Cardiff vs Watford stats and head-to-head

2018-19. Fri, 22 Feb 2019

CardiffHome

15Full time, half-time 0–1

WatfordAway

Watford won by 4 goals.

WLLLWLeague form, oldest to newestWDLLL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Cardiff City Stadium. Photo: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Cardiff have 13 scored home results and Watford 13 scored away results stored in 2018-19. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Cardiff at home: 1.31 points per match (13 measured matches); Watford away: 1.31 points per match (13 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Cardiff scored 1.15 per home match (13 measured matches); Watford scored 1.31 away (13). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.41 per club appearance across 522 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 26 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Cardiff: 0 wins; Watford: 1 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01

Second half14

The match in numbers

CardiffWatford

15Shots12
6Shots on target7
3Corners3
10Fouls11
1Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Cardiff

Shots15
On target6
Goals1

40% of shots on target, 17% of those scored.

Watford

Shots12
On target7
Goals5

58% of shots on target, 71% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Cardiff wins

Draws

Watford wins

Goals / meeting

5.00

5 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Cardiff clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Watford clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

5.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

0.00

1 with card data · small sample

Watford v CardiffSat, 15 Dec 2018 · Premier League 2018-193–2HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Cardiff at homeWDLDDW

Sat, 19 Septv Charlton3–1C 6–1 · Y 5–3
Tue, 8 Septv Stoke1–1C 7–5 · Y 1–2
Sat, 29 Augv Sheffield United2–2C 13–2 · Y 2–2
Tue, 25 Augv Norwich1–2C ––– · Y –––
Mon, 17 Augv Wrexham1–1C 9–9 · Y 0–2
Sat, 8 Augv Swindon3–2C ––– · Y –––

Watford awayLLDLLL

Fri, 18 Sept@ Bristol City0–1C 5–2 · Y 5–2
Sat, 5 Sept@ West Brom0–1C 4–5 · Y 3–5
Tue, 1 Sept@ Swansea0–2C 3–5 · Y 4–0
Sat, 22 Aug@ Wrexham1–1C 3–10 · Y 0–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Middlesbrough1–5C 3–6 · Y 2–1
Tue, 21 Apr@ West Brom0–3C 3–4 · Y 3–4

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Cardiff at home, Watford away

53%
Both teams scored
League 51%
19 + 19 matches
92%
Over 0.5 goals
League 94%
19 + 19 matches
84%
Over 1.5 goals
League 80%
19 + 19 matches
61%
Over 2.5 goals
League 54%
19 + 19 matches
32%
Over 3.5 goals
League 32%
19 + 19 matches
24%
Over 4.5 goals
League 14%
19 + 19 matches
3.1
Avg total goals
League 2.82
19 + 19 matches
68%
1st half over 0.5
League 71%
19 + 19 matches
32%
1st half over 1.5
League 35%
19 + 19 matches
10.9
Corners per match
League 10.26
19 + 19 matches
71%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
19 + 19 matches
68%
Corners over 9.5
League 59%
19 + 19 matches
55%
Corners over 10.5
League 47%
19 + 19 matches
3.5
Cards per match
League 3.34
19 + 19 matches
53%
Cards over 3.5
League 42%
19 + 19 matches
24%
Cards over 4.5
League 26%
19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2018-19

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2018-19

Home and away Overall

Cardiff at home, Watford away

Cardiff (home)		Watford (away)
18	Position	11
LWLLL	Last 5, oldest to newest	LLLWL
19	Played	19
1.05	Points per match	1.21
32%	Win %	32%
1.11	Scored / match	1.37
2.00	Conceded / match	1.63
3.11	Avg total goals	3.00
47%	Both scored	58%
26%	Clean sheets	16%
37%	Failed to score	32%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

CardiffWatford

0.421st half scored / match0.58
0.951st half conceded / match0.63
0.682nd half scored / match0.79
1.052nd half conceded / match1.00
11%Leading at half-time32%
63%1st half over 0.574%
37%1st half over 1.526%
84%2nd half over 0.579%
58%2nd half over 1.558%
32%Scored in both halves21%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Cardiff at home, Watford away, this season.

Goals

CardiffWatford

1.11Scored / match1.37
2.00Conceded / match1.63
3.11Match total / match3.00
63%Scored 1+68%
37%Scored 2+42%
74%Conceded 1+84%
58%Conceded 2+47%
79%Match over 1.590%
63%Match over 2.558%
32%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

CardiffWatford

12.11Shots for11.05
13.37Shots against14.42
3.58On target for3.58
4.84On target against5.11
9%Shot conversion12%

Corners

CardiffWatford

5.00Corners for4.53
6.11Corners against6.21
11.11Match total10.74
84%Over 7.574%
74%Over 8.568%
68%Over 9.568%
58%Over 10.553%
53%Over 11.553%

Cards

CardiffWatford

1.74Cards for2.11
1.79Cards against1.37
3.53Match total3.47
79%Over 2.574%
53%Over 3.553%
21%Over 4.526%
11%Over 5.55%
10.26Fouls committed11.16

Referee this season

S Hooper

Matches

Cards / match

2.50

8 matches

Over 3.5 cards

25%

8 matches

Over 4.5 cards

25%

8 matches

Fouls / match

22.13

8 matches

The table, 2018-19

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
9	Leicester	38	3	52
10	West Ham	38	-3	52
11	Watford	38	-7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	-2	49
13	Newcastle	38	-6	45
16	Southampton	38	-20	39
17	Brighton	38	-25	36
18	Cardiff	38	-35	34
19	Fulham	38	-47	26
20	Huddersfield	38	-54	16

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