Preview match

MATCH REPORT

England - Championship - 02/03/24 10:00 - 30.Round

Stadium Vicarage Road
Capacity 22200
Surface grass
Referee John Busby

0-1 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘

0-1 [90‘]

43‘
0-1 Bowler (Ng)
Chakvetadze
44‘
0-1 HT
Pollock
47‘
Livermore
50‘
51‘
Colwill
Martins Silva dos Santos Dennis
60‘
Issouf Bayo Rajovic
60‘
Chakvetadze Sema
60‘
63‘
Turnbull Colwill
69‘
Bowler
73‘
Romeo Ng
73‘
Wilson-Esbrand Bowler
Livermore Dele-Bashiru
78‘
82‘
Diédhiou Etete
82‘
Phillips Collins
90‘+1
Goutas
0-1 FT

Goals and Highlights

0-1

Match stats

CARDS 3 0

Ball possession
62%
38%

CARDS 3 0

Total shots
17
10
On goal
6
2
Corners
10
2
Dangerous attack
73
25
Attack
101
97
Passes total
546
353
Accurate passes
462 (85%)
277 (78%)
Key passes
14
7
Crosses
6/32(19%)
2/5(40%)
Dribbles
11/21 (52%)
5/16(31%)

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds -118 260 300
Pre match odds -118 260 320
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
-0.75 108 -145 +0.75
-0.25 -169 123 +0.25
-1 164 -204 +1
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 -118 -105
Corners
Line Under Over
10.0 100 -125

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Watford

Status: Confirmed lineup

Cardiff City

Missings

Jeremy Ngakia
RB 2
16
Ngakia
917‘ 14 0+1
Edo Kayembe
CM 1
5
Kayembe
2359‘ 34 5+2
+1 Out of selection
Callum O'Dowda
LB 3
27
O'Dowda
532‘ 10 1+2
Callum Robinson
AM 2
2
Robinson
842‘ 23 1+2
Joe Ralls
CM
1
Ralls
2336‘ 35 1+7
+12 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo 26
    2
    Hamer
    1710‘ 19 0+0 6.6
  • no photo 6
    1
    Lewis
    2780‘ 36 0+2 7.1
    no photo 4
    1
    Hoedt
    3870‘ 43 2+3 7.2
    no photo 15
    3
    Pollock
    878‘ 18 0+0 7.3
    no photo 45
    1
    Andrews
    2484‘ 39 3+2 7.1
  • no photo 8
    1
    Livermore
    2077‘ 30 3+1 6.6
  • no photo 18
    RW
    Esneider Asprilla Martínez
    2645‘ 43 6+6 7.2
    no photo 16
    2
    Chakvetadze
    1597‘ 34 1+3 6.4
    no photo 11
    2
    Koné
    2465‘ 41 4+3 7.8
    no photo 37
    2
    Martins Silva dos Santos
    1727‘ 38 5+2 6.9
  • no photo 19
    1
    Issouf Bayo
    2145‘ 38 6+3 6.2
  • no photo 27
    AM 2
    Colwill
    1570‘ 35 1+2 7.0
    no photo 9
    2
    Etete
    1090‘ 28 3+0 7.0
  • no photo 14
    RW 1
    1
    Bowler
    2304‘ 37 5+1 7.3
    no photo 6
    1
    Wintle
    2539‘ 41 2+4 7.3
    no photo 23
    1
    Siopis
    3207‘ 41 0+0 6.7
    no photo 16
    LW 1
    Grant
    3128‘ 39 6+2 7.1
  • no photo 38
    1
    Ng
    3405‘ 39 6+4 7.4
    no photo 4
    1
    Goutas
    4037‘ 45 4+0 7.6
    no photo 5
    1
    McGuinness
    2595‘ 29 2+0 7.3
    no photo 17
    1
    Collins
    2985‘ 36 1+4 6.9
  • no photo 21
    1
    Alnwick
    2160‘ 24 0+0 8.5
4-1-4-1
Coach: V. Ismaël
4-4-2
Coach E. Bulut

Stats:

shots

Player Bowler 3
Player Esneider Asprilla Martínez 3
Player Koné 2
Player Etete 2
Player Andrews 2
Player Ng 2

