Watford 4-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 28 December 2010

Result

Watford 4-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 28 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 4-1 Cardiff City: match report

Watford won against Cardiff City 4-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 28 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Watford's goals came from Danny Graham (24'), Marvin Sordell (57'), John Eustace (64') and Danny Graham (84', penalty). Cardiff City scored through Peter Whittingham (16').

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

Going into the game Watford were 10th on 30 points from 21 and Cardiff City 2nd on 40 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Cardiff City 4th with 81.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Missed penalty · Danny GrahamWatford
  • 16'Goal · Peter WhittinghamCardiff City · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Danny GrahamWatford · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Lee NaylorCardiff City
  • 35'Yellow card · A. TaylorWatford
  • 57'Goal · Marvin SordellWatford · 2-1
  • 64'Goal · John EustaceWatford · 3-1
  • 84'Penalty goal · Danny GrahamWatford · 4-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Watford 3, draws 2, Cardiff City 3.

Team news

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Watford line-up

Scott Loach, Andrew Taylor, Martin Taylor, Adrian Mariappa, Lloyd Doyley, D. Cowie, Will Buckley, Jordon Mutch, Danny Graham, Marvin Sordell, John Mark Eustace

Cardiff City line-up

Txiki Acaz, Kevin McNaughton, Lee Naylor, Darcy Blake, Peter Whittingham, Stephen McPhail, C. Burke, Oluwaseyi Olofinjana, Michael Chopra, Mark Hudson, Andy Keogh