Cardiff City 1-2 Watford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 March 2021
Result
Cardiff City 1-2 Watford
Championship · Saturday 13 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Cardiff City 1-2 Watford: match report
Cardiff City were beaten by Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 March 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Cardiff City's goal came from an own goal by F. Sierralta (13'). Watford scored through Nathaniel Chalobah (15') and Adam Masina (90+4').
Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 8th on 54 points from 35 and Watford 4th on 66 points from 35. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.
Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Masina of Watford (8.0), ahead of Nathaniel Chalobah (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Watford.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Watford's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Own goal · F. Sierralta
- 15'Goal · Nathaniel Chalobah
- 39'Yellow card · Daniel Bachmann
- 45+2'Yellow card · W. Hughes
- 81'Yellow card · L. Bacuna
- 82'Yellow card · Ismaïla Sarr
- 85'Yellow card · F. Sierralta
- 90+3'Yellow card · P. Ng
- 90+4'Goal · Adam Masina
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Dillon Phillips, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Perry Ng, Will Vaulks, Joe Ralls, Ciaron Brown, Harry Wilson, Kieffer Moore, Josh Murphy
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Nathaniel Chalobah, Will Hughes, Philip Zinckernagel, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema