Cardiff City 2-4 Watford: result and report
Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014
Result
Cardiff City 2-4 Watford
Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Cardiff City 2-4 Watford: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Watford 2-4 in the Championship on Sunday 28 December 2014. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (20') and K. Jones (90+1'). Watford scored through A. Guédioura (42'), Odion Ighalo (45+1'), A. Guédioura (63') and Gabriele Angella (83').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 11th on 31 points from 23 and Watford 6th on 38 points from 23. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Watford 3rd with 89.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Watford.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-L-L-D-W and Watford's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Adam Le Fondre
- 42'Goal · A. Guédioura
- 45+1'Goal · Odion Ighalo
- 63'Goal · A. Guédioura
- 83'Goal · Gabriele Angella
- 90+1'Goal · K. Jones
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Txiki Acaz, Fábio, John Brayford, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Steven Caulker, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Jordon Mutch, Anthony Pilkington
Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, J. Paredes, Ikechi Anya, Dániel Tőzsér, Sean Murray, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra