Premier League

Cardiff 1-5 Watford

Competition Premier League Season 2018/2019 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 22 Feb 2019, 19:45 Venue time 22 Feb 2019, 19:45 GMT

Cardiff vs Watford finished 1-5 in Premier League. Key event: 6' Leandro Bacuna (assist Joe Ralls · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 35.7%). Head to head: H2H last 1 before 22 Feb 2019: 0 W / 0 D / 1 L for Cardiff. Home form: W W L L D; Away form: W D L D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (22 Feb 2019): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W L L D Matches: 5 · 7 pts, goals 5-6, 1.00 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form W D L D W Matches: 5 · 8 pts, goals 4-3, 0.80 scored/match, 0.60 conceded/match

Cardiff · season record 7 W · 4 D · 15 L 2018/2019: 26 recorded matches, goals 24–47; before 22 Feb 2019 UTC. Not official standings.

Watford · season record 10 W · 7 D · 9 L 2018/2019: 26 recorded matches, goals 34–34; before 22 Feb 2019 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 42 events

6' shot Leandro Bacuna CAR assist Joe Ralls xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 35.7%

11' shot Daryl Janmaat WAT assist Troy Deeney xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 30.3%

13' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.5%, 45.2%

15' shot Oumar Niasse CAR assist Callum Paterson xG 0.47 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.7%, 50.1%

17' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Troy Deeney xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 52.1%

18' Goal Gerard Deulofeu 0–1 WAT assist Troy Deeney

19' shot Josh Murphy CAR assist Joe Ralls xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 72.6%

28' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Etienne Capoue xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.6%, 47.4%

30' Yellow Étienne Capoue WAT Yellow card

33' shot Joe Ralls CAR xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.3%, 33.4%

38' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Ben Foster xG 0.02 · Set Piece · location 85.9%, 44.9%

45' shot Sol Bamba CAR assist Joe Ralls xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.9%, 47.2%

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47' shot Sean Morrison CAR assist Callum Paterson xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.1%, 44.1%

51' shot Leandro Bacuna CAR xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 32.8%

53' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Will Hughes xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 49.5%

55' Yellow Roberto Pereyra WAT Yellow card

56' shot Joe Bennett CAR xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.4%, 67.4%

56' Sub Junior Hoilett CAR on for Josh Murphy

58' shot Callum Paterson CAR assist Joe Ralls xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 86%, 45.6%

60' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.81 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.6%, 39.6%

61' Goal Gerard Deulofeu 0–2 WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré

62' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Etienne Capoue xG 0.49 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.9%, 37.1%

63' Goal Gerard Deulofeu 0–3 WAT assist Étienne Capoue

64' shot Oumar Niasse CAR xG 0.26 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.8%, 34.8%

67' Sub Nathaniel Méndez-Laing CAR on for Joe Ralls

69' shot Junior Hoilett CAR xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76.5%, 68.8%

71' Sub Domingos Quina WAT on for Roberto Pereyra

71' Sub Kenneth Zohore CAR on for Oumar Niasse

72' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu xG 0.55 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.2%, 55%

73' Goal Troy Deeney 0–4 WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu

75' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Will Hughes xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.4%, 64.6%

79' Sub Tom Cleverley WAT on for Étienne Capoue

81' shot Sol Bamba CAR assist Junior Hoilett xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 96.3%, 39.4%

81' shot Bruno Ecuele Manga CAR xG 0.76 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 96.7%, 49.1%

81' shot Sol Bamba CAR xG 0.62 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 98.2%, 44.1%

82' Goal Sol Bamba 1–4 CAR Goal

85' shot Tom Cleverley WAT xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 85.5%, 83.3%

85' Yellow Callum Paterson CAR Yellow card

86' Sub Andre Gray WAT on for Gerard Deulofeu

88' shot Callum Paterson CAR assist Kenneth Zohore xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.9%, 40.6%

90+1' Goal Troy Deeney 1–5 WAT assist Will Hughes

90' shot Troy Deeney WAT assist Will Hughes xG 0.49 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 42.7%

Shot map 27 shots · 6 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Cardiff 15 shots · 2.38 xG · 1 goal

Watford 12 shots · 2.76 xG · 5 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 10

Cardiff leads the last 10 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 13 Oct 2026 · Cardiff vs Watford · 5 - 1.

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Latest 10 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 9 after this match (22 Feb 2019). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

13 Oct 2026

Cardiff 5 - 1 Watford

14 Jan 2025

Cardiff 1 - 1 Watford

29 Dec 2024

Watford 1 - 2 Cardiff

03 Feb 2024

Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff

07 Oct 2023

Cardiff 1 - 1 Watford

19 Apr 2023

Watford 1 - 3 Cardiff

02 Nov 2022

Cardiff 1 - 2 Watford

13 Mar 2021

Cardiff 1 - 2 Watford

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05 Dec 2020

Watford 0 - 1 Cardiff

15 Dec 2018

Watford 3 - 2 Cardiff

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (22 Feb 2019). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026