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Match Preview: Watford FC vs Cardiff City FC

Watford FC are back at Vicarage Road for Wednesday evening’s Sky Bet Championship fixture against Cardiff City on April 19, with the Hornets looking to build on the victory against Bristol City last time out on April 15.

Watford FC has been in good form lately, picking up 5 points from their last 5 games and scoring 7 goals in the process. They have also gone two matches undefeated and scored in their last 4 home games. Cardiff City, on the other hand, has only managed to collect 4 points from their last 5 games, although they have scored 7 goals themselves. They have struggled to find the back of the net in over 40% of their matches this season.

Given Watford’s strong home form and Cardiff City’s struggles on the road, we predict that Watford will win this match, most likely by a scoreline of 2-1 or 3-1. Both teams have been prone to conceding goals lately, so we also expect to see both teams scoring in this game.

Key Statistics:

– Watford has picked up 5 points from the last 5 games, both home and away (1 point per game on average)
– BTTS has landed in 3 of those games for Watford
– Watford has scored 7 times in their last 5 fixtures
– Watford has scored in their last 4 home games
– Watford has failed to score in 4 home matches this season
– Watford has gone 2 games without defeat
– The last 6 games for Watford ended with 2 or more goals scored
– In 3 of Watford’s last 5 matches, both teams scored
– BTTS has landed in 18 matches involving Watford this season (43%)
– Cardiff City has picked up 4 points from their last 5 games, both home and away (0.8 points per game)
– BTTS has landed in 4 of Cardiff’s last 5 games
– Cardiff has scored 7 times in their last 5 fixtures
– Cardiff City has failed to score in 18 games this season (44%)
– In Cardiff’s last 5 matches, both teams scored in 4 of them
– BTTS has landed in 15 matches involving Cardiff City this season (37%)
– Watford has won 6 out of 17 previous meetings against Cardiff, while Cardiff won 7
– 4 matches between Watford and Cardiff ended in a draw
– Watford averages 1.71 Points Per Game at home matches this season in the Championship
– Cardiff City averages 0.9 Points Per Game at away matches this season in the Championship
– Previous matches between Watford and Cardiff have averaged 3.41 goals
– BTTS has happened 76% of the time in the previous meetings between Watford and Cardiff

Possible events:

– Cardiff will attempt to score from direct free kicks.
– Watford will try to steal the ball from the opposition.
– Watford will struggle to stop Cardiff from creating chances.
– Cardiff will defend set-pieces well.
– Both teams will rotate their first eleven.
– Cardiff will control the game in the opposition’s half.
– Watford will attempt through balls often.
– Watford will be aggressive and playing in their own half.
– Cardiff will play non-aggressive and offside trap.
– Watford opponents will play aggressively against them.

Cardiff is expected to dominate the game and maintain control in the opposing team’s half.

 

Kajal S

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