Cardiff City 2-4 Watford: result and report

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014

Result

Cardiff City 2-4 Watford

Championship · Sunday 28 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Cardiff City 2-4 Watford: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Watford 2-4 in the Championship on Sunday 28 December 2014. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (20') and K. Jones (90+1'). Watford scored through A. Guédioura (42'), Odion Ighalo (45+1'), A. Guédioura (63') and Gabriele Angella (83').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 11th on 31 points from 23 and Watford 6th on 38 points from 23. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Watford 3rd with 89.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Adam Le FondreCardiff City · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · A. GuédiouraWatford · 1-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Odion IghaloWatford · 1-2
  • 63'Goal · A. GuédiouraWatford · 1-3
  • 83'Goal · Gabriele AngellaWatford · 1-4
  • 90+1'Goal · K. JonesCardiff City · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 3, Watford 1.

Team news

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Cardiff City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Txiki Acaz, Fábio, John Brayford, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Steven Caulker, Peter Whittingham, Aron Gunnarsson, Craig Noone, Jordon Mutch, Anthony Pilkington

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, J. Paredes, Ikechi Anya, Dániel Tőzsér, Sean Murray, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra