Cardiff City 1-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 14 January 2025

Result

Cardiff City 1-1 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 14 January 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cardiff City 1-1 Watford: match report

Cardiff City drew with Watford 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 14 January 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Cian Ashford opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Cian Ashford (65'). Watford scored through Vakoun Bayo (87').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 23rd on 23 points from 25 and Watford 9th on 37 points from 25. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Watford 14th with 57.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Francisco Sierralta of Watford (7.9), ahead of Vakoun Bayo (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Watford.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-D-W-L-L and Watford's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Yellow card · Jeremy NgakiaWatford
  • 65'Goal · Cian AshfordCardiff City · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Mattie PollockWatford
  • 87'Goal · Vakoun BayoWatford · 1-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Calum ChambersCardiff City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 1, Watford 5.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Jesper Daland, Callum O'Dowda, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Calum Chambers, Cian Ashford, Alex Robertson, Chris Willock, Rubin Colwill

Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jonathan Bond, Ryan Porteous, Francisco Sierralta, Mattie Pollock, Jeremy Ngakia, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Yasser Larouci, Kwadwo Baah, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Vakoun Bayo