Cardiff vs Watford head-to-head
Cardiff10-season win rate26.3%38 games 10W 4D 24Lthrough 2019.05.12
Watford10-season win rate25.7%152 games 39W 31D 82Lthrough 2022.05.22Cardiff City and Watford have met 11 times across all competitions between 2018-19 ~ 2026-27: Cardiff 5 wins, 2 draws, Watford 4 wins. At Cardiff's ground the home side is 1-2-3 (6 games); at Watford's it is 1-0-4 (5 games). The fixture averages 3.27 goals and both teams score in 81.8% of meetings (2 league, 9 second-tier).
Head-to-head5 · 2 · 4Cardiff W · D · Watford W
Goals per game3.273+ goals 63.6%
Both teams score81.8%11 games
First goal23.3 mingoals from 76' 22.2%
Yellows per game3.91reds 0 · pens 2
Top scorerDeulofeu4 goals · since left
All results
- Cardiff5–1Watford
- Cardiff1–1Watford
- Watford1–2Cardiff
- Watford0–1Cardiff
- Cardiff1–1Watford
- Watford1–3Cardiff
- Cardiff1–2Watford
- Cardiff1–2Watford
- Watford0–1Cardiff
- Cardiff1–5Watford
- Watford3–2Cardiff
top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game
Top scorers in this fixture
Deulofeu 4 · C. Robinson 3 · T. Deeney 2 · C. Kipre 2 · I. Sarr 2
Faded names are players no longer at that club (squad as of 2026-09-21). The records themselves are left as they are.
Compare by condition
Pick a condition and see how each club has done under it — kickoff time, weather, days of rest, formation. These are league records against everyone, not this head-to-head: Cardiff 38 and Watford 152 matches since 2017-18. Every win rate is shown with its W-D-L.
League win rate Cardiff 26.3% · Watford 25.7%
Home or away
- CardiffWatford
- 31.6%19 games 6W 2D 11LLeague home30.3%76 games 23W 17D 36L
- 21.1%19 games 4W 2D 13LLeague away21.1%76 games 16W 14D 46L
At half time
- CardiffWatford
- 100.0%4 games 4W 0D 0L · thin sampleLeading65.6%32 games 21W 4D 7L
- 27.8%18 games 5W 4D 9LLevel26.8%56 games 15W 19D 22L
- 6.2%16 games 1W 0D 15LTrailing4.7%64 games 3W 8D 53L
Possession
- CardiffWatford
- 100.0%1 games 1W 0D 0L · thin samplePossession 55%+20.0%25 games 5W 5D 15L
- 20.0%5 games 1W 1D 3L · thin samplePossession 45–55%32.6%46 games 15W 12D 19L
- 25.0%32 games 8W 3D 21LPossession under 45%23.5%81 games 19W 14D 48L
Weather
- CardiffWatford
- 50.0%4 games 2W 0D 2L · thin sampleClear13.3%15 games 2W 2D 11L
- 100.0%1 games 1W 0D 0L · thin sampleMostly clear23.5%17 games 4W 6D 7L
- 0.0%1 games 0W 0D 1L · thin samplePartly cloudy37.5%8 games 3W 4D 1L · thin sample
- 22.7%22 games 5W 2D 15LOvercast29.3%75 games 22W 12D 41L
- 22.2%9 games 2W 2D 5L · thin sampleDrizzle25.0%28 games 7W 5D 16L
- 0.0%1 games 0W 0D 1L · thin sampleRain16.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
Temperature
- CardiffWatford
- 21.1%19 games 4W 2D 13LUnder 10°C26.1%69 games 18W 14D 37L
- 35.3%17 games 6W 2D 9L10–20°C23.9%67 games 16W 14D 37L
- 0.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sampleOver 20°C31.2%16 games 5W 3D 8L
Stadium size
- CardiffWatford
- 0.0%7 games 0W 2D 5L · thin sampleUnder 30,00032.0%97 games 31W 22D 44L
- 33.3%24 games 8W 2D 14L30–50,00023.1%26 games 6W 4D 16L
- 16.7%6 games 1W 0D 5L · thin sampleOver 50,0004.2%24 games 1W 2D 21L
Days of rest
- CardiffWatford
- 50.0%4 games 2W 0D 2L · thin sample3 days21.1%19 games 4W 5D 10L
- 33.3%6 games 2W 1D 3L · thin sample4 days15.4%26 games 4W 8D 14L
- 0.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample5 days44.4%9 games 4W 0D 5L · thin sample
- 33.3%3 games 1W 0D 2L · thin sample6 days30.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 23.1%13 games 3W 3D 7L7 days23.4%47 games 11W 10D 26L
