Watford 0-4 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 October 2009

Result

Watford 0-4 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 3 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Watford 0-4 Cardiff City: match report

Watford were beaten by Cardiff City 0-4 in the Championship on Saturday 3 October 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Watford did not score. Cardiff City scored through Peter Whittingham (24', penalty), A. Matthews (41'), Peter Whittingham (66') and Jay Bothroyd (67').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 14 points from 10 and Cardiff City 6th on 16 points from 10. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Cardiff City 3rd with 80.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 2 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Penalty goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · G. RaeCardiff City
  • 41'Goal · A. MatthewsCardiff City · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · A. MariappaWatford
  • 63'Yellow card · Jay BothroydCardiff City
  • 66'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 0-3
  • 67'Goal · Jay BothroydCardiff City · 0-4

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Watford 3, draws 2, Cardiff City 1.

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