Match summary
Cardiff and Watford drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.
Cian Ashford put Cardiff ahead in the 65th minute and Vakoun Issouf Bayo equalised with a header in the 87th minute.
There was little between the sides on chances: Cardiff created 0.72 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Watford 1.01 from 4.
Before kick-off
Cardiff win
42%
Avg odds 2.28
Draw
29%
Avg odds 3.24
Watford win
29%
Avg odds 3.21
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.