Championship

Championship | Gameweek 19

Nov 2, 2022 at 7.45pm UK

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff
1 - 2
Watford

Kipre (9')
Nkounkou (40'), Wintle (77')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Sierralta (38'), Sarr (59')
Sema (77'), Gaspar (82')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Cardiff City and Watford, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Cardiff City

All competitions

Last Game: Cardiff 1-0 Rotherham
Saturday, October 29 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Watford

All competitions

Last Game: Wigan 0-1 Watford
Saturday, October 29 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Cardiff City 1-2 Watford

Hudson and Cardiff will be on a high after getting back on track at the weekend. Nevertheless, there can be no doubting that Watford possess the superior quality in the final third, something which we feel will lead to the Hornets edging this contest by the odd goal in three. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Watford win with a probability of 37.56%. A win for Cardiff City had a probability of 34.66% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.99%) and 0-2 (6.88%). The likeliest Cardiff City win was 1-0 (10.73%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.09%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Watford in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Watford.

Result
Cardiff City	Draw	Watford
34.66% ( 0.27)	27.78% ( 0.18)	37.56% ( -0.44)

Both teams to score 48.4% (

-0.5)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.53% (

-0.64)

57.47% (

0.64)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.73% (

-0.51)

78.27% (

0.51)

Cardiff City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.67% (

-0.15)

31.33% (

0.15)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.31% (

-0.17)

67.69% (

0.17)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.48% (

-0.57)

29.52% (

0.58)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.47% (

-0.7)

65.53% (

0.71)

Score Analysis

Cardiff City 34.66%

Watford 37.56%

Draw 27.77%

Cardiff City	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 10.73% ( 0.22) 2-1 @ 7.6% ( 0) 2-0 @ 6.23% ( 0.1) 3-1 @ 2.94% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 2.41% ( 0.03) 3-2 @ 1.79% ( -0.04) Other @ 2.96% Total : 34.66%	1-1 @ 13.09% ( 0.06) 0-0 @ 9.25% ( 0.22) 2-2 @ 4.64% ( -0.07) Other @ 0.8% Total : 27.77%	0-1 @ 11.28% ( 0.1) 1-2 @ 7.99% ( -0.09) 0-2 @ 6.88% ( -0.05) 1-3 @ 3.25% ( -0.09) 0-3 @ 2.8% ( -0.07) 2-3 @ 1.89% ( -0.06) 1-4 @ 0.99% ( -0.05) Other @ 2.47% Total : 37.56%