Watford 2-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2008

Result

Watford 2-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Watford 2-2 Cardiff City: match report

Watford drew with Cardiff City 2-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 October 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

John-Joe O'Toole opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Watford's goals came from John-Joe O'Toole (2') and W. Hoskins (24'). Cardiff City scored through Jay Bothroyd (72') and Jay Bothroyd (75').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 16th on 14 points from 11 and Cardiff City 4th on 18 points from 11. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Cardiff City 7th with 74.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · John-Joe O'TooleWatford · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · W. HoskinsWatford · 2-0
  • 29'Red card · T. PriskinWatford
  • 61'Missed penalty · Ross McCormackCardiff City
  • 72'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · G. RaeCardiff City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 3, draws 1, 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