Cardiff City 1-5 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Friday 22 February 2019

Result

Cardiff City 1-5 Watford

Premier League · Friday 22 February 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cardiff City 1-5 Watford: match report

Cardiff City lost to Watford 1-5 in the Premier League on Friday 22 February 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Deulofeu opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Sol Bamba (82'). Watford scored through Deulofeu (18'), Deulofeu (61'), Deulofeu (63'), Troy Deeney (73') and Troy Deeney (90+1').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 17th on 25 points from 26 and Watford 8th on 37 points from 26. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Watford 11th with 50.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Deulofeu of Watford (10.0), ahead of Troy Deeney (9.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cardiff City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · DeulofeuWatford · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 55'Yellow card · Roberto PereyraWatford
  • 61'Goal · DeulofeuWatford · 0-2
  • 63'Goal · DeulofeuWatford · 0-3
  • 73'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 0-4
  • 82'Goal · Sol BambaCardiff City · 1-4
  • 85'Yellow card · Callum PatersonCardiff City
  • 90+1'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-5

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cardiff City 0, draws 0, Watford 1.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (3-4-3)

Neil Etheridge, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sean Morrison, Sol Bamba, Leandro Bacuna, Harry Arter, Joe Ralls, Joe Bennett, Callum Paterson, Oumar Niasse, Josh Murphy

Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)

Ben Foster, Daryl Janmaat, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Troy Deeney