Cardiff City 2-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 18 March 2009

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Watford

Championship · Wednesday 18 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 2-1 Watford: match report

Cardiff City beat Watford 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 18 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

Mark Smith opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jay Bothroyd (14') and Ross McCormack (90', penalty). Watford scored through Mark Smith (10', penalty).

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 60 points from 36 and Watford 16th on 46 points from 37. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Watford 13th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Watford.

Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Watford's D-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Penalty goal · Mark SmithWatford · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · J. CorkWatford
  • 44'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 48'Yellow card · Kevin McNaughtonCardiff City
  • 78'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuffWatford
  • 87'Yellow card · Jay DeMeritWatford
  • 90'Penalty goal · Ross McCormackCardiff City · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Ross McCormackCardiff City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Cardiff City 0, draws 2, Watford 3.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King