Cardiff City 3-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Sunday 21 March 2010

Result

Cardiff City 3-1 Watford

Championship · Sunday 21 March 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 3-1 Watford: match report

Cardiff City beat Watford 3-1 in the Championship on Sunday 21 March 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ross McCormack opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Ross McCormack (7'), Peter Whittingham (63') and C. Burke (78'). Watford scored through Heidar Helguson (90').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 6th on 55 points from 36 and Watford 20th on 42 points from 35. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Watford 17th with 54.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ross McCormackCardiff City · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Jay BothroydCardiff City
  • 63'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 2-0
  • 74'Yellow card · S. McGinnWatford
  • 78'Goal · C. BurkeCardiff City · 3-0
  • 90'Goal · Heidar HelgusonWatford · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Cardiff City 2, 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