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Cardiff City v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Watford, led by manager Tom Cleverley, visit Erol Bulut and his Cardiff City side at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday afternoon in the Championship. All stats, including an in-depth look at the form of both sides and head to head (H2H) history, will change as you explore each of the seventeen betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our predictions will too.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 45%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Watford 31%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Cardiff 2-1 9%	-	-
Cardiff 1-0 8%	-	-
Watford 2-1 7%	-	-
Cardiff 2-0 7%	-	-
Watford 1-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Cardiff 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 0-0 5%	-	-
Watford 2-0 4%	-	-
Cardiff 3-0 4%	-	-
Cardiff 3-2 3%	-	-
Watford 3-1 3%	-	-
Watford 3-2 3%	-	-
Cardiff 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 41%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 60%	-	-
BTTS - No 40%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	-	-
Home/draw 69%	-	-
Away/draw 55%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Home DNB 62%	-	-
Away DNB 48%	-	-
Cardiff win to nil 21%	-	-
Watford win to nil 14%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Cardiff have conceded 20 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 8 games at home, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 5th place on 29 points in the Championship league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 9 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cardiff Watford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	17	11	4	2	15	35	Dec 21	Apr 18	Jan 4	l 1-0A
2	Burnley	17	9	6	2	15	33	Mar 1	l 5-0A	Apr 18	Dec 21
3	Sunderland	17	9	6	2	14	33	l 0-2A	Mar 8	w 2-1F	Feb 8
4	Leeds	16	9	5	2	16	32	l 0-2A	Feb 1	Feb 11	l 2-1A
5	Watford	17	9	2	6	2	29	Dec 7	Dec 29	-	-
6	M'Boro	16	8	3	5	10	27	l 0-2A	Jan 4	w 2-1A	Feb 15
7	West Brom	17	6	9	2	7	27	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	Dec 15	Apr 12
8	Millwall	16	6	6	4	5	24	w 1-0F	Jan 21	Mar 8	w 2-3F
9	Norwich	17	5	7	5	6	22	w 2-1A	May 3	Feb 1	l 4-1A
10	Blackburn	15	6	4	5	2	22	l 1-3A	Mar 15	w 1-0F	Apr 26
11	Bristol C	17	5	7	5	-1	22	Feb 15	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 5
12	Sheff Wed	17	6	4	7	-6	22	Mar 29	d 1-1F	May 3	w 2-6F
13	Stoke	17	5	6	6	-1	21	Apr 12	Dec 14	w 3-0F	Mar 1
14	Derby	16	5	5	6	0	20	Jan 25	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Jan 18
15	Swansea	16	5	4	7	0	19	Jan 18	d 1-1A	Mar 12	l 1-0A
16	Luton	16	5	3	8	-8	18	Mar 11	l 1-0A	Feb 23	l 3-0A
17	Coventry	17	4	5	8	-3	17	Jan 1	Nov 30	d 1-1A	Jan 25
18	Oxford Utd	17	4	5	8	-8	17	Apr 21	Dec 26	w 1-0F	Mar 15
19	Preston	17	3	8	6	-8	17	Dec 11	Apr 8	Jan 21	l 3-0A
20	Plymouth	17	4	5	8	-16	17	w 5-0F	Feb 22	Mar 29	d 2-2F
21	Cardiff	16	4	4	8	-9	16	-	-	Dec 29	Dec 7
22	Hull	17	3	6	8	-7	15	Feb 8	l 4-1F	Apr 8	Dec 11
23	Portsmouth	15	2	6	7	-12	12	w 2-0F	Feb 11	Dec 26	Apr 21
24	QPR	16	1	8	7	-13	11	Nov 27	Apr 5	Nov 30	Jan 1

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro
Cardiff	2 - 1	Southampton
Cardiff	1 - 3	Hull
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	2 - 1	Ipswich
Cardiff	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Cardiff	2 - 1	Stoke
Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackburn
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 3	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leicester
Cardiff	2 - 2	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Luton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
A	Cardiff	1 - 4	Hull
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Derby
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Cardiff	0 - 5	Burnley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Rotherham
H	Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Southampton
A	Cardiff	1 - 3	Millwall

