Match summary
Cardiff beat Watford 1-0 on the road. Cardiff led 1-0 at half-time.
Josh Bowler put Cardiff ahead in the 43rd minute.
Watford can feel hard done by, creating 1.13 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Cardiff's 0.46 from 10.
Watford
vs
Cardiff
3 February 2024 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee J Busby
Full time
0
–
1
Half-time: 0–1
- Josh Bowler 43’
Match stats
Watford
Cardiff
17
Shots
10
6
Shots on Target
2
10
Corners
2
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1.13
xG
0.46
1.13
Non-penalty xG
0.46
Key events
Watford
Cardiff
Kick-off
43’
Josh Bowler0-1 (Cardiff)
0-1 (Cardiff)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1
Bookings
Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.
Watford
- Matthew Pollock
- Jake Livermore
- Giorgi Chakvetadze
Cardiff
- Dimitris Goutas
- Josh Bowler
- Rubin Colwill
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.
Tap a goal for the scorer and score.
Shot map
Every shot and where it was taken from.
Cardiff attacking
Watford attacking
Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.
Player stats
Ben Hamer
|
90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90′ | – | – | 2 | 0.05 | – | – | – | ||
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 90′ | – | – | 2 | 0.06 | – | – | – | ||
Jamal Lewis
|
90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.03 | – | – | – | |
Jake Livermore
Taken off
|
78′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Matheus Martins
Taken off
|
60′ | – | – | 1 | 0.08 | – | – | – | |
| 90′ | – | – | 2 | 0.06 | – | – | – | ||
Giorgi Chakvetadze
Taken off
|
60′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 90′ | – | – | 3 | 0.60 | – | – | – | ||
Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Taken off
|
60′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Ken Sema
Came on as a substitute
|
30′ | – | – | 1 | 0.03 | – | – | – | |
Emmanuel Dennis
Came on as a substitute
|
30′ | – | – | 3 | 0.13 | – | – | – | |
Mileta Rajović
Came on as a substitute
|
30′ | – | – | 1 | 0.06 | – | – | – | |
Tom Dele-Bashiru
Came on as a substitute
|
12′ | – | – | 1 | 0.03 | – | – | – |
Jak Alnwick
|
90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perry Ng
Taken off
|
73′ | – | – | 2 | 0.14 | – | – | – | |
| 90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.09 | – | – | |||
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Jamilu Collins
Taken off
|
82′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Josh Bowler
Taken off
|
73′ | 1 | – | 3 | 0.07 | – | – | ||
Ryan Wintle
|
90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Manolis Siopis
|
90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.01 | – | – | – | |
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Rubin Colwill
Taken off
|
63′ | – | – | 1 | 0.03 | – | – | ||
Kion Etete
Taken off
|
82′ | – | – | 2 | 0.11 | – | – | – | |
David Turnbull
Came on as a substitute
|
27′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Mahlon Romeo
Came on as a substitute
|
17′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Josh Wilson-Esbrand
Came on as a substitute
|
17′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Nathaniel Phillips
Came on as a substitute
|
8′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Famara Diédhiou
Came on as a substitute
|
8′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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
Watford win
50%
Avg odds 1.90
Draw
27%
Avg odds 3.60
Cardiff win
23%
Avg odds 4.10
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Previous and next meeting
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.