Match summary
Cardiff and Watford drew 1-1. Cardiff led 1-0 at half-time.
Mark McGuinness put Cardiff ahead from a corner in the 26th minute and Vakoun Issouf Bayo equalised in the 54th minute.
Watford had the better of the chances, with 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Cardiff's 0.69 from 8.
Before kick-off
Cardiff win
41%
Avg odds 2.31
Draw
30%
Avg odds 3.16
Watford win
29%
Avg odds 3.32
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.