Watford 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2018
Result
Watford 3-2 Cardiff City
Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 3-2 Cardiff City: match report
Watford beat Cardiff City 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Deulofeu opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Watford's goals came from Deulofeu (16'), José Holebas (52') and Domingos Quina (68'). Cardiff City scored through Junior Hoilett (80') and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (82').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 21 points from 16 and Cardiff City 14th on 14 points from 16. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Cardiff City 18th with 34.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Deulofeu of Watford (8.9), ahead of José Holebas (8.0).
Going into the match Watford's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Cardiff City's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Deulofeu
- 52'Goal · José Holebas
- 68'Goal · Domingos Quina
- 80'Goal · Junior Hoilett
- 82'Goal · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
Team news
Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)
Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Domingos Quina, Ken Sema, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney
Cardiff City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Joe Bennett, Aron Gunnarsson, Junior Hoilett, Víctor Camarasa, Harry Arter, Josh Murphy, Callum Paterson