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Cardiff City v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

We’ve Championship action to enjoy on Saturday afternoon, as Erol Bulut and his Cardiff City side host Tom Cleverley’s Watford at the Cardiff City Stadium. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've delved into our expansive database and dug out the statistics that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form is included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to ensure you get the best price.

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Best Tip: Both teams to score

Cardiff may feel positive ahead of this game and, funnily enough, so might Watford. The bookmakers don't think there's much between them and neither do we – there's no obvious victor in this fixture. So our tip looks to the both teams to score market, where there's far more reason to be certain. The form stats, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookmakers odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and that's the bet we'd recommend you go with.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Cardiff are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 45% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.25.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cardiff 45%	6/5 2%	5/4
Draw 24%	13/5 3%	13/5 3%
Watford 31%	21/10 3%	2/1
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1 8%	11/2
Cardiff 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Cardiff 1-0 8%	8/1	7/1
Watford 2-1 7%	10/1	17/2
Cardiff 2-0 7%	11/1	9/1
Watford 1-0 6%	10/1	8/1 5%
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	10/1
Cardiff 3-1 5%	16/1	12/1
Draw 0-0 5%	11/1	9/1
Watford 2-0 4%	16/1	12/1
Cardiff 3-0 4%	20/1	16/1
Cardiff 3-2 4%	22/1	18/1
Watford 3-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Watford 3-2 3%	28/1	20/1
Cardiff 4-1 2%	33/1 17%	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 59%	4/5	3/4
Under 2.5 Goals 41%	1/1	1/1
Home 1st Goal 51%	8/11	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	6/5	-
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 61%	8/13	4/6 1%
BTTS - No 39%	6/5	11/10 2%
BTTS - Home Win 24%	10/3	3/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2 4%	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 17%	9/2	4/1
Home/draw 69%	4/11	4/11
Away/draw 55%	4/6 3%	13/20 2%
Home/away 76%	2/7	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 81%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 19%	3/1	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 36%	2/1	15/8 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 64%	2/5	4/11 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 19%	9/2	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 81%	1/7	1/7
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	10/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/20	1/25
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	11/1	9/1
Home DNB 62%	8/13	8/13 2%
Away DNB 48%	6/5	23/20
Cardiff win to nil 21%	3/1 8%	-
Watford win to nil 14%	9/2	-
Cardiff / Cardiff 23%	13/5 4%	12/5 3%
Cardiff / Watford 3%	28/1 12%	20/1
Cardiff / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1
Draw / Cardiff 15%	9/2	17/4
Draw / Watford 12%	6/1	11/2
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	17/4 5%
Watford / Cardiff 4%	22/1	18/1
Watford / Watford 17%	4/1 5%	18/5
Watford / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Cardiff have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 5 and won 2. Cardiff have conceded 22 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Cardiff have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 6th place on 30 points in the Championship league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 21 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 19 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 9 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cardiff Watford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	18	12	4	2	16	38	Dec 21	Apr 18	Jan 4	l 1-0A
2	Burnley	18	10	6	2	17	36	Mar 1	l 5-0A	Apr 18	Dec 21
3	Leeds	18	10	5	3	18	35	l 0-2A	Feb 1	Feb 11	l 2-1A
4	Sunderland	18	9	6	3	13	33	l 0-2A	Mar 8	w 2-1F	Feb 8
5	M'Boro	18	9	3	6	11	30	l 0-2A	Jan 4	w 2-1A	Feb 15
6	Watford	18	9	3	6	2	30	Dec 7	Dec 29	-	-
7	West Brom	18	6	10	2	7	28	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	Dec 15	Apr 12
8	Blackburn	17	8	4	5	4	28	l 1-3A	Mar 15	w 1-0F	Apr 26
9	Norwich	18	6	7	5	8	25	w 2-1A	May 3	Feb 1	l 4-1A
10	Millwall	17	6	7	4	5	25	w 1-0F	Jan 21	Mar 8	w 2-3F
11	Bristol C	18	6	7	5	3	25	Feb 15	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 5
12	Sheff Wed	18	7	4	7	-5	25	Mar 29	d 1-1F	May 3	w 2-6F
13	Swansea	18	6	5	7	1	23	Jan 18	d 1-1A	Mar 12	l 1-0A
14	Stoke	18	5	6	7	-3	21	Apr 12	Dec 14	w 3-0F	Mar 1
15	Derby	18	5	5	8	-2	20	Jan 25	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Jan 18
16	Coventry	18	4	6	8	-3	18	Jan 1	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	Jan 25
17	Oxford Utd	18	4	6	8	-8	18	Apr 21	Dec 26	w 1-0F	Mar 15
18	Preston	18	3	9	6	-8	18	Dec 11	Apr 8	Jan 21	l 3-0A
19	Luton	18	5	3	10	-13	18	Mar 11	l 1-0A	Feb 23	l 3-0A
20	Cardiff	18	4	5	9	-11	17	-	-	Dec 29	Dec 7
21	Plymouth	18	4	5	9	-20	17	w 5-0F	Feb 22	Mar 29	d 2-2F
22	Hull	18	3	6	9	-9	15	Feb 8	l 4-1F	Apr 8	Dec 11
23	QPR	18	2	9	7	-11	15	l 0-2A	Apr 5	d 0-00-0	Jan 1
24	Portsmouth	16	2	7	7	-12	13	w 2-0F	Feb 11	Dec 26	Apr 21

