MATCH FACTS

  • Cardiff City won their last league game against Watford in April, last enjoying consecutive victories over the Hornets in March 2010 in a run of three.
  • Watford have won their last four away league games against Cardiff, scoring 13 goals across these victories, although they haven't kept a clean sheet in any.
  • Cardiff have won each of their last four home league games, as many as in their previous 22 (D7 L11); it's their longest such run since winning seven consecutive games between January/March 2018 under Neil Warnock.
  • Watford have won four of their last six league trips to Wales (L2), though did lose the most recent visit 4-0 to Swansea in December 2022; their heaviest defeat there in the Football League since December 1974.
  • Iké Ugbo has been directly involved in more goals than any other Cardiff player in the Championship this season (4 - three goals, one assist), but hasn't scored or assisted since netting against Sheffield Wednesday in August.