Cardiff City - Watford. 8th place welcomes 21st place. The ball is round - get a complete match preview here!
- Cardiff City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Watford have yet to win a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Cardiff City nor Watford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cardiff City form and stats
The total Championship stats playing at home this season for Cardiff City are 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Queens Park Rangers here at Cardiff Stadium, Cardiff City has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
No payout for Cardiff City in their previous match, an away game at Middlesbrough that ended in defeat 0-2. The first defeat after going undefeated through four league matches. Defender Goutas got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Goutas won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Rotherham United.It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cardiff City at home in the league. 10 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 5 matches.
Watford form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. It's a growing despair in Watford as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Watford play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Sunderland (placed 4th). Hoedt, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.2. Hoedt hit one key pass and won 2 of 7 duels.
A 2-3 loss hosting Middlesbrough before that.The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Watford manager Ismaël has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Cardiff victories, one draw and five Watford wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Ugbo 3 goals |  A. Ramsey 3 goals |   M. Rajovic 3 goals |
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| Cardiff City | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 70% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 60% | 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 5.8 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.8 | 5.9 |
| 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 7.2 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 11.8 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 9.8 | 14.9 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 40% | 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 29% |
| 12.7 | 8.4 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.8 | 10.1 |
| 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
- All of Cardiff City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cardiff City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Watford have scored away.
- Cardiff City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cardiff City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cardiff City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Watford have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Watford have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Watford have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Watford have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Watford have yet to win a game away.
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leicester City | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Preston North End | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Leeds United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Hull City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 13 | Coventry City | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 14 | Millwall | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 11 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Watford | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 22 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 2 |
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