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Saturday 3rd February

Championship Table

On Saturday 3rd February

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	30	23	3	4	64	23	41	72	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
2	Southampton	29	18	7	4	55	32	23	61	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
3	Leeds United	30	18	6	6	52	26	26	60	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
4	Ipswich Town	29	17	8	4	53	38	15	59	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
5	West Bromwich Albion	29	14	6	9	41	27	14	48	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
6	Hull City	29	13	6	10	43	38	5	45	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
7	Coventry City	30	11	11	8	46	34	12	44	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
8	Norwich City	30	13	5	12	48	45	3	44	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9	Sunderland	29	13	4	12	40	32	8	43	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
10	Preston North End	30	12	6	12	38	49	-11	42	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
11	Watford	30	10	11	9	45	39	6	41	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
12	Middlesbrough	28	12	4	12	42	41	1	40	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
13	Cardiff City	29	12	4	13	36	39	-3	40	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
14	Bristol City	30	10	8	12	33	34	-1	38	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
15	Plymouth Argyle	29	9	9	11	48	47	1	36	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win
16	Millwall	30	8	9	13	30	38	-8	33	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
17	Swansea City	30	8	9	13	39	48	-9	33	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
18	Blackburn Rovers	29	10	3	16	42	55	-13	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
19	Birmingham City	29	8	8	13	34	45	-11	32	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
20	Stoke City	30	8	8	14	28	42	-14	32	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
21	Huddersfield Town	30	6	13	11	33	47	-14	31	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
22	Queens Park Rangers	30	7	7	16	27	41	-14	28	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
23	Sheffield Wednesday	30	6	5	19	22	50	-28	23	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
24	Rotherham United	29	3	10	16	25	54	-29	19	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 3rd February 2024 at 20:05

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Watford

Manager: Valérien Ismaël

Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Number 26,
B. Hamer
Number 6,
J. Lewis
Number 4,
W. Hoedt , Captain
Number 15,
M. Pollock , Yellow Card at 47 minutes
Number 45,
R. Andrews
Number 8,
J. Livermore , Yellow Card at 50 minutes, substituted for T. Dele-Bashiru at 78 minutes
Number 18,
Y. Asprilla
Number 16,
G. Chakvetadze , Yellow Card at 44 minutes, substituted for K. Sema at 60 minutes
Number 11,
I. Koné
Number 37,
Matheus Martins , substituted for E. Dennis at 60 minutes
Number 19,
V. Bayo , substituted for M. Rajović at 60 minutes

away team, Cardiff City

Manager: Erol Bulut

Formation: 4 - 4 - 2

Number 21,
J. Alnwick
Number 17,
J. Collins , substituted for N. Phillips at 82 minutes
Number 5,
M. McGuinness
Number 4,
D. Goutas , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 1
Number 38,
P. Ng , substituted for M. Romeo at 73 minutes
Number 16,
K. Ahearne-Grant
Number 23,
M. Siopis
Number 6,
R. Wintle , Captain
Number 14,
J. Bowler , Yellow Card at 69 minutes, substituted for J. Wilson-Esbrand at 73 minutes
Number 9,
K. Etete , substituted for F. Diédhiou at 82 minutes
Number 27,
R. Colwill , Yellow Card at 51 minutes, substituted for D. Turnbull at 63 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Watford

Number 1,
D. Bachmann
Number 24,
T. Dele-Bashiru
Number 25,
E. Dennis
Number 7,
T. Ince
Number 42,
J. Morris
Number 5,
R. Porteous
Number 9,
M. Rajović
Number 12,
K. Sema
Number 3,
F. Sierralta

away team, Cardiff City

Number 20,
F. Diédhiou
Number 30,
J. Wilson-Esbrand
Number 22,
Y. Meïté
Number 12,
N. Phillips
Number 10,
A. Ramsey
Number 2,
M. Romeo
Number 32,
O. Tanner
Number 15,
D. Turnbull
Number 41,
M. Turner

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Match Facts

Watford have won five of their last eight league games against Cardiff City (D1 L2) although four of the wins in this sequence have been away from home.
The away side has won seven of the last nine league meetings between Watford and Cardiff – the only home win in this sequence was in December 2018 (Watford 3-2 Cardiff).
Watford have scored in each of their last 13 home games in all competitions (24 goals overall), their longest scoring run at Vicarage Road since between December 2020 and August 2021 (17 in a row).
Cardiff City have lost their last three matches in all competitions, shipping at least three times in every defeat. The Bluebirds haven’t lost four in a row while shipping 3+ goals since August/September 2018.
Three of Watford’s last five league goals have been scored from outside the box – overall, the Hornets have scored 13 from outside the box in the Championship this season, their most in a league season since 2014-15 (16).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Match ends, Watford 0, Cardiff City 1.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 6
Second Half ends, Watford 0, Cardiff City 1.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Emmanuel Dennis (Watford).
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt saved. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Josh Wilson-Esbrand.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Attempt saved. Ismaël Koné (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wesley Hoedt.
Bookingat 90 minutes plus 1
Dimitrios Goutas (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 89 minutes
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Dimitrios Goutas.
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt saved. Ken Sema (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wesley Hoedt.
Postat 88 minutes
Attempt saved. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
Postat 87 minutes
Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 87 minutes
Foul by David Turnbull (Cardiff City).
Postat 86 minutes
Attempt missed. Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner.
Postat 86 minutes
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ryan Wintle.
Postat 84 minutes
Foul by Emmanuel Dennis (Watford).
Postat 84 minutes
David Turnbull (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 84 minutes
Attempt missed. Wesley Hoedt (Watford) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross following a corner.
Postat 83 minutes
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Mark McGuinness.
Postat 83 minutes
Corner, Watford. Conceded by Nathaniel Phillips.