Watford vs Cardiff City prediction and preview

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2027, 19:45 UTC

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Watford vs Cardiff City

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2027, 19:45 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Watford vs Cardiff City preview

Watford welcome Cardiff City at Vicarage Road in Watford on Tuesday 16 February 2027 (19:45 UTC) in the Championship. Watford are 20th in the table with 14 points from 14, while Cardiff City go into the round 18th, on 15 points from 14 games.

Recent form: Watford W-L-L-W-L, Cardiff City D-L-W-D-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Watford have scored 1.0 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Cardiff City average 2.0 scored and 1.8 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Watford won 3, 2 games were drawn and Cardiff City won 5. Those games averaged 3.1 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 8. The most recent meeting, on 13 Oct 2026, ended Cardiff City 5-1 Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
18Cardiff City143652223-115WDWLD
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW

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Head-to-head

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

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Watford expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Federico Ravaglia, Mattie Pollock, Kévin Keben, Marc Bola, Hector Kyprianou, Edo Kayembe, Iker Bravo, Myron Boadu

Cardiff City expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Nathan Trott, Joel Bagan, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Alex Robertson, Jack Moylan, Ollie Tanner, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech

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