Premier League

Watford 3-2 Cardiff

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

Your time 15 Dec 2018, 15:00 Venue time 15 Dec 2018, 15:00 GMT

Watford vs Cardiff finished 3-2 in Premier League. Key event: 5' Gerard Deulofeu (assist Abdoulaye Doucouré · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 70.3%). Head to head: No scored head-to-head meetings before 15 Dec 2018. Home form: D L L L D; Away form: W L W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (15 Dec 2018): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form D L L L D Matches: 5 · 2 pts, goals 4-10, 0.80 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form W L W L W Matches: 5 · 9 pts, goals 6-6, 1.20 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Watford · season record 6 W · 3 D · 7 L 2018/2019: 16 recorded matches, goals 20–23; before 15 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Cardiff · season record 4 W · 2 D · 10 L 2018/2019: 16 recorded matches, goals 15–30; before 15 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 38 events

5' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 70.3%

15' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré xG 0.39 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 54%

16' Goal Gerard Deulofeu 1–0 WAT assist Abdoulaye Doucouré

23' shot Callum Paterson CAR assist Junior Hoilett xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.8%, 30%

24' shot Troy Deeney WAT xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 54.8%

28' shot Josh Murphy CAR assist Víctor Camarasa xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.3%, 73.8%

29' shot Callum Paterson CAR assist Sean Morrison xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 90.9%, 58.8%

34' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.8%, 39.8%

42' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 60.2%

42' shot Domingos Quina WAT assist Roberto Pereyra xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.1%, 51.5%

46' shot Harry Arter CAR xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 71.4%, 40.9%

46' Sub Nathaniel Méndez-Laing CAR on for Josh Murphy

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47' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 78.2%, 67.3%

47' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT assist Ken Sema xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.3%, 62.7%

51' shot José Holebas WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.7%, 56.6%

52' Goal José Holebas 2–0 WAT assist Gerard Deulofeu

55' shot Ken Sema WAT assist José Holebas xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 72.6%, 42.8%

59' Sub Lee Peltier CAR on for Joe Bennett · Injury substitution

61' shot Víctor Camarasa CAR assist Sol Bamba xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.2%, 64.5%

67' shot Domingos Quina WAT assist Ken Sema xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.9%, 52.4%

68' Goal Domingos Quina 3–0 WAT assist Ken Sema

71' shot José Holebas WAT xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 67.2%

72' shot Junior Hoilett CAR assist Callum Paterson xG 0.08 · Open Play · location 93.1%, 52.4%

77' shot Gerard Deulofeu WAT assist Isaac Success xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.2%, 34%

77' Sub Isaac Success WAT on for Ken Sema

78' Sub Bobby De Cordova-Reid CAR on for Aron Gunnarsson

79' shot Junior Hoilett CAR assist Víctor Camarasa xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 71.1%

80' Goal Junior Hoilett 3–1 CAR assist Víctor Camarasa

81' shot Sol Bamba CAR xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.9%, 52.4%

81' shot Bobby Reid CAR xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 47.8%

81' shot Bobby Reid CAR xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 46.6%

81' Sub Stefano Okaka WAT on for Troy Deeney

82' Goal Bobby De Cordova-Reid 3–2 CAR Goal

83' shot Stefano Okaka WAT assist Roberto Pereyra xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.5%, 73.2%

86' shot Tom Cleverley WAT assist Stefano Okaka xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 81.8%, 43.7%

86' shot Domingos Quina WAT xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 73.9%, 46.6%

87' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Stefano Okaka xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 43.7%

87' Sub Tom Cleverley WAT on for Gerard Deulofeu

Shot map 27 shots · 5 goals

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

Watford 17 shots · 1.65 xG · 3 goals

Cardiff 10 shots · 0.5 xG · 2 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 10 after this match (15 Dec 2018). 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

22 Feb 2019

Cardiff 1 - 5 Watford

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (15 Dec 2018). 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