Cardiff vs Watford

14 January 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee O Langford

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Cian Ashford 65’
  • Vakoun Issouf Bayo 87’

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.

Match stats

Cardiff Watford
12 Shots 4
4 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.72 xG 1.00
0.72 Non-penalty xG 1.00

Key events

Cardiff Watford
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Cian Ashford1-0 (Cardiff)
65’
87’
Vakoun Issouf Bayo1-1 (Watford)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cardiff
  • Calum Chambers
Watford
  • Matthew Pollock
  • Jeremy Ngakia

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.72 1.01 65’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), 1-0 65’ 87’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), 1-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.72 1.01 65’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), 1-0 Ashford 65’ 87’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), 1-1 Bayo 87’
Cardiff 0.72 xGWatford 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Watford attacking Cardiff attacking 
87’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 84’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), open play, 0.18 xG, blocked 62’ Perry Ng (Cardiff), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 65’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 5’ Alex Robertson (Cardiff), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 24’ Imrân Louza (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Rubin Colwill (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Chris Willock (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Kwadwo Baah (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 18’ Calum Chambers (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+5’ Rocco Vata (Watford), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Calum Chambers (Cardiff), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Perry Ng (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Vakoun Issouf Bayo (Watford), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 84’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), open play, 0.18 xG, blocked 62’ Perry Ng (Cardiff), set piece, 0.12 xG, blocked 65’ Cian Ashford (Cardiff), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 5’ Alex Robertson (Cardiff), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 24’ Imrân Louza (Watford), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 59’ Rubin Colwill (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Chris Willock (Cardiff), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 63’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Dimitris Goutas (Cardiff), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Kwadwo Baah (Watford), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Calum Chambers (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+5’ Rocco Vata (Watford), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Callum O'Dowda (Cardiff), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 41’ Calum Chambers (Cardiff), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 82’ Perry Ng (Cardiff), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
Jak Alnwick
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 0.13 – – –
90′ – – 2 0.08 – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
Andy Rinomhota
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 0.03 – –
Cian Ashford Taken off
88′ 1 – 2 0.28 – – –
Alex Robertson Taken off
88′ – – 1 0.09 – – –
Chris Willock Taken off
68′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Rubin Colwill Taken off
79′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Ollie Tanner Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – – –
Yakou Méïté Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
Joel Bagan Came on as a substitute
2′ – – – – – – –
Joe Ralls Came on as a substitute
2′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

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.

Form going into the game

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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.