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Watford vs Cardiff has leaned toward Cardiff through several Championship results, but the margins remain open enough for a response. Cardiff won 2-1 in December 2024 and 1-0 in February, after a 3-1 success in April 2023. Watford had answered with a 2-1 result in November 2022, while draws of 1-1 in 2023 and January 2025 kept Cardiff’s edge from becoming absolute.
Past matches, Watford vs Cardiff
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Cardiff
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32F
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19F
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8M
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23D
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2D
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1G
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9F
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56F
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15F
Watford Substitutes
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F
11
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M
39
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D
36
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D
45
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M
24
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D
21
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G
40
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M
7
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F
20
Match events
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60'R. Vata R. Porteous
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61'Jeremy Ngakia Yellow Card
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65'⚽C. Ashford Normal Goal (Asst: C. Chambers)
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68'O. Tanner C. Willock
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68'E. Kayembe M. Sissoko
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73'Matthew Pollock Yellow Card
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79'Y. Meïté R. Colwill
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83'F. Ebosele Y. Larouci
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87'⚽V. Bayo Normal Goal (Asst: K. Baah)
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88'J. Ralls A. Robertson
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88'J. Bagan C. Ashford
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90' +5Calum Chambers Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Watford VS Cardiff
Cardiff take the stronger direction
The Championship meetings give Cardiff the clearer set of results. Watford won 2-1 on 2 November 2022, but Cardiff answered with a 3-1 victory at Watford on 19 April 2023. The clubs then drew 1-1 on 7 October 2023, before Cardiff added a 1-0 win on 3 February 2024 and a 2-1 success on 29 December 2024. The return meeting on 14 January 2025 ended 1-1, leaving Cardiff ahead in the dated comparison while preserving Watford’s room to answer. The sequence combines Cardiff wins with level results rather than a single fixed margin.
Level results keep the edge contestable
Cardiff’s wins range from a narrow 1-0 to a more decisive 3-1, but the 1-1 results of October 2023 and January 2025 prevent a one-sided story. Watford’s 2-1 win shows that the matchup can move the other way. Future meetings will ask whether Cardiff can extend that measured advantage or whether Watford supply a result that resets the balance. The dated record gives Cardiff the stronger direction, but leaves the next contest open.