- 25.0%8 games 2W 0D 6L · thin sample8–14 days34.6%26 games 9W 2D 15L
- 0.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample15+ days20.0%10 games 2W 3D 5L
Previous match
- CardiffWatford
- 28.6%35 games 10W 3D 22LAfter a league game26.0%131 games 34W 24D 73L
- 0.0%3 games 0W 1D 2L · thin sampleAfter a cup or European tie25.0%20 games 5W 6D 9L
Kickoff time
- CardiffWatford
- 33.3%3 games 1W 1D 1L · thin sampleEarly afternoon33.3%12 games 4W 4D 4L
- 25.0%24 games 6W 3D 15LAfternoon27.4%95 games 26W 20D 49L
- 33.3%6 games 2W 0D 4L · thin sampleEvening30.0%20 games 6W 4D 10L
- 20.0%5 games 1W 0D 4L · thin sampleNight12.0%25 games 3W 3D 19L
Day of week
- CardiffWatford
- 20.0%5 games 1W 0D 4L · thin sampleTue25.0%12 games 3W 1D 8L
- 0.0%2 games 0W 1D 1L · thin sampleWed10.0%10 games 1W 3D 6L
- 50.0%2 games 1W 0D 1L · thin sampleFri40.0%5 games 2W 0D 3L · thin sample
- 29.2%24 games 7W 3D 14LSat25.3%95 games 24W 24D 47L
- 20.0%5 games 1W 0D 4L · thin sampleSun34.8%23 games 8W 1D 14L
Month
- CardiffWatford
- 0.0%4 games 0W 1D 3L · thin sampleJanuary20.0%15 games 3W 6D 6L
- 50.0%4 games 2W 0D 2L · thin sampleFebruary35.3%17 games 6W 4D 7L
- 33.3%3 games 1W 0D 2L · thin sampleMarch27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 20.0%5 games 1W 0D 4L · thin sampleApril14.3%14 games 2W 2D 10L
- 50.0%2 games 1W 0D 1L · thin sampleMay12.5%8 games 1W 1D 6L · thin sample
- —No recordJuly33.3%6 games 2W 0D 4L · thin sample
- 0.0%3 games 0W 2D 1L · thin sampleAugust38.5%13 games 5W 3D 5L
- 0.0%4 games 0W 0D 4L · thin sampleSeptember28.6%14 games 4W 4D 6L
- 33.3%3 games 1W 0D 2L · thin sampleOctober30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 50.0%4 games 2W 0D 2L · thin sampleNovember28.6%14 games 4W 1D 9L
- 33.3%6 games 2W 1D 3L · thin sampleDecember20.8%24 games 5W 5D 14L
Own back line
- CardiffWatford
- 50.0%4 games 2W 0D 2L · thin sampleBack 330.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 24.2%33 games 8W 3D 22LBack 426.0%131 games 34W 26D 71L
- 0.0%1 games 0W 1D 0L · thin sampleBack 512.5%8 games 1W 3D 4L · thin sample
Own formation
- CardiffWatford
- 40.0%5 games 2W 0D 3L · thin sample4-2-3-128.6%42 games 12W 10D 20L
- —No record4-2-2-236.8%38 games 14W 8D 16L
- 28.6%14 games 4W 2D 8L4-1-4-121.4%14 games 3W 0D 11L
- 0.0%1 games 0W 1D 0L · thin sample4-3-317.4%23 games 4W 6D 13L
- 20.0%10 games 2W 0D 8L4-4-1-10.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample
- 0.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample4-4-212.5%8 games 1W 2D 5L · thin sample
- —No record3-4-2-142.9%7 games 3W 2D 2L · thin sample
- —No record5-3-216.7%6 games 1W 3D 2L · thin sample
Opponent back line
- CardiffWatford
- 66.7%3 games 2W 0D 1L · thin sampleOpponent back 331.0%29 games 9W 4D 16L
- 23.5%34 games 8W 4D 22LOpponent back 425.0%120 games 30W 24D 66L
Opponent formation
- CardiffWatford
- 22.2%9 games 2W 1D 6L · thin sample4-2-3-123.7%38 games 9W 8D 21L
- 14.3%7 games 1W 0D 6L · thin sample4-3-320.6%34 games 7W 5D 22L
- 0.0%6 games 0W 1D 5L · thin sample4-4-222.7%22 games 5W 5D 12L
- 50.0%4 games 2W 1D 1L · thin sample4-4-1-153.3%15 games 8W 2D 5L
- 100.0%1 games 1W 0D 0L · thin sample3-4-2-127.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- —No record3-4-340.0%10 games 4W 0D 6L
- 50.0%2 games 1W 0D 1L · thin sample3-5-216.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
- 100.0%1 games 1W 0D 0L · thin sample4-1-4-114.3%7 games 1W 2D 4L · thin sample
League matches only, from 2017-18. Each row is that club's own record under the condition, not a head-to-head split. A dimmed figure sits on fewer than 10 matches.