Watford v Cardiff City Tips, Predictions and Odds
Watford host Cardiff City in matchday 16 of the Championship on Saturday 5th December, 3:00pm at Vicarage Road. The hosts currently sit in 3rd place in the table having lost against Cardiff City 0-1 last time out, while the visitors are in 12th after their 0-1 win against Watford.
PREDICTIONS & ODDS:
WIN/DRAW/WIN KEY STATISTICS:
| LEAGUE TABLE + Win/Draw/Win | ||||
| Watford | Scores | Cardiff | ||
| HOME | AWAY | TEAM | PLD | W | D | L | GD | PTS | HOME | AWAY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-0 | Apr 20 | Norwich | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 1-2 | 2-0 | ||||
May 8 | 2-1 | Swansea | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 43 | 0-2 | Mar 20 | ||||
1-1 | Feb 27 | Bournemouth | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 1-1 | Feb 24 | ||||
1-1 | May 1 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 2-3 | Apr 20 | ||||
Apr 10 | 1-0 | Reading | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 1-2 | Apr 17 | ||||
- | - | Watford H | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | Mar 13 | 0-1 | ||||
1-0 | Apr 5 | M'Boro | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 1-1 | Feb 27 | ||||
3-2 | Jan 22 | Stoke | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 35 | Mar 16 | 1-2 | ||||
Jan 19 | 1-0 | Barnsley | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 34 | 3-0 | Jan 27 | ||||
Feb 13 | 0-0 | Bristol C | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 33 | 0-1 | Feb 6 | ||||
3-1 | Feb 24 | Blackburn | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 32 | Apr 10 | 0-0 | ||||
4-1 | Feb 16 | Preston | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | -1 | 32 | Feb 20 | 0-1 | ||||
2-0 | 2-0 | Huddersfield | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 31 | 3-0 | Mar 6 | ||||
1-0 | Apr 17 | Luton | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 30 | 4-0 | Feb 16 | ||||
0-1 | Mar 13 | Cardiff A | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 29 | - | - | ||||
Apr 24 | Jan 26 | Millwall | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | -2 | 26 | Jan 30 | 1-1 | ||||
3-2 | Feb 6 | Coventry | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 26 | Feb 13 | 1-0 | ||||
Jan 30 | 1-1 | QPR | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 24 | Jan 20 | 3-2 | ||||
Mar 20 | 0-1 | Birmingham | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -12 | 23 | 3-2 | May 1 | ||||
Mar 6 | 0-0 | Nottm Forest | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 22 | Apr 2 | 0-2 | ||||
Apr 2 | 0-0 | Sheff Wed | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 19 | 0-2 | Apr 5 | ||||
Feb 20 | 0-1 | Derby | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 19 | Mar 2 | 1-1 | ||||
2-0 | Mar 16 | Rotherham | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 16 | May 8 | TBA | ||||
Mar 3 | 1-1 | Wycombe | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 15 | Apr 24 | 2-1 |
PREDICTIONS & ODDS:
CORRECT SCORE KEY STATISTICS:
Watford have scored 2 goals or more in 11 of their last 20 home games. Cardiff have conceded at least 2 goals in 5 of their last 20 away games.
Watford have conceded 1 goal or less in 14 of their last 20 home league games. Cardiff have scored 1 goal or less in 11 of their last 20 away league games
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BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE KEY STATISTICS
55% of Watford's last 20 home league games have ended with Both teams scoring. They won 7, drew 2 and lost 2 of those games.
50% of Cardiff's last 20 away league games ended with both teams scoring, they won 4, drew 2 and lost 4 of those games.
The last time Watford failed to score at home in the league was a 0-4 loss to Man City in July this year.
The last time Cardiff kept a clean sheet away in the league was in a 1-0 win against Preston in October this year.
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OVER/UNDER 2.5 GOALS KEY STATISTICS
Watford's last 20 home league games have averaged 2.9 goals a game. Cardiff's last 20 away league games have averaged 2.7 goals a game.
Watford have scored on average at home in the league 1.7 goals a game and conceded on average 1.2 goals.
Cardiff have scored on average away in the league 1.5 goals a game and conceded on average 1.2 goals
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LAST MATCH KEY STATISTICS
Watford's last starting line-up was:
| GLK: | Ben Foster |
| DEF: | Christian Kabasele, Ben Wilmot, William Troost-Ekong |
| MID: | Ken Sema, James Garner, Tom Cleverley |
| FWD: | Ismaila Sarr, Joao Pedro, Troy Deeney |
In the Championship this season, this Watford XI has played 144 matches and scored 18 goals.
This Championship line-up has 813 all-time Championship appearances and 167 goals.
Cardiff City's last starting line-up was:
| GLK: | Alex Smithies |
| DEF: | Joe Bennett, Will Vaulks, Curtis Nelson, Sean Morrison, Mark Harris |
| MID: | Leandro Bacuna, Joe Ralls, Sheyi Ojo |
| FWD: | Harry Wilson, Kieffer Moore |
In the Championship this season, this Cardiff City XI has played 188 matches and scored 22 goals.
This Championship line-up has 837 all-time Championship appearances and 80 goals.
Watford have won 60% of their last 20 home league games and Cardiff have lost 25% of their last 20 away league games.
The last time Cardiff won away in the league was 5 games ago against Preston. The last time Watford lost a home league game was 8 matches ago against Man City.
Watford last kept a clean sheet at home 6 games ago, and have kept 7 clean sheets in their last 20 home games. Cardiff last failed to score away in the league 1 games ago and have missed the net in 4 of their last 20 away league games.
Of the 12 league games Watford has won at home, they scored first 9 times. Of the 5 away games Cardiff has lost, they conceded first 5 times.
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