Acc. Passes

Player Romeo 100% (1)
Player Hamer 94% (59)
Player Pollock 91% (94)
Player Hoedt 89% (102)
Player Siopis 89% (29)
Player McGuinness 88% (43)

dribbles

Player Colwill 6 (2)
Player Dennis 5 (1)
Player Bowler 4 (1)
Player Koné 3 (3)
Player Andrews 3 (2)
Player Livermore 2 (0)

Key Passes

Player Lewis 3
Player Hoedt 2
Player Sema 2
Player Koné 2
Player Wintle 2
Player Dennis 2

goals

Rajovic 10
Esneider Asprilla Martínez 6
Issouf Bayo 6
Kayembe 5
Martins Silva dos Santos 5
Dennis 4

goals

Grant 6
Ng 6
Bowler 5
Ugbo 4
Goutas 4
Etete 3

assists

Esneider Asprilla Martínez 6
Sema 4
Porteous 3
Louza 3
Hoedt 3
Koné 3

assists

Ralls 7
Ng 4
Collins 4
Wintle 4
O'Dowda 2
Colwill 2

Yellow Cards

Porteous 14
Hoedt 12
Livermore 9
Esneider Asprilla Martínez 7
Kayembe 7
Chakvetadze 7

Yellow Cards

Collins 9
Ng 9
Goutas 8
Meite 7
Siopis 6
Bowler 5

Key Passes

Esneider Asprilla Martínez 69
Chakvetadze 56
Sema 50
Koné 34
Lewis 33
Kayembe 32

Key Passes

Wintle 47
Ralls 43
Ng 34
Grant 28
Bowler 22
Turnbull 19

Acc. Passes

Lewis 81%
Hoedt 80%
Sema 80%
Dele-Bashiru 77%
Dennis 77%
Chakvetadze 77%

Acc. Passes

Giles 92%
Conte 86%
McGuinness 84%
Goutas 82%
Wintle 82%
Siopis 80%

Total Shots

Esneider Asprilla Martínez 42 (0.95)
Issouf Bayo 35 (0.92)
Kayembe 35 (0.95)
Koné 31 (0.7)
Hoedt 30 (0.7)
Martins Silva dos Santos 28 (0.65)

Total Shots

Grant 43 (1.1)
Meite 35 (0.95)
Bowler 30 (0.91)
Goutas 22 (0.5)
Ng 22 (0.56)
Etete 18 (0.69)

BENCH

Ryan Porteous
CB 1
5 Porteous
3026‘ 37 3+3
Thomas Ince
RW 3
7 Ince
838‘ 27 2+2
Francisco Sierralta
CB 2
3 Sierralta
1866‘ 24 0+1
Daniel Bachmann
GK 1
1 Bachmann
2340‘ 26 0+0
James Morris
LB 2
42 Morris
732‘ 11 0+0
Mileta Rajovic
CF
9 Rajovic
1786‘ 40 10+0 6.7
Emmanuel Dennis
CF 3
25 Dennis
863‘ 17 4+0 7.1
Ken Sema
LM
12 Sema
1978‘ 28 1+4 7.3
Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru
CM 1
24 Dele-Bashiru
2265‘ 35 2+2 7.1
Yakou Meite
CF 1
22 Meite
2162‘ 38 2+1
Ollie Tanner
LB 3
32 Tanner
1141‘ 35 1+0
Mahlon Romeo
RB 2
2 Romeo
706‘ 14 0+0 6.2
Aaron Ramsey
AM
24
10 Ramsey
716‘ 13 3+0
David Turnbull
AM 3
15 Turnbull
791‘ 16 0+1 6.5
Josh Wilson-Esbrand
LB 2
30 Wilson-Esbrand
671‘ 11 0+0 6.6
Matthew Turner
GK 3
2
41 Turner
0‘ 0 0+0
Nathaniel Phillips
CB 2
1
12 Phillips
1442‘ 17 0+0 7.0
Famara Diédhiou
CF 2
1
20 Diédhiou
478‘ 15 2+0 6.3
Goal fact

Watford

  • Unbeaten run (5) for Watford

    Watford are unbeaten in their last 5 Championship games (1W, 4D). Players scored 7 goals and 6 conceded in that run.

