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Cardiff City vs Watford
14 Jan 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Oliver LangfordChampionship 2024/2025 · 30 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
Watford- 60′⇄
Rocco Vata
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Ryan Porteous
- 61′
Jeremy Ngakia
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Cian Ashford 1-0
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Calum Chambers
Left foot shot
65′ - 68′⇄
Edo Kayembe
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Moussa Sissoko
- ⇄
Ollie Tanner
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Chris Willock
68′ - 73′
Mattie Pollock
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⇄
Yakou Méïté
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Rubin Colwill
79′ - 83′⇄
Festy Ebosele
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Yasser Larouci
- 87′⚽
Vakoun Bayo 1-1
Goal · Header
With: Kwadwo Baah
Header
- ⇄
Joel Bagan
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Cian Ashford
88′ - ⇄
Joe Ralls
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alex Robertson
88′ Calum Chambers
Yellowcard
Foul
90+5′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.61 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.06 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 7.46 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.72 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 7.14 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.51 | |
| 88 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7.45 | |
| 88 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 7.04 | |
| 68 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.15 | |
| 79 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.10 | |
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| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.36 | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.21 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Cardiff City
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Watford
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Match stats
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The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cardiff City’s ground: 9 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cardiff City’s home games with Watford’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Cardiff City
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Watford
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Cardiff City
Watford
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Watford
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Cardiff City
Watford
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.