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Win / draw / win form

Cardiff have not won in 5 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro
Cardiff	2 - 1	Southampton
Cardiff	1 - 3	Hull
Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
Cardiff	2 - 1	Ipswich
Cardiff	1 - 0	Huddersfield
Cardiff	2 - 1	Stoke
Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackburn
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 3	Leeds
Cardiff	0 - 2	Leicester

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Cardiff	2 - 2	Coventry
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	QPR
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Luton
H	Cardiff	2 - 1	Norwich
A	Cardiff	0 - 0	West Brom
H	Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Cardiff	5 - 0	Plymouth
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bristol C
H	Cardiff	1 - 0	Millwall
A	Cardiff	1 - 4	Hull
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Leeds
A	Cardiff	0 - 1	Derby
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Cardiff	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Cardiff	0 - 5	Burnley
H	Cardiff	0 - 2	Sunderland
A	Cardiff	2 - 5	Rotherham
H	Cardiff	1 - 4	M'Boro

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth	2 - 2	Watford
Swansea	1 - 0	Watford
Sheff Wed	2 - 6	Watford
Leeds	2 - 1	Watford
Luton	3 - 0	Watford
Preston	3 - 0	Watford
Norwich	4 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Millwall	2 - 3	Watford
M'Boro	3 - 1	Watford
Southampton	3 - 2	Watford
Ipswich	0 - 0	Watford
West Brom	2 - 2	Watford
Birmingham	0 - 1	Watford
Millwall	1 - 0	Watford
Rotherham	0 - 1	Watford
Norwich	4 - 2	Watford
Sheff Wed	0 - 0	Watford
Bristol C	1 - 1	Watford
QPR	1 - 2	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	0 - 0	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Watford	2 - 2	Plymouth
H	Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Watford	6 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Watford	1 - 2	Leeds
A	Watford	0 - 3	Luton
H	Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Watford	0 - 3	Preston
H	Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
A	Watford	1 - 4	Norwich
H	Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Watford	2 - 1	Derby
H	Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	3 - 2	Millwall
A	Watford	1 - 3	M'Boro
H	Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford have not lost to Cardiff in 5 consecutive away league meetings

Cardiff

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 14

Clean sheets

1 / 14

CAR

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Watford
	1 - 2	Watford
	1 - 5	Watford
	2 - 4	Watford
Cardiff	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Cardiff	4 - 2
Cardiff	3 - 1
Cardiff	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Watford
	1 - 3	Watford
	0 - 3	Watford
Cardiff	3 - 0

Watford

Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 14

12 / 14

Clean sheets

2 / 14

6 / 14

CAR

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	0 - 1	Cardiff
	1 - 3	Cardiff
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Cardiff
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Watford	4 - 1
	0 - 4	Cardiff
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Watford	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Watford	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

	Cardiff 20th	Watford 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 19% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 81% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 74% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-18 Cardiff have scored 18% fewer goals at home than predicted	=0 Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

CAR

WAT

27%

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Games scored	10		13
Failed to score	8		5
Scored first	7		8
Goals scored	17		26
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.4
Avg. shots per game	9		9
Avg. shots per goal	10		6
Conversion rate for	10		16
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.5
KickOff rating		+27%

CAR

WAT

13%

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Games conceded	14		13
Clean sheets	4		5
Conceded first	10		9
Goals conceded	28		24
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	18%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+13%

Cardiff v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Cardiff Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	4	4
P Ng	C Robinson	R Colwill	P Ng

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Colwill MID	18	1	4	2 -
O Tanner FWD	18	2	1	1 -
P Ng DEF	17	1		4 -
C O'Dowda MID	17	1	1	3 -
C Chambers DEF	16			3 -
D Goutas DEF	15		1	1 -
J Alnwick GLK	14			1 -
C Willock MID	14	1	1	-
C Robinson FWD	14	5		1 -
A Robertson MID	13	2	1	3 -
M Siopis MID	13			3 -
A Ghazi FWD	13	1	1	-
W Kanga FWD	13			-
D Turnbull MID	12	1		2 -
Y Méïté FWD	12	1		-
J Bagan DEF	9			1 1
J Ralls MID	9		1	2 -
A Rinomhota MID	7			2 -
J Daland DEF	6			1 -
E Horvath GLK	4			-
C. Ashford MID	4			-
A Ramsey MID	4			1 -
J Collins DEF	3			1 -
W Fish DEF	3			2 -
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	1			-
M. Reindorf FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	17	4	19
C Robinson	R Colwill	R Colwill	R Colwill

