Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Watford4-2-2-24-5-1Cardiff
Watford bench
- Isaac Success10 min
- Stefano Okaka6 min
- Tom Cleverley1 min
Cardiff bench
- Nathaniel Mendez-Laing41 min
- Lee Peltier28 min
- Bobby Reid9 min
Goals
3–2- 16'1–0Gerard DeulofeuAssist: Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
- 52'2–0José HolebasAssist: Gerard DeulofeuWatford
- 68'3–0Domingos QuinaAssist: Ken SemaWatford
- 80'3–1Junior HoilettAssist: Víctor CamarasaCardiff
- 82'3–2Bobby ReidCardiff
What Vesta would have said
Reconstructed, not published at the timeWatford win50%what happened
Draw26%
Cardiff win24%
The favourite of Vesta won. Likeliest score 1-1 (12%). Expected goals 1.7–1.1.
Today's Vesta with this season hidden: it learned only from the seasons before and from what was known before kickoff. How it does over every season.
Match numbers
1.65
Expected goals
0.4917
Shots
108
Shots on target
35
Corners
07
Fouls
50
Yellow cards
00
Red cards
0Who played
| Watford | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Foster | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Kiko Femenía | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Craig Cathcart | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Christian Kabasele | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| José Holebas | 90 | 1 | 0.10 | |
| Domingos Quina | 90 | 1 | 0.10 | |
| Abdoulaye Doucouré | 90 | 1 | 0.10 | |
| Roberto Pereyra | 90 | 0.61 | ||
| Gerard Deulofeu | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0.53 |
| Troy Deeney | 84 | 0.07 | ||
| Ken Sema | 80 | 1 | 0.03 | |
| Isaac Success sub | 10 | 0.00 | ||
| Stefano Okaka sub | 6 | 0.05 | ||
| Tom Cleverley sub | 1 | 0.05 |
| Cardiff | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Etheridge | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Bruno Ecuele Manga | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Sean Morrison | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Sol Bamba | 90 | 0.09 | ||
| Junior Hoilett | 90 | 1 | 0.10 | |
| Harry Arter | 90 | 0.01 | ||
| Víctor Camarasa | 90 | 1 | 0.02 | |
| Callum Paterson | 90 | 0.04 | ||
| Aron Gunnarsson | 81 | 0.00 | ||
| Joe Bennett | 62 | 0.00 | ||
| Josh Murphy | 49 | 0.03 | ||
| Nathaniel Mendez-Laing sub | 41 | 0.00 | ||
| Lee Peltier sub | 28 | 0.00 | ||
| Bobby Reid sub | 9 | 1 | 0.21 |