Watford 0-1 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 3 February 2024

Result

Watford 0-1 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 3 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Watford 0-1 Cardiff City: match report

Watford were beaten by Cardiff City 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 3 February 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Josh Bowler of Cardiff City in the 43rd minute.

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

Going into the game Watford were 9th on 41 points from 29 and Cardiff City 14th on 37 points from 28. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Cardiff City 12th with 62.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cardiff City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jak Alnwick of Cardiff City (8.5), ahead of Perry Ng (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Josh BowlerCardiff City · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford
  • 47'Yellow card · Matthew PollockWatford
  • 50'Yellow card · Jake LivermoreWatford
  • 51'Yellow card · Rubin ColwillCardiff City
  • 69'Yellow card · Josh BowlerCardiff City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Dimitrios GoutasCardiff City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Hamer, Ryan Andrews, Mattie Pollock, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Jake Livermore, Matheus Martins, Ismaël Koné, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Yáser Asprilla, Vakoun Bayo

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

Jak Alnwick, Perry Ng, Mark McGuinness, Dimitrios Goutas, Jamilu Collins, Josh Bowler, Ryan Wintle, Manolis Siopis, Karlan Grant, Rubin Colwill, Kion Etete