Watford 1-3 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 April 2023

Result

Watford 1-3 Cardiff City

Championship · Wednesday 19 April 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Watford 1-3 Cardiff City: match report

Watford lost to Cardiff City 1-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-3.

Ismaïla Sarr opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Watford's goal came from Ismaïla Sarr (11'). Cardiff City scored through K. Etete (31'), C. Kipré (35') and Sory Kaba (42').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 59 points from 42 and Cardiff City 22nd on 42 points from 41. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Cardiff City 22nd with 49.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cédric Kipré of Cardiff City (8.4), ahead of Imrân Louza (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Ismaïla SarrWatford · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · K. EteteCardiff City · 1-1
  • 35'Goal · C. KipréCardiff City · 1-2
  • 39'Yellow card · K. EteteCardiff City
  • 40'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford
  • 42'Goal · Sory KabaCardiff City · 1-3
  • 57'Yellow card · J. RallsCardiff City
  • 58'Yellow card · Callum O'DowdaCardiff City
  • 74'Yellow card · Keinan DavisWatford
  • 77'Yellow card · Jeremy NgakiaWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 2, Cardiff City 3.

Team news

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

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Hassane Kamara, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Ismaïla Sarr, Ismaël Koné, Imrân Louza, João Pedro, Keinan Davis

Cardiff City line-up (3-5-2)

Ryan Allsop, Mahlon Romeo, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Mark McGuinness, Callum O'Dowda, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Ryan Wintle, Joe Ralls, Kion Etete, Sory Kaba