Watford have played the ball so well so far this afternoon. Moves straight off the training ground.

Kiko Femenia is given the time and space to put in a cross from the right but Cardiff are finally able to get a touch and clear.

Garth Crooks
BBC Sport football expert on Final Score

Gerard Deulofeu has embarrassed Cardiff there. He twists them one way and then the other. That’s Diego Maradona-esque.

I’ve seen him do this before, he’s scored some fabulous goals this season and that’s one of them.

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Watford have three successive corners but Cardiff are able to hold them off.

Meanwhile, Garth Crooks has had his say on Gerard Deulofeu's goal. And he's gone big.

Sol Bamba loes the ball in the centre and Watford can break as the visitors look vulnerable.

Gerard Deulofeu takes on Sean Morrison but the Cardiff captain is able to block his cross right at the pivotal moment.

Chance for Cardiff. Harry Arter chases the ball into the box, he slides a good cross in across goal but Josh Murphy is just a metre too far away to reach it.

Watford take the ball back up the pitch straightaway.

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A good stat for you, Hornets fans...

Whenever Watford have taken the lead first this Premier League season, they have gone on to win the game.

Cardiff just don't have an answer right now.

More delightful football, this time from Troy Deeney, sees Roberto Pereyra played in on goal but his final touch is one too many and Etheridge gathers.

That goal came just as Watford started to pick up the pace so that will help them find another gear again.

They press straight away and Deulofeu goes down just outside the box, but the referee waves it away.

Gerard Deulofeu picks up the ball on the outside of box. Watford pass it around nicely and Sol Bamba is forced to boot the ball out of play after it becomes loose in the Bluebirds' box.

Ben Foster and Christian Kabasele just went flying over each other after a little push from Callum Paterson on the latter outside the box.

Watford struggling to find gaps in the Cardiff defence.

Our good friend John Motson is in the crowd at Vicarage Road.

You just can't keep that man away from football.

Watford are struggling to clear their lines as Cardiff apply a bit of pressure.

Captain Troy Deeney tracks back and is able to clear but Cardiff seem to have woken up a little here.

Good play for Junior Hoilett on the right wing, Victor Camarasa puts a great cross in but Watford clear.

Jose Holebas goes for a long throw with Troy Deeney his intended target but it finds Gerard Deulofeu.

He feeds in Abdoulaye Doucoure in the box who passes it back to Deulofeu, he goes to curl it in past Neil Etheridge but it goes just wide.

Chance.

Garth Crooks
BBC Sport football expert on Final Score

Cardiff are slowly coming to terms with the Premier League. The edginess and anxiety that they suffered in the first few months has gone away. The players have got their Premier League legs and their Premier League nerves.

Will they stay up? I don’t think they will but they could scare a few people, especially at the Cardiff City Stadium.

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Players from both sides just getting used to the ball in these early stages.

Cardiff keeper Neil Etheridge thumps the ball down towards Callum Patterson who eagerly chases onto the ball but that was never going to fall his way.

Watford dominating possession so far.

There are a fair few empty seats in the stadium. Fans choosing to stay in the warm?

Can't argue with that.

Cardiff get us under way at Vicarage Road.

Jermaine Jenas
Former England midfielder on Radio 5 live

I still think Cardiff will go down.

Looking at the teams around them, are they just going through a good patch? Can they sustain it?

They will give themselves a chance, they won't be dead and buried by March but I don't see how they have the quality to stay up.

Nigel Reo-Coker
Former West Ham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

Neil Warnock has been there and done it. Every team of his is the same style - a bunch of players who will compete, fight, get stuck in and grind.

He's got vast experience, and he's got hungry players willing to prove themselves. No-nonsense defending.

It doesn't surprise me that they're picking up results.