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth	2 - 2	Watford
Swansea	1 - 0	Watford
Sheff Wed	2 - 6	Watford
Leeds	2 - 1	Watford
Luton	3 - 0	Watford
Preston	3 - 0	Watford
Norwich	4 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Millwall	2 - 3	Watford
M'Boro	3 - 1	Watford
Southampton	3 - 2	Watford
Ipswich	0 - 0	Watford
West Brom	2 - 2	Watford
Birmingham	0 - 1	Watford
Millwall	1 - 0	Watford
Rotherham	0 - 1	Watford
Norwich	4 - 2	Watford
Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Watford
Bristol C	1 - 1	Watford
QPR	1 - 2	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Watford	2 - 2	Plymouth
H	Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Watford	6 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Watford	1 - 2	Leeds
A	Watford	0 - 3	Luton
H	Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Watford	0 - 3	Preston
H	Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
A	Watford	1 - 4	Norwich
H	Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Watford	2 - 1	Derby
H	Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	3 - 2	Millwall
A	Watford	1 - 3	M'Boro
H	Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland
H	Watford	0 - 0	Hull

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford have not lost to Cardiff in 5 consecutive away league meetings

Cardiff

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 14

Clean sheets

1 / 14

CAR

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Watford
	1 - 2	Watford
	1 - 5	Watford
	2 - 4	Watford
Cardiff	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Cardiff	4 - 2
Cardiff	3 - 1
Cardiff	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Watford
	1 - 3	Watford
	0 - 3	Watford
Cardiff	3 - 0

Watford

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 14

12 / 14

Clean sheets

2 / 14

6 / 14

CAR

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	0 - 1	Cardiff
	1 - 3	Cardiff
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Watford	4 - 1
	0 - 4	Cardiff
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Watford	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Watford	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Cardiff 21st	Watford 5th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-10 Cardiff’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

CAR

WAT

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Games scored	9		13
Failed to score	7		4
Scored first	6		8
Goals scored	15		26
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	10		6
Conversion rate for	10		17
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.6
KickOff rating		+32%

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Games conceded	12		13
Clean sheets	4		4
Conceded first	9		9
Goals conceded	24		24
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.6
KickOff rating		+2%

Cardiff v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	5	3	4
P Ng	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	16	1	3	2 -
O Tanner FWD	16	2	1	1 -
P Ng DEF	15	1		4 -
C O'Dowda MID	15	1	1	2 -
C Chambers DEF	14			2 -
D Goutas DEF	13		1	1 -
C Willock MID	13	1	1	-
A Ghazi FWD	13	1	1	-
W Kanga FWD	13			-
J Alnwick GLK	12			-
M Siopis MID	12			3 -
C Robinson FWD	12	5		1 -
A Robertson MID	11	1		1 -
D Turnbull MID	10	1		1 -
Y Méïté FWD	10			-
J Ralls MID	8		1	2 -
J Bagan DEF	7			1 1
J Daland DEF	6			1 -
A Rinomhota MID	6			2 -
E Horvath GLK	4			-
A Ramsey MID	4			1 -
C. Ashford MID	4			-
W Fish DEF	3			2 -
J Collins DEF	2			1 -
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	3	13
C Robinson	R Colwill	R Colwill	R Colwill

