Cardiff City 1-1 Watford: result and report
Championship · Saturday 7 October 2023
Result
Cardiff City 1-1 Watford
Championship · Saturday 7 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Cardiff City 1-1 Watford: match report
Cardiff City drew with Watford 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 7 October 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mark McGuinness opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from Mark McGuinness (26'). Watford scored through Vakoun Issouf Bayo (54').
Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cardiff City were 9th on 16 points from 10 and Watford 21st on 9 points from 10. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Watford 15th with 56.
Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vakoun Bayo of Watford (7.8), ahead of Dimitrios Goutas (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cardiff City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Watford.
Going into the match Cardiff City's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Watford's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Mark McGuinness
- 39'Yellow card · Francisco Sierralta
- 54'Goal · Vakoun Issouf Bayo
- 65'Yellow card · Jamal Lewis
Head-to-head
Team news
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Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)
Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Dimitrios Goutas, Mark McGuinness, Jamilu Collins, Ryan Wintle, Manolis Siopis, Joe Ralls, Ollie Tanner, Iké Ugbo, Karlan Grant
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bachmann, Jeremy Ngakia, Francisco Sierralta, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Edo Kayembe, Jake Livermore, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Yáser Asprilla, Vakoun Bayo, Matheus Martins