MATCH THREAD " CARDIFF CITY v WATFORD " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v WATFORD
Wednesday 2nd November, 7.45pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 


Cardiff City XI: Allsop; Romeo, Ng, Kipre, Nkounkou; Wintle, Rinomhota, Ralls; Philogene, Harris, O'Dowda.

Subs: Alnwick, Nelson, Sang, Sawyers, Ojo, Watters, Etete.





Pay on the night for both sets of fans.


Callum Robinson will serve the second of his three-match ban when Watford come to town.

Rubin Colwill (hip-flexor) is a doubt, Ebou Adams (pectoral muscle) is out, while Isaak Davies (knee) is unlikely to feature before the World Cup.

Jamilu Collins remains a long-term absentee.






For the Hornets, Keinan Davis and defender Craig Cathcart are absent, but Hamza Choudhury is suspended after collecting his fifth yellow card at the weekend.



TEAM NEWS:

Isaak Davies is back in full training

Callum Robinson suspended for 3 games.


Rubin Colwill expected to make the bench.


Jamilu Collins remains a long-term absentee.





Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV


The Opposition's Manager - Slaven Bilic

Bilic was appointed the new Watford manager in September, following the sacking of Rob Edwards.

He is no stranger to English football having previously been in charge of West Ham and West Brom.

He also had a spell in charge of the Croatian national team.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Ismaila Sarr is the obvious threat. He has four goals and five assists this season

Previous Meeting 

Watford beat us 2-1 at CCS in March 2021 in a Sky Bet Championship fixture

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Allsop, Sang, Kipre, Ng, Nkounkou, Wintle, Rinomhota, Ralls, O'Dowda, Ojo, Harris

Watford: Bachmann, Gosling, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Kamara, Choudhury, Kayembe, Sema, Sarr, Joao Pedro, Bayo

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United
Swansea City 2-0 Cardiff City
QPR 3-0 Cardiff City

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Watford
Watford 4-0 Luton Town
Millwall 3-0 Watford

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 11/5
Watford - 5/4
Draw - 11/5

Predictions

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Pay on the night for both sets of fans.


TEAM NEWS:

Isaak Davies is back in full training

Callum Robinson suspended for 3 games.


Rubin Colwill expected to make the bench.


Jamilu Collins remains a long-term absentee.

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Sat Oct 1 – Cardiff City 1 Burnley 1 Crowd 18,508 (1,200 )

Tue Oct 4 – Cardiff City 1 Blackburn Rovers 0 Crowd 16,150. (401 )

Sat Oct 8 – Wigan Athletic 1 Cardiff City 3 Crowd:10,340 Away Support (1,131)


Sat Oct 15 – Cardiff City 0 Coventry City 1 Crowd Away Support (2,027 )

Wed Oct 19 – Queens Park Rangers 3 Cardiff City 0 Crowd:12,805 Away Support ( 754 )


Sun Oct 23 -Swansea City 2 Cardiff City 0 Crowd 19,814 Away Support ( 1,680 )

Sat Oct 29 – Cardiff City 1 Rotherham United 0 Crowd – 17,395 Away Support 380



Wed Nov 2 – Watford (H)

Sat Nov 5 – Sunderland (A)

Tues Nov 8 Cardiff City v Hull City

Sat Nov 12 – Sheffield United (H)

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Next up for the Bluebirds on Wednesday night are Watford.

Our overall record against them is 23 wins, 14 draws and 22 losses. They're currently 7th in the league, 5 points clear of us.

Watford boss Slaven Bilic:


who has called Cardiff 'electric' ahead of their visit ⚡️

Bilic: "I watched a few of their games, I like them. They have energy, quality, play on the front foot. They are electric. They are good defensively, very solid. A good team."

Callum Robinson will serve the second of his three-match ban when Watford come to town.

Rubin Colwill (hip-flexor) is a doubt, Ebou Adams (pectoral muscle) is out, while Isaak Davies (knee) is unlikely to feature before the World Cup.

Jamilu Collins remains a long-term absentee.






For the Hornets, Keinan Davis and defender Craig Cathcart are absent, but Hamza Choudhury is suspended after collecting his fifth yellow card at the weekend.

What are the latest betting odds?

Cardiff City win - 15/8

Draw - 23/10

Watford- 29 / 20

Match facts:




Cardiff have won just one of their last five league matches against Watford (L4), a 1-0 away win back in December 2020.


Watford have won their last three away league matches against Cardiff, scoring 11 goals in the process.


Cardiff have scored just one goal in their last four league games (W1 L3), with that goal coming last time out in a 1-0 win versus Rotherham.


Watford have won their last two league games without conceding a single goal – the Hornets last won three in a row without conceding back in December 2015 in the Premier League.



João Pedro is looking to score in three consecutive league appearances for Watford for only the second time and first since February 2021.

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Let's win today and go up this unwatchable ranking!

here we go

Oh, a dicey moment for Bachmann! Ekong plays a pass back to him and Harris closes the keeper down. He JUST manages to evade Harris' challenge. Would have been a tap-in!

city having good go at the moment

Corner to Cardiff. Romeo and Philogene this time linking up and the latter forces a corner. Ralls will take.

A neat one-two with Philogene from Ralls, but the cross is poor and cleared. Ralls has to bundle Sarr over to stop a counter the other way. Should be a foul to the Hornets but Keith Stroud isn't having it. Play on.

Burnley 0 Rotherham 1

what is the matter with city tv absolute rubbish

city corner

Kipre 1nil

1nil kipre

GOAL: CEDRIC KIPRE

A headed goal from a corner, too!

In tune withhow the play has gone...

LATEST SCORE: CARDIFF CITY 1 - 0 WATFORD
(10 mins)

what is the matter with city tv absolute rubbish

A loose cable? Nothing too important, it lasted all of 30 seconds.

cracking kipre header

Cardiff all over Watford like a cheap suit here. Rinomhota wins another corner. Ralls strolls over to take again.

The corner is headed out to Philogene on the edge of the box, but the winger slices his effort wide on the half volley.

city corner

Best first 15mins ive seen from City this season

Pedro tries to get down the outside of Romeo, but the defender stands up to the task well, blocking the cross to concede a corner.

Close! Gaspar's shot is deflected past Allsop and looks to be going in - but Kipre clears off the line! Huge clearance from the goalscorer.