Line-ups
Who started; on the bench, who came on and for how long
Cardiff5-2-34-2-2-2Watford
Cardiff bench
- Junior Hoilett32 min
- Nathaniel Mendez-Laing21 min
- Kenneth Zohore17 min
Watford bench
- Domingos Quina17 min
- Tom Cleverley9 min
- Andre Gray2 min
Goals
1–5- 18'0–1Gerard DeulofeuAssist: Troy DeeneyWatford
- 61'0–2Gerard DeulofeuAssist: Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
- 63'0–3Gerard DeulofeuAssist: Etienne CapoueWatford
- 73'0–4Troy DeeneyAssist: Gerard DeulofeuWatford
- 82'1–4Sol BambaCardiff
- 90+1'1–5Troy DeeneyAssist: Will HughesWatford
What Vesta would have said
Reconstructed, not published at the timeCardiff win34%
Draw28%
Watford win38%what happened
The favourite of Vesta won. Likeliest score 1-1 (14%). Expected goals 1.3–1.4.
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
1.90
Expected goals
2.7615
Shots
126
Shots on target
73
Corners
310
Fouls
111
Yellow cards
20
Red cards
0Who played
| Cardiff | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Etheridge | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Sol Bamba | 90 | 1 | 0.68 | |
| Bruno Ecuele Manga | 90 | 0.76 | ||
| Sean Morrison | 90 | 0.04 | ||
| Leandro Bacuna | 90 | 0.04 | ||
| Joe Bennett | 90 | 0.01 | ||
| Harry Arter | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Callum Paterson | 90 | 0.02 | ||
| Oumar Niasse | 73 | 0.73 | ||
| Joe Ralls | 69 | 0.03 | ||
| Josh Murphy | 58 | 0.02 | ||
| Junior Hoilett sub | 32 | 0.05 | ||
| Nathaniel Mendez-Laing sub | 21 | 0.00 | ||
| Kenneth Zohore sub | 17 | 0.00 |
| Watford | Min | G | A | xG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Foster | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Daryl Janmaat | 90 | 0.04 | ||
| Adrian Mariappa | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Craig Cathcart | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Adam Masina | 90 | 0.00 | ||
| Abdoulaye Doucouré | 90 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Will Hughes | 90 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Troy Deeney | 90 | 2 | 1 | 1.15 |
| Gerard Deulofeu | 88 | 3 | 1 | 1.48 |
| Etienne Capoue | 81 | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Roberto Pereyra | 73 | 0.05 | ||
| Domingos Quina sub | 17 | 0.00 | ||
| Tom Cleverley sub | 9 | 0.05 | ||
| Andre Gray sub | 2 | 0.00 |