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	5	8		7
O Tanner FWD	2	6	1	5
R Colwill MID	1	15	3	13
A Ghazi FWD	1	7	1	5
D Turnbull MID	1	9		8
A Robertson MID	1	1		13
C O'Dowda MID	1	4	1	10
C Willock MID	1	4	1	10
P Ng DEF	1	3		13
A Ramsey MID		4
A Rinomhota MID				1
J Ralls MID			1	7
D Goutas DEF		3	1	2
Y Méïté FWD		2		1
C Chambers DEF		1		2
M Siopis MID		1		1
W Kanga FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
733	33	86
C Chambers	P Ng	P Ng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	733	19	46
D Goutas DEF	665	15	53
P Ng DEF	639	33	86
C O'Dowda MID	473	31	80
A Robertson MID	468	18	44
D Turnbull MID	419	10	13
R Colwill MID	400	24	73
J Alnwick GLK	359	1	4
M Siopis MID	356	25	52
O Tanner FWD	278	30	61
J Ralls MID	275	9	24
C Willock MID	222	11	38
A Ramsey MID	200	10	19
J Daland DEF	184	4	19
A Ghazi FWD	181	4	28
C Robinson FWD	176		22
J Bagan DEF	122	8	15
E Horvath GLK	112		1
A Rinomhota MID	105	6	12
W Fish DEF	73	2	10
Y Méïté FWD	59	8	40
W Kanga FWD	57	1	14
J Collins DEF	30	4	7
C. Ashford MID	13		2
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	10	1	1

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	7	4	7
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	R Porteous

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	17		3	2 -
G Chakvetadze MID	17	1	4	3 -
E Kayembe MID	16	5		1 -
V Bayo FWD	16	7		4 -
Y Larouci DEF	15		2	-
R Andrews DEF	15	3	1	-
D Bachmann GLK	14			-
M Sissoko MID	14	1		1 -
K Baah FWD	14	2	1	4 -
K Sema FWD	14		1	-
R Porteous DEF	13	2		7 -
T Ince FWD	13	1		-
F Carvallo DEF	12			6 -
J Morris DEF	11			1 -
F Ebosele DEF	10	1	1	5 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	9	2		-
D Jebbison FWD	9			2 -
I Louza MID	7			-
R Vata FWD	7			-
J Bond GLK	4			-
A Ogbonna DEF	4			-
P Dwomoh MID	3			-
M Rajovic FWD	3	1		2 -
M. Doumbia FWD	3			-
J Ngakia DEF	2			-
K Keben DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	15	4	17
V Bayo	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	7	15		6
E Kayembe MID	5	8		2
R Andrews DEF	3	7	1	6
K Baah FWD	2	5	1	3
T Dele-Bashiru MID	2	3		2
R Porteous DEF	2	2		3
T Ince FWD	1	1		3
F Ebosele DEF	1	1	1	12
M Sissoko MID	1	4		6
G Chakvetadze MID	1	7	4	17
M Rajovic FWD	1	1
M Pollock DEF		4	3	4
P Dwomoh MID				1
M. Doumbia FWD				1
J Ngakia DEF		1
J Morris DEF				1
R Vata FWD		1		1
I Louza MID		2		6
D Jebbison FWD		1		3
F Carvallo DEF				2
K Sema FWD		1	1	3
Y Larouci DEF		2	2	9

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1080	26	119
M Pollock	R Porteous	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	1080	25	119
G Chakvetadze MID	561	14	67
M Sissoko MID	545	23	57
J Morris DEF	527	20	28
F Carvallo DEF	527	12	42
R Porteous DEF	466	26	64
E Kayembe MID	437	16	44
T Dele-Bashiru MID	436	11	41
R Andrews DEF	364	16	46
D Bachmann GLK	362		10
I Louza MID	276	7	16
Y Larouci DEF	274	9	32
F Ebosele DEF	197	24	63
A Ogbonna DEF	185	5	11
V Bayo FWD	183	8	53
K Sema FWD	162	17	45
T Ince FWD	134	5	14
J Bond GLK	109		2
K Baah FWD	92	9	49
P Dwomoh MID	53	2	9
R Vata FWD	36	4	8
D Jebbison FWD	32	3	11
J Ngakia DEF	30	11	13
M. Doumbia FWD	9	1	5
K Keben DEF	7
M Rajovic FWD	5		1

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Cardiff City v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cardiff have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Watford lay in 5th place on 29 points in the Championship league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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