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Robinson FWD	5	10		7
O Tanner FWD	2	7	1	5
A Robertson MID	2	2	1	18
R Colwill MID	1	17	4	19
Y Méïté FWD	1	4		2
A Ghazi FWD	1	7	1	5
D Turnbull MID	1	10		8
C O'Dowda MID	1	4	1	13
C Willock MID	1	4	1	10
P Ng DEF	1	4		16
J Collins DEF				1
A Ramsey MID		4
J Ralls MID		2	1	9
A Rinomhota MID				1
J Bagan DEF				1
W Kanga FWD		2
C Chambers DEF		2		2
M Siopis MID		1		2
D Goutas DEF		3	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
852	45	104
C Chambers	P Ng	P Ng

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Chambers DEF	852	21	56
D Goutas DEF	749	16	59
P Ng DEF	739	45	104
A Robertson MID	602	20	52
C O'Dowda MID	531	34	90
R Colwill MID	466	26	81
D Turnbull MID	447	12	16
J Alnwick GLK	406	1	6
M Siopis MID	385	28	57
J Ralls MID	341	12	27
O Tanner FWD	305	31	66
C Willock MID	232	11	38
C Robinson FWD	213	1	24
A Ramsey MID	201	10	19
J Daland DEF	184	4	19
A Ghazi FWD	181	4	28
J Bagan DEF	179	12	20
E Horvath GLK	112		1
A Rinomhota MID	107	6	12
W Fish DEF	73	2	10
Y Méïté FWD	72	12	54
J Collins DEF	64	5	8
W Kanga FWD	57	1	14
C. Ashford MID	13		2
M Fagan-Walcott DEF	10	1	1
M. Reindorf FWD	7	1	1

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
18	7	4	7
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	R Porteous

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	18		3	3 -
G Chakvetadze MID	18	1	4	3 -
E Kayembe MID	17	5		1 -
V Bayo FWD	17	7		4 -
R Andrews DEF	16	3	1	-
Y Larouci DEF	16		2	-
D Bachmann GLK	15			-
M Sissoko MID	15	1		1 -
K Baah FWD	15	2	1	4 -
R Porteous DEF	14	2		7 -
T Ince FWD	14	1		-
K Sema FWD	14		1	-
F Carvallo DEF	13			7 -
J Morris DEF	11			1 -
F Ebosele DEF	11	1	1	5 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	9	2		-
D Jebbison FWD	9			2 -
I Louza MID	8			-
R Vata FWD	8			-
J Bond GLK	4			-
A Ogbonna DEF	4			-
J Ngakia DEF	3			-
P Dwomoh MID	3			-
M Rajovic FWD	3	1		2 -
M. Doumbia FWD	3			-
K Keben DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	15	4	18
V Bayo	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	7	15		6
E Kayembe MID	5	9		4
R Andrews DEF	3	7	1	7
K Baah FWD	2	6	1	4
T Dele-Bashiru MID	2	3		2
R Porteous DEF	2	2		3
G Chakvetadze MID	1	10	4	18
M Rajovic FWD	1	1
M Sissoko MID	1	4		7
F Ebosele DEF	1	1	1	12
T Ince FWD	1	1		3
M Pollock DEF		4	3	4
J Ngakia DEF		1
P Dwomoh MID				1
M. Doumbia FWD				1
J Morris DEF				1
R Vata FWD		1		2
I Louza MID		3		6
D Jebbison FWD		1		3
F Carvallo DEF				2
K Sema FWD		1	1	3
Y Larouci DEF		2	2	10

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1159	27	128
M Pollock	R Porteous	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	1159	25	128
G Chakvetadze MID	594	15	73
M Sissoko MID	578	25	60
F Carvallo DEF	552	13	44
R Porteous DEF	537	27	68
J Morris DEF	527	20	28
E Kayembe MID	449	16	45
T Dele-Bashiru MID	436	11	41
R Andrews DEF	399	17	48
D Bachmann GLK	388		10
I Louza MID	335	7	19
Y Larouci DEF	306	10	33
F Ebosele DEF	209	26	67
V Bayo FWD	194	8	55
A Ogbonna DEF	185	5	11
K Sema FWD	162	17	45
T Ince FWD	144	5	14
J Bond GLK	109		2
K Baah FWD	109	9	51
P Dwomoh MID	53	2	9
R Vata FWD	44	4	13
J Ngakia DEF	44	14	16
D Jebbison FWD	32	3	11
M. Doumbia FWD	10	1	5
K Keben DEF	7
M Rajovic FWD	5		1

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Cardiff City v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cardiff have played 18 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Watford lay in 6th place on 30 points in the Championship league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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