  • The form at the home stadium is not good

    2 losses in 5 games. (1W, 2D, 2L) is the record at home ground Vicarage Road. With their average of 2 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (4) matches at home

    Watford have fail to win 4 matches in a row at home stadium. Last win was against Norwich City (3-2) on 28.11.23

  • Tuesday: FA Cup (4th Round Replays)

    Watford is playing against Southampton an important FA Cup game (4th Round Replays - 1/1)

Cardiff City

  • Second absence for Joe Ralls

    Coach E. Bulut is still without his key player Joe Ralls (35 matches, 1 goals, 7 assists). Reason: injury.

  • Bad results in last matches for Cardiff City

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach E. Bulut as the form record is (1W, 1D, 3L) with their average of 2.2 goals conceded per game.

  • Poor form in away games

    3 losses in 5 games. (2W, 0D, 3L) is the record in away games. With their average of 2 goals conceded per game.

  • The coach has to deal with 5 fresh missings

    According to the news, the team is without 5 fresh missing. These players join the missing list: Sawyers, Horvath, Conte, Ashford, Colwill.

Watford

Summary

Cardiff City

H2H

3
1
2

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

1
2

FORM

1.17
1.17

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

1.33
1.5
Watford

Team Strength

Cardiff City
63% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 73%
1 Changes (vs. last game) 3
0 Fresh important missings 0
2 Missings 2

Head to head

Watford 59%
3wins
1 draws
2 wins
6 matches
41% Cardiff City
OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
83% 5/6 times
CARDS
4 Ø
Corners
9.3 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
10/07/23 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
1-1
Watford Watford
1-0 8 - 8 3- 1 18 - 32 2 - 1 2 (61%)
4 (46%)
130 220 230
04/19/23 Championship
Watford Watford
1-3
Cardiff City Cardiff
1-3 14 - 9 3- 5 79 - 17 10 - 1 1 (67%)
2 (67%)
-105 240 320
11/02/22 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
1-2
Watford Watford
1-1 11 - 19 3- 5 28 - 28 8 - 11 2 (69%)
1 (62%)
190 210 155
03/13/21 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
1-2
Watford Watford
1-1 11 - 14 2- 5 42 - 42 2 - 4 2 (74%)
1 (80%)
210 210 145
12/05/20 Championship
Watford Watford
0-1
Cardiff City Cardiff
0-1 12 - 10 1- 1 59 - 38 6 - 5 4 (57%)
0 (80%)
105 240 260
02/22/19 Premier League
Cardiff Cardiff City
1-5
Watford Watford
0-1 12 - 15 7- 6 40 - 43 3 - 3 3 (60%)
7 (59%)
210 230 150
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Team form

2.00 1.67 (+-17%) total
0.67 (+-33%) total 1.00
Cardiff City

Watford Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 3.5
17% 1/6 times
BTTS
83% 5/6 times
CARDS
5 Ø
Corners
12.7 Ø
13.2 Championship
Norwich
14:45
Watford
10.2 Championship
Watford
10:00
Leicester
6.2 FA Cup
Southampton
14:45
Watford

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
31.1 Championship
Sheffield Wed Sheffield Wednesday
0 - 0
Watford Watford
0-0 19 - 10 5 - 2 46 - 33 5 - 4 3 (52%)
3 (56%)
155 225 180
28.1 FA Cup
Watford Watford
1 - 1
Southampton Southampton
1-0 13 - 19 4 - 8 40 - 69 6 - 6 6 (45%)
9 (23%)
180 280 125
20.1 Championship
Bristol City Bristol City
1 - 1
Watford Watford
1-1 15 - 14 6 - 2 50 - 37 7 - 8 2 (71%)
3 (60%)
125 230 230
14.1 Championship
QPR Queens Park Rangers
1 - 2
Watford Watford
0-0 16 - 9 7 - 2 54 - 32 8 - 4 6 (64%)
2 (48%)
170 220 170
6.1 FA Cup
Watford Watford
2 - 1
Chesterfield Chesterfield
0-1 11 - 5 6 - 3 52 - 34 10 - 4 5 (40%)
5 (55%)
-278 425 600
1.1 Championship
Plymouth Plymouth Argyle
3 - 3
Watford Watford
3-2 31 - 18 11 - 5 29 - 46 9 - 5 3 (60%)
3 (57%)
163 275 145
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Cardiff City Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
100% 6/6 times
OVER 2.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 3.5
50% 3/6 times
BTTS
50% 3/6 times
CARDS
3.2 Ø
Corners
9.5 Ø
17.2 Championship
Norwich
10:00
Cardiff
13.2 Championship
West Brom
15:00
Cardiff
10.2 Championship
Cardiff
10:00
Preston

