Cardiff City 5-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 13 October 2026

Result

Cardiff City 5-1 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 13 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff · half-time 4-0

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Cardiff City 5-1 Watford: match report

Cardiff City defeated Watford 5-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 October 2026 at Cardiff City Stadium. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Jack Moylan opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Jack Moylan (11', penalty), Jack Moylan (35'), an own goal by Mattie Pollock (41'), Ollie Tanner (45+5') and Callum Robinson (85'). Watford scored through Hector Kyprianou (87').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Watford received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 21st on 7 points from 9 and Watford 20th on 8 points from 9. In the current table Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points and Watford are 20th on 14 points.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Moylan of Cardiff City (7.9), ahead of Ollie Tanner (7.6).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Martín PayeroWatford
  • 11'Penalty goal · Jack MoylanCardiff City · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Jack MoylanCardiff City · 2-0
  • 41'Own goal · Mattie PollockCardiff City · 3-0
  • 45+5'Goal · Ollie TannerCardiff City · 4-0
  • 65'Missed penalty · Chris WillockCardiff City
  • 73'Yellow card · Edo KayembeWatford
  • 85'Goal · Callum RobinsonCardiff City · 5-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Amin NabizadaWatford
  • 86'Yellow card · Perry NgCardiff City
  • 87'Goal · Hector KyprianouWatford · 5-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Hector KyprianouWatford

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
18Cardiff City133551920-114LWDWL
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 4, draws 2, Watford 4.

Team news

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

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Dylan Lawlor, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Cian Ashford, Joel Colwill, Chris Willock, Jack Moylan

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Federico Ravaglia, Omar Traoré, Mattie Pollock, Kévin Keben, Jordan Zemura, Edo Kayembe, Hector Kyprianou, Othmane Maamma, Martín Payero, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Myron Boadu

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