Watford have performed better than Cardiff City so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
- Watford has the most points (19) at home in Championship
- Cardiff City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Watford and Cardiff City.
Watford form and stats
Home games in the Championship have been a walk in the park for Watford so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Watford, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
An away draw last time out for Watford, facing Nottingham Forest in a game that ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Watford won a home game hosting Preston North End (4-1).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Watford, as the Championship home game vs Rotherham United is only three days away.
The Watford manager V. Ivić has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded.
Cardiff City form and stats
The visitors are W2-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Cardiff have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alex Smithies. It's been 216 minutes since they last conceded in Championship.
Impressive finishing from Kieffer Moore (2) and Robert Glatzel secured the home win 3-0 against Huddersfield Town in their previous game. Before that, Cardiff secured a home win against Luton Town with the score 4-0.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cardiff manager N. Harris as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Stoke City.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cardiff have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. It's not easy to score on Cardiff as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Watford four wins, three draws and Cardiff City three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Moore 7 goals |   J. Junqueira de Jesus 5 goals |  I. Sarr 3 goals |
Watford missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Watford | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 4 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 47% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 73% |
| 27% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 27% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 20% | 43% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 47% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 40% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.1 | 12 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.6 | 12.3 |
| 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| 43% | 53% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 36% |
- Cardiff City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Championship
- Watford has the most points (19) at home in Championship
- Watford has the most scored goals (16) at home in Championship
- Watford has the the best goal difference (+9) at home in Championship
- Watford have not yet lost a game at home.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Watford have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cardiff City have scored away.
- Watford have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Watford haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Watford | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Reading | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Bristol City | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Brentford | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 13 | Millwall | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 17 | Queens Park Rangers | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 16 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 14 |
| 20 | Rotherham United | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -14 | 10 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 24 | Derby County | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -15 | 8 |
- Watford
- Watford Observer - (local newspaper)
- Cardiff City
- Wales Online - (local newspaper)