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
20.1 Championship
Plymouth Plymouth Argyle
3 - 1
Cardiff City Cardiff
1-1 15 - 6 5 - 3 51 - 45 5 - 5 3 (34%)
4 (60%)
130 240 200
13.1 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
0 - 3
Leeds United Leeds
0-2 9 - 15 1 - 7 38 - 44 5 - 4 6 (67%)
5 (66%)
400 320 -149
6.1 FA Cup
Sheffield Wed Sheffield Wednesday
4 - 0
Cardiff City Cardiff
3-0 11 - 18 7 - 6 39 - 80 4 - 10 3 (41%)
6 (31%)
100 230 280
1.1 Championship
QPR Queens Park Rangers
1 - 2
Cardiff City Cardiff
0-1 8 - 10 3 - 6 38 - 38 1 - 6 4 (64%)
2 (65%)
155 190 210
29.12 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
0 - 2
Leicester City Leicester
0-1 10 - 9 2 - 4 30 - 33 5 - 2 2 (69%)
2 (74%)
475 300 -167
26.12 Championship
Cardiff Cardiff City
2 - 2
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth
1-1 17 - 13 4 - 6 55 - 44 7 - 3 3 (62%)
6 (41%)
-105 280 300
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Standings

Regular Season
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Leicester 44 30 4 10 86:39 94
1.63 55% 1.8 5.5 77% 59% 2.84
2. Leeds 45 27 9 9 80:41 90
1.38 44% 1.5 6.0 71% 53% 2.69
3. Ipswich 44 26 12 6 88:56 90
1.50 61% 2.3 5.2 80% 61% 3.27
4. Southampton 45 25 9 11 85:62 84
1.25 64% 2.2 7.5 84% 64% 3.27
5. Norwich 45 21 10 14 79:63 73
1.88 64% 1.8 5.4 80% 62% 3.16
6. West Brom 45 20 12 13 67:47 72
1.13 49% 1.7 5.7 75% 46% 2.53
7. Hull 45 19 13 13 68:59 70
1.50 64% 2.1 5.4 78% 60% 2.82
8. Middlesbrough 45 19 9 17 68:61 66
1.63 58% 1.9 5.9 84% 51% 2.87
9. Coventry 44 17 13 14 68:55 64
1.25 61% 2.0 6.0 84% 61% 2.80
10. Preston 44 18 9 17 56:61 63
1.25 52% 2.3 4.3 77% 57% 2.66
11. Bristol City 45 17 11 17 53:47 62
1.88 47% 1.6 5.3 60% 36% 2.22
12. Cardiff 45 19 5 21 51:65 62
1.13 47% 1.8 4.3 75% 51% 2.58
13. Swansea 45 15 12 18 59:64 57
1.75 60% 2.1 5.3 80% 58% 2.73
14. Watford 45 13 17 15 60:58 56
1.38 53% 2.2 5.2 67% 49% 2.62
15. Sunderland 45 16 8 21 52:52 56
1.13 44% 2.0 6.0 62% 47% 2.31
16. Millwall 45 15 11 19 44:55 56
1.63 40% 2.2 4.4 64% 38% 2.20
17. QPR 45 14 11 20 45:57 53
1.75 44% 2.2 5.4 71% 44% 2.27
18. Stoke 45 14 11 20 45:60 53
1.50 42% 2.4 5.9 67% 42% 2.33
19. Blackburn 45 13 11 21 58:74 50
1.13 60% 2.1 5.1 75% 65% 2.93
20. Sheffield Wed 45 14 8 23 42:68 50
1.50 38% 2.4 5.3 73% 47% 2.44
21. Plymouth 45 12 12 21 58:70 48
0.88 53% 2.2 5.3 76% 56% 2.84
22. Birmingham 45 12 11 22 49:65 47
1.00 51% 2.2 4.3 69% 47% 2.53
23. Huddersfield 45 9 18 18 48:75 45
0.88 67% 1.9 5.1 82% 47% 2.73
24. Rotherham 45 4 12 29 32:87 24
0.63 47% 1.8 3.4 80% 49% 2.64

Cup situation

Competitions
No data
Eliminated
FA Cup vs Southampton 02/06/24
4th Round Replays
Eliminated
Competitions
No data
1st Round
3rd Round Replays
Club Friendlies 3