Cardiff City 4-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 January 2011

Result

Cardiff City 4-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 22 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Cardiff City 4-2 Watford: match report

Cardiff City defeated Watford 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 22 January 2011. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Craig Bellamy (14'), Michael Chopra (17'), Jay Bothroyd (31') and Gábor Gyepes (83'). Watford scored through Will Buckley (33') and Marvin Sordell (48').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 3rd on 44 points from 26 and Watford 7th on 42 points from 25. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 81 points, and Watford 14th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 4 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Craig BellamyCardiff City · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Michael ChopraCardiff City · 2-0
  • 31'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 3-0
  • 33'Goal · Will BuckleyWatford · 3-1
  • 48'Goal · Marvin SordellWatford · 3-2
  • 83'Goal · Gábor GyepesCardiff City · 4-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Cardiff City 3, draws 2, Watford 4.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up

Tom Heaton, Kevin McNaughton, Lee Naylor, Paul Quinn, Peter Whittingham, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Michael Chopra, Craig Bellamy, Mark Hudson, Jay Bothroyd

Watford line-up

Scott Loach, Martin Taylor, Adrian Mariappa, Lloyd Doyley, Dale Bennett, Will Buckley, Ross Jenkins, Stephen McGinn, Danny Graham, Marvin Sordell, Andros Townsend