Get the app
Cardiff City crest
Cardiff
EFL Championship
Show score
5 - 1
Full time
Watford crest
Watford

Cardiff vs Watford: match report

Cardiff City hosted Watford at Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday 13 October 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 10). Cardiff are without 1 player (Krystian Bielik); Watford have no reported absences. John Busby is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Cardiff 5-1 Watford. Goals: Jack Moylan 11' (pen) for Cardiff; Jack Moylan 35' for Cardiff; Matthew Pollock 41' (own goal) for Cardiff; Ollie Tanner 45'+5' for Cardiff; Callum Robinson 85' for Cardiff; Hector Kyprianou 87' for Watford. Attendance: 17,921.

Watch official highlights on Watford FC

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Yellow card: Martín Payero (Watford)
  • 11' Penalty: Jack Moylan (Cardiff) 1-0
  • 35' Goal: Jack Moylan (Cardiff) 2-0
  • 41' Own goal: Matthew Pollock (Cardiff) 3-0
  • 45'+5' Goal: Ollie Tanner (Cardiff) 4-0
  • 65' Missed penalty: Chris Willock (Cardiff)
  • 73' Yellow card: Edo Kayembe (Watford)
  • 85' Goal: Callum Robinson (Cardiff) 5-0
  • 86' Yellow card: Amin Nabizada (Watford)
  • 86' Yellow card: Perry Ng (Cardiff)
  • 87' Goal: Hector Kyprianou (Watford) 5-1
  • 90'+5' Yellow card: Hector Kyprianou (Watford)
Match stats (contains the result)
57.9%Possession42.1%
22Shots14
10Shots on target4
6Corners1
12Fouls12
4Offsides4
3Saves6
1Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Cardiff 4-1-4-1

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy

  1. 1 Nathan Trott GK
  2. 38 Perry Ng DEF
  3. 48 Dylan Lawlor DEF
  4. 4 Gabriel Osho DEF
  5. 3 Joel Bagan DEF
  6. 18 Alex Robertson MID
  7. 11 Ollie Tanner FWD
  8. 45 Cian Ashford MID
  9. 27 Joel Colwill MID
  10. 16 Chris Willock FWD
  11. 8 Jack Moylan FWD

Bench

  • 2 William Fish DEF
  • 23 Calum Scanlon DEF
  • 14 David Turnbull MID
  • 47 Callum Robinson FWD
  • 39 Isaak Davies FWD
  • 30 Harry Tyrer GK
  • 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF
  • 50 Charlie Holt MID
  • 43 Paul Moreno MID

Watford 4-2-3-1

Coach: Alessio Dionisi

  1. 1 Federico Ravaglia GK
  2. 23 Omar Traoré DEF
  3. 6 Matthew Pollock DEF
  4. 4 Kévin Keben DEF
  5. 33 Jordan Zemura DEF
  6. 39 Edo Kayembe MID
  7. 5 Hector Kyprianou MID
  8. 7 Othmane Maamma FWD
  9. 22 Martín Payero MID
  10. 45 Stephy Mavididi FWD
  11. 10 Myron Boadu FWD

Bench

  • 16 Marc Bola DEF
  • 21 Amin Nabizada FWD
  • 20 Mamadou Doumbia FWD
  • 17 Iker Bravo FWD
  • 15 Krépin Diatta MID
  • 26 Daniel Bachmann GK
  • 3 Soumaïla Coulibaly DEF
  • 29 Branimir Mlačić DEF
  • 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Cardiff

  • Krystian Bielik suspension, back Mid October 2026

Watford

No reported absences.

Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 14 January 2025: Cardiff City 1-1 Watford
  • Sunday 29 December 2024: Watford 1-2 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 3 February 2024: Watford 0-1 Cardiff City
  • Saturday 7 October 2023: Cardiff City 1-1 Watford
  • Wednesday 19 April 2023: Watford 1-3 Cardiff City