City	43	12	14	17	45:54	50
17	Preston North End	43	10	19	14	44:53	49
18	Portsmouth	43	13	10	20	55:69	49
19	Oxford United	43	12	12	19	43:61	48
20	Hull City	43	11	12	20	41:51	45
21	Derby County	43	11	10	22	44:55	43
22	Luton Town	43	11	10	22	38:63	43
23	Cardiff City	43	9	15	19	45:68	42
24	Plymouth Argyle	43	9	13	21	45:84	40

Referee

Sam Allison

Total games

4.1

Average per match

0.15

Average per match

Location

England

Country

Watford

City

Vicarage Road

Stadium

21 500

Capacity