Running out at their own ground is secure and nice for Cardiff City, but Watford are fully set and able to win. Who wins the prize?
- Cardiff City have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Championship
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cardiff City form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Cardiff City have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. When Cardiff City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Millwall, Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Burnley and Swansea City), they have won 2 of 3 matches!
Cardiff's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Rotherham United (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Finally, a league win after three games without one. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Hudson when Philogene-Bidace scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Philogene-Bidace (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Philogene-Bidace scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Heartbreak before that as Cardiff City lost 0-2 at Swansea City's place.The manager Hudson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sunderland in only three days.
Cardiff City aren't scoring a lot here at Cardiff City Stadium in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. Cardiff have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Watford form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Watford playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Watford goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann is eager to challenge this, with his 237 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for Watford, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Wigan Athletic (placed 20th) last time out. Gosling, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.44. Gosling hit one key pass and won 3 of 7 duels.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Luton Town.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 latest league games have ended with at least three goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Watford are hosting Coventry City in the Championship only three days away.
As opposed to that, Watford have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cardiff City three wins, three draws and Watford four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  I. Sarr 5 goals |  J. Junqueira de Jesus 4 goals |  K. Davis 4 goals |
Cardiff City missing players
Watford missing players
| Cardiff City | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 24 |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 53% | 25% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 76% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 53% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 35% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 35% |
| 47% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 4.9 | 6.8 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 14.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 32% | 26% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 10.1 | 6.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.8 |
| 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
- Cardiff City have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Championship
- Cardiff City have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Championship
- Cardiff City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cardiff City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Burnley | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
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