Season so far

Championship

Key, Cardiff v Watford
League position, Cardiff City 21st, Watford 7thTotal points, Cardiff City 18, Watford 34

Goals scored

Cardiff City 19Watford 29

Form guide

All competitions

Cardiff City draw
v Coventry City
2
2
Championship
Watford draw
v Queens Park Rangers
0
0
Championship
Cardiff City lose
v Queens Park Rangers
0
2
Championship
Watford won
v Bristol City
1
0
Championship
Cardiff City draw
v Sheffield Wednesday
1
1
Championship
Watford draw
v Plymouth Argyle
2
2
Championship
Cardiff City lose
v Blackburn Rovers
1
3
Championship
Watford won
v Oxford United
1
0
Championship
Cardiff City lose
v Luton Town
1
0
Championship
Watford lose
v Swansea City
1
0
Championship

Previous meetings

All competitions

Cardiff City and Watford
Played
29
Cardiff City Won 11Watford Won 11Draw 7

Previous scores

All competitions

Championship

Watford 0 , Cardiff City 1 on the 3rd of February 2024
Watford
Cardiff City
3rd of February 2024
Cardiff City 1 , Watford 1 on the 7th of October 2023
Cardiff City
Watford
7th of October 2023
Watford 1 , Cardiff City 3 on the 19th of April 2023
Watford
Cardiff City
19th of April 2023

Match Facts

  • Cardiff City are unbeaten across their last three league games against Watford (W2 D1), their longest such streak since a run of six matches between 2011 and 2014.

  • Watford are unbeaten across their last five away league games against Cardiff City (W4 D1), since a 2-1 defeat in October 2012. Overall, each of the Hornets’ last 12 such matches since August 2005 have seen both sides score.

  • Cardiff have lost more home Championship games in 2024 than any other side (10), losing six of their last 10 such games (W4), including each of the previous two.

  • Watford are unbeaten in their last four league games (W2 D2) and could record three successive clean sheets in the league for the first time since August 2023.

  • Only Portsmouth (9) have conceded more goals from outside the box in the Championship this season than Cardiff (6), while only Rubin Colwill (9) has recorded more shots on target from outside the box in the competition this term than Watford’s Giorgi Chakvetadze (8).