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Match predictionOur tip: 2-1
Cardiff City vs Watford Prediction: Bluebirds Home Form to Overcome Defensive Leaks
Cardiff City welcome Watford to Cardiff City Stadium on 13 October 2026 and the stakes feel grimly appropriate for two sides that have made a wretched start to the Championship season. Cardiff sit 21st on seven points after nine games…
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- It's week 10 of the 2026-2027 Championship on 2026-10-13 at 19:45 GMT, when Cardiff City and Watford go head-to-head.
- Over the past 10 outings, Referee J. Busby has shown 3-4 yellows and 0 reds, and 19 fouls each fixture.
- With the data available to us, Brian Barry-Murphy and A. Dionisi have not met as managers before.
- Cardiff City are 21st in the standings with 7 points, followed by Watford in 20th on 8 points.
- No absentees for either Cardiff City or Watford.
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Cardiff City should be met by Watford's expected 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, A. Robertson registered the best mark for Cardiff City - 7.6 - and M. Doumbia did likewise for Watford with an 6.3 score.
- Double disappointment: Cardiff City fell 1-2 against Blackburn Rovers, while Watford went down 0-4 vs Burnley.
- Struggling form all round: Cardiff City are 1-1-3 and Watford are 1-0-4 in their recent 5 matches.
- This one's been tight: in 28 head-to-head games, Cardiff City have won 10 games, Watford 10 games, and there've been 8 draws.
- We predict Cardiff City to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (1-3-0) and 1.75 goals/game.
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| 9' | M. Payero | ||
| 11' | 1 - 0 | ||
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| 35' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 41' | 3 - 0 | ||
| 45+5' | 4 - 0 | ||
HT 4 - 0 | |||
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| 65' | Penalty missed | ||
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| 74' | E. Kayembe | ||
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| 85' | 5 - 0 | ||
| 86' | A. Nabizada | ||
| 86' | P. Ng | ||
| 87' | 5 - 1 | ||
| 90+5' | H. Kyprianou | ||
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Cardiff is going head to head with Watford on 13/10/2026 18:45 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Cardiff v Watford H2H statistics!