Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Cardiff City
Form comparisonWatford
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Cardiff City mixed, Watford strongThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
- 14 Jan 2025Cardiff1-1Watford
- 29 Dec 2024Watford1-2Cardiff
- 03 Feb 2024Watford0-1Cardiff
- 07 Oct 2023Cardiff1-1Watford
- 19 Apr 2023Watford1-3Cardiff
- 19 Sept 2026vsCharlton3-1W
- 12 Sept 2026vsBolton1-0L
- 08 Sept 2026vsStoke City1-1D
- 05 Sept 2026vsPortsmouth2-0L
- 02 Sept 2026vsQPR2-1L
- 18 Sept 2026vsBristol City1-0L
- 12 Sept 2026vsStoke City1-2L
- 08 Sept 2026vsPreston2-1W
- 05 Sept 2026vsWest Brom1-0L
- 01 Sept 2026vsSwansea2-0L
Cardiff City vs Watford: form and season numbers
Cardiff City take a form score of 4.2 out of 10 into this Championship fixture, against 3.2 for Watford. Cardiff City have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats in their last 5, while Watford have 1 win and 4 defeats in theirs. Across the season Cardiff City average 1.4 goals scored and 1.6 conceded per game, Watford 0.9 and 1.5. Cardiff City have kept a clean sheet in 0% of their matches this season, Watford in 10%. In their last 10 meetings Cardiff City have won 4, drawn 2 and lost 4. Cardiff City sit 21st on 7 points, Watford 20th on 8.
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