Watford 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2007

Result

Watford 2-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2007, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 2-2 Cardiff City: match report

Watford drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

R. Johnson opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Watford's goals came from Jay DeMerit (49') and Jobi McAnuff (90+4'). Cardiff City scored through R. Johnson (34') and Peter Whittingham (56').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Watford were 1st on 43 points from 23 and Cardiff City 15th on 29 points from 23. Watford went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 0 draws and 0 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · R. JohnsonCardiff City · 0-1
  • 49'Goal · Jay DeMeritWatford · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 1-2
  • 90+4'Goal · Jobi McAnuffWatford · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 3, draws 0, Cardiff City 0.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King