Watford vs Cardiff City

Championship

Watford

7-3-7

3-2

Final

Cardiff

4-2-11

Vicarage Road

Match pulse

WATAttacking pressure by 5 minutes

0'CAR

72%Possession29%

17Shots10

8On target3

5Corners0

1Saves5

7Fouls5

Team	1H	2H	T
WAT	1	2	3
CAR	0	2	2

Who won: Watford 3-2

Watford beat Cardiff City 3-2 on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Vicarage Road. Goals for Watford: Gerard Deulofeu (16'), José Holebas (52') and Domingos Quina (68'). Goals for Cardiff: Junior Hoilett (80') and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (82').

Recap · Dec 15

Watford withstand Cardiff comeback to win five-goal clash

Watford held on to repel a late comeback and beat Cardiff City 3-2 in the Premier League at Vicarage Road on Saturday.

What it means

Watford has dropped 5 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 13h ago

Sir Elton John slates Watford form 'decline'

ESPN · Sep 11

Ex-West Ham striker Michail Antonio returns to English football with Watford

ESPN · Sep 6

Portsmouth urge supporters not to speculate on social media as fan incident with Cardiff player is investigated

Recap · Aug 22

Wrexham still winless after frustrating Watford draw

Recap · Aug 17

Late Cardiff goal spoils Wrexham's start in Championship

ESPN · Aug 17

Cardiff 1-1 Wrexham: Colwill hits injury-time free kick to rescue dramatic point in Welsh derby - as it happened

ESPN · Aug 16

Southampton mocked over 'Spygate' in Championship opener defeat to Watford

ESPN · Aug 15

Nestory Irankunda leaves Watford for Portuguese giants Sporting CP

Lineups

Cardiff21st in English League Championship

Lineup (4-1-4-1)

1Neil EtheridgeG
2Sol BambaCD-L
3Sean MorrisonCD-R
4Aron GunnarssonDM
5Joe BennettLB
6Bruno Ecuélé MangaRB
7Harry ArterCM-L
8Víctor CamarasaCM-R
9Josh MurphyLM
10Junior HoilettRM
11Callum PatersonF

Watford20th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-2-2-2)

1Ben FosterG
2Craig CathcartCD-L
3Christian KabaseleCD-R
4José HolebasLB
5Kiko FemeníaRB
6Domingos QuinaCM-L
7Abdoulaye DoucouréCM-R
8Troy DeeneyCF-L
9Gerard DeulofeuCF-R
10Roberto PereyraAM-L
11Ken SemaAM-R

Head to head

CAR leads series 3-1-1

Last meeting: Cardiff 2, Watford 1 (Oct 23)

Last 5

CAR

Wvs SOU1-0
L@ WHU1-3
Wvs WOL2-1
L@ EVE0-1
Wvs BHA2-1

WAT

T@ EVE2-2
Lvs MNC1-2
L@ LEI0-2
Lvs LIV0-3
T@ SOU1-1

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Game info

Venue: Vicarage Road, Watford, England · Attendance 20,032

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