Watford 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2024

Result

Watford 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Watford · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Watford 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Watford lost to Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Sunday 29 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-2.

Callum Robinson opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Watford's goal came from Giorgi Chakvetadze (38'). Cardiff City scored through Callum Robinson (1') and Callum Robinson (42').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 6th on 37 points from 22 and Cardiff City 23rd on 18 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Cardiff City 24th with 44.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Robinson of Cardiff City (8.9), ahead of Dimitrios Goutas (7.2).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford · 1-1
  • 42'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 1-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Andy RinomhotaCardiff City
  • 60'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 69'Yellow card · Calum ChambersCardiff City
  • 81'Yellow card · Jesper DalandCardiff City
  • 86'Yellow card · Ryan AndrewsWatford

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Mattie Pollock, Yasser Larouci, Imrân Louza, Rocco Vata, Moussa Sissoko, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Vakoun Bayo

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

Jak Alnwick, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Dimitrios Goutas, Jesper Daland, Callum O'Dowda, Manolis Siopis, Calum Chambers, Cian Ashford, Alex Robertson, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson