Cardiff City 1-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 March 2021

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 13 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 1-2 Watford: match report

Cardiff City were beaten by Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 13 March 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Cardiff City's goal came from an own goal by F. Sierralta (13'). Watford scored through Nathaniel Chalobah (15') and Adam Masina (90+4').

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

Going into the game Cardiff City were 8th on 54 points from 35 and Watford 4th on 66 points from 35. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 8th with 68 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.

Cardiff City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Masina of Watford (8.0), ahead of Nathaniel Chalobah (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Own goal · F. SierraltaCardiff City · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Nathaniel ChalobahWatford · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Daniel BachmannWatford
  • 45+2'Yellow card · W. HughesWatford
  • 81'Yellow card · L. BacunaCardiff City
  • 82'Yellow card · Ismaïla SarrWatford
  • 85'Yellow card · F. SierraltaWatford
  • 90+3'Yellow card · P. NgCardiff City
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam MasinaWatford · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 3, Watford 3.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Dillon Phillips, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Perry Ng, Will Vaulks, Joe Ralls, Ciaron Brown, Harry Wilson, Kieffer Moore, Josh Murphy

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Nathaniel Chalobah, Will Hughes, Philip Zinckernagel, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema