Timeline
- 9' Martín Payero Yellow Card
- 29' William Fish for Dylan Lawlor
- 35' Jack Moylan assist Cian Ashford
- 41' Matthew Pollock own goal
- 45'+5' Ollie Tanner assist Perry Ng
- 56' Mamadou Doumbia for Myron Boadu
- 56' Marc Bola for Jordan Zemura
- 56' Amin Nabizada for Stephy Mavididi
- 67' Iker Bravo for Martín Payero
- 69' David Turnbull for Jack Moylan
- 69' Calum Scanlon for Chris Willock
- 69' Krépin Diatta for Othmane Maamma
- 73' Edo Kayembe Yellow Card
- 82' Callum Robinson for Ollie Tanner
- 82' Isaak Davies for Joel Bagan
- 85' Callum Robinson assist David Turnbull
- 86' Amin Nabizada Yellow Card
- 86' Perry Ng Yellow Card
- 87' Hector Kyprianou assist Iker Bravo
- 90'+5' Hector Kyprianou Yellow Card
Match stats
57.9%
Possession
42.1%
22
Shots
14
10
On target
4
12
Fouls
12
1
Yellow cards
4
0
Red cards
0
4
Offsides
4
3
Saves
6
430
Accurate passes
282
Lineups
Cardiff City
4-1-4-1
1
Trott
3
Bagan
4
Osho
48
Lawlor
38
Ng
18
Robertson
16
Willock
27
Colwill
45
Ashford
11
Tanner
8
Moylan
Watford
4-2-3-1
1
Ravaglia
33
Zemura
4
Keben
6
Pollock
23
Traoré
5
Kyprianou
39
Kayembe
45
Mavididi
22
Payero
7
Maamma
10
Boadu
Cardiff City
4-1-4-1
- 1 Nathan Trott G
- 4 Gabriel Osho CD-L
- 48 Dylan Lawlor ▼ CD-R
- 18 Alex Robertson DM
- 3 Joel Bagan ▼ LB
- 38 Perry Ng RB
- 27 Joel Colwill CM-L
- 45 Cian Ashford CM-R
- 16 Chris Willock ▼ LM
- 11 Ollie Tanner ▼ RM
- 8 Jack Moylan ▼ F
Came on
- 2 William Fish ▲ SUB
- 14 David Turnbull ▲ SUB
- 23 Calum Scanlon ▲ SUB
- 47 Callum Robinson ▲ SUB
- 39 Isaak Davies ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 44 Ronan Kpakio SUB
- 43 Paul Moreno SUB
- 50 Charlie Holt SUB
- 30 Harry Tyrer SUB
Watford
4-2-3-1
- 1 Federico Ravaglia G
- 4 Kévin Keben CD-L
- 6 Matthew Pollock CD-R
- 33 Jordan Zemura ▼ LB
- 23 Omar-Haktab Traoré RB
- 22 Martín Payero ▼ AM
- 5 Hector Kyprianou LM
- 39 Edo Kayembe RM
- 10 Myron Boadu ▼ F
- 45 Stephy Mavididi ▼ AM-L
- 7 Othmane Maamma ▼ AM-R
Came on
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ▲ SUB
- 16 Marc Bola ▲ SUB
- 15 Krépin Diatta ▲ SUB
- 21 Amin Nabizada ▲ SUB
- 17 Iker Bravo ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
- 26 Daniel Bachmann SUB
- 29 Branimir Mlacic SUB
- 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard SUB
- 3 Soumaila Coulibaly SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Cardiff City 5, Watford 1.
- 90'+7' Second Half ends, Cardiff City 5, Watford 1.
- 90'+6' Foul by David Turnbull (Cardiff City).
- 90'+6' Krépin Diatta (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+5' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+5' Isaak Davies (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5' Foul by Hector Kyprianou (Watford).
- 90'+3' Attempt blocked. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Krépin Diatta.
- 90'+2' Attempt missed. Iker Bravo (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mamadou Doumbia following a fast break.
- 90' Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90' Foul by Joel Colwill (Cardiff City).
- 90' Iker Bravo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Recent form
Cardiff City
L
W
L
D
L
- L at Portsmouth 2-0 EFL Championship
- D Stoke City 1-1 EFL Championship
- L at Bolton Wanderers 1-0 EFL Championship
- W Charlton Athletic 3-1 EFL Championship
- L at Blackburn Rovers 2-1 EFL Championship
Watford
L
L
L
W
L
- L at West Bromwich Albion 1-0 EFL Championship
- W Preston North End 2-1 EFL Championship
- L Stoke City 2-1 EFL Championship
- L at Bristol City 1-0 EFL Championship
- L Burnley 4-0 EFL Championship
Head to head
CAR leads series 3-0-2
- 14 Jan 2025 Cardiff City 1–1 Watford 2024-25 English League Championship
- 29 Dec 2024 Watford 1–2 Cardiff City 2024-25 English League Championship
- 3 Feb 2024 Watford 0–1 Cardiff City 2023-24 English League Championship
- 7 Oct 2023 Cardiff City 1–1 Watford 2023-24 English League Championship
- 19 Apr 2023 Watford 1–3 Cardiff City 2022-23 English League Championship
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