Watford welcome Cardiff City to Vicarage Rd this afternoon and they also welcome up to 2,000 fans as the club is situated in Tier 2 of the English Covid restrictions. One fan, pre-match, is sat next to the Graham Taylor statue holding his Welcome Back match programme.
🚨 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🚨
— Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) December 5, 2020
There are four changes from Wednesday night...
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— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) December 5, 2020
Unchanged starting XI once again! 💙
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Cardiff are hoping to build on the two impressive home perfomances in the past week and take something from on the the favourites to win the dividsion.
Match facts
- Watford have won their last three league matches against Cardiff, most recently during the 2018/19 Premier League season when they did the double over them.
- The last Championship meeting between Watford and Cardiff was back in December 2014, with the Hornets winning 4-2 at the Cardiff City Stadium.
- Watford have won more home points than any other side in the Championship this season (19 – W6 D1 L0), while they’ve also scored the most home goals in the division (16).
- Cardiff City have won back-to-back league games for the first time this season, though they’re winless in their last four on the road (D2 L2).
- Kieffer Moore has scored four goals in his last four Championship games, more than he had in his first 11 appearances in the competition for Cardiff (3).
Match officials:
Referee: STEPHEN MARTIN
Assistants: Rob Smith and Craig Taylor
Fourth Official : George Byrne