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Match Centre: Watford vs Cardiff City

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Championship Matchday 32

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Home Watford
20:45 Tue 16 Feb · your time in 109 days 3 h
Away Cardiff City

Stadium: Vicarage Road, Watford

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Player in form

Jack Moylan: 5 goals and 3 assists in 5 league matches

Goals5 xG3.22

Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 3.2).

Last time

Last meeting, 13 October: Cardiff City – Watford 5:1

Jack Moylan: 2 goals. Cardiff City are unbeaten in the last 3 meetings.

Defence

Watford concede 2.2 goals per match

Watford2.2 Cardiff City1.2

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Cardiff City concede 1.2.

Attack

Cardiff City score 2.4 goals per match

Watford0.6 Cardiff City2.4

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Watford score 0.6.

Table

3 points apart in the table

21.Watford11 pts 16.Cardiff City14 pts

Watford: place 21, 11 pts · Cardiff City: place 16, 14 pts.

Streak

Cardiff City have scored in 5 matches in a row

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 12 goals in those matches.

Players to watch

Championship, this season.

Iker Bravo

Watford · midfielder

1goal 2assists 6.85avg rating

Last match, Wolverhampton Wanderers: rating 6.4.

Jack Moylan

Cardiff City · midfielder

6goals 3assists 7.13avg rating

Last match, Birmingham City: rating 7.8.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

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“This set-up” is Watford at home and Cardiff City away, as in this match.

Head to head

3 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 13 Oct 2026 · Championship Cardiff City 5:1 Watford Moylan 11' (k), 35' · Pollock 41' (s) · Tanner 45+5' · Robinson 85' · Kyprianou 87'

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Watford (5-3-2, last: Wolverhampton Wanderers) · Cardiff City (4-2-3-1, last: Birmingham City).

Official around 19:45, Tue 16 Feb

WatfordCardiff City

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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38.3 44.9
WatfordCardiff City
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Match sheet

Kick-off
Tuesday 16 February, 20:45Your time · in 109 days 3 h
Where to watch
No broadcast listed: USA USA
Stadium
Vicarage Road Watford · show map
Rest
Watford 115 days · Cardiff City 115 days Both last played: Championship
Table
21. Watford (11 pts) and 16. Cardiff City (14 pts) Matchday 32 of 46
Venue map · Vicarage Road
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