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Cardiff City 2-1 Watford - October 23, 2012 / Championship 2012/2013

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Championship 2012/2013 - Round 12

Ninian Park - Cardiff - Wales

October 23, 2012

20 077

2 - 1

Watford

(penalty) Peter Whittingham

71'

Assist by Craig Noone (header) Aron Gunnarsson

90+1'

28'

Tommie Hoban (right foot) Assist by Marco Cassetti

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28' - Goal Tommie Hoban

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46' - Substitution Craig Bellamyis substituted by Joe Mason46

60' - Substitution Matej Vydrais substituted by Ikechi Anya

64' - Red card Daniel Pudil

71' - Goal Peter Whittingham71

72' - Red card Nathaniel Chalobah

74' - Substitution Ben Turneris substituted by Rudy Gestede74

74' - Substitution Álex Geijois substituted by Troy Deeney

84' - Substitution Tommy Smithis substituted by Aron Gunnarsson84

91' - Goal Aron Gunnarsson91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Cardiff City

2 - 1

Watford

Cardiff City Watford

Team line-ups

Cardiff City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Smith84

Tommy Smith

England

B.date22/05/1980

Age32 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Midfielder

22Helguson

Heidar Helguson

Iceland

B.date22/08/1977

Age35 years

H1m78

positionStriker

39Bellamy46

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age33 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

16Noone

Craig Noone

England

B.date17/11/1987

Age24 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7Whittingham71

Peter Whittingham

England

B.date08/09/1984

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

8Cowie

Don Cowie

Scotland

B.date15/02/1983

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

3Taylor

Andrew Taylor

England

B.date01/08/1986

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Turner74

Ben Turner

England

B.date21/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

5Hudson

Mark Hudson

England

B.date30/03/1982

Age30 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

12Connolly

Matthew Connolly

England

B.date24/09/1987

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

1Marshall

David Marshall

Scotland

B.date05/03/1985

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David Marshall		27	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ben Turner	74	24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Matthew Connolly		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Mark Hudson		30	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Andrew Taylor		26	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Tommy Smith	84	32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Peter Whittingham	71	28	276	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Don Cowie		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Craig Noone		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Craig Bellamy	46	33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Heidar Helguson		35	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Vydra60

Matej Vydra

Czech Republic

B.date01/05/1992

Age20 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

36Geijo74

Álex Geijo

Spain

B.date11/03/1982

Age30 years

H1m84

positionStriker

18Pudil64

Daniel Pudil

Czech Republic

B.date27/09/1985

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

39Chalobah72

Nathaniel Chalobah

England

B.date12/12/1994

Age17 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

7Yeates

Mark Yeates

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/01/1985

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Hogg

Jonathan Hogg

England

B.date06/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

27Cassetti

Marco Cassetti

Italy

B.date29/05/1977

Age35 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

6Hall

Fitz Hall

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

12Doyley

Lloyd Doyley

Jamaica

B.date01/12/1982

Age29 years

H1m81

positionFull-back

31Hoban28

Tommie Hoban

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/01/1994

Age18 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

1Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age35 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Manuel Almunia		35	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Tommie Hoban	28	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Fitz Hall		31	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Lloyd Doyley		29	380	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Daniel Pudil	64	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Marco Cassetti		35	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Nathaniel Chalobah	72	17	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jonathan Hogg		23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Mark Yeates		27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Matej Vydra	60	20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Álex Geijo	74	30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
32	G	Joe Lewis		25
2	D	Kevin McNaughton		30
17	M	Aron Gunnarsson	9184	23	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Bo-kyung Kim		23
11	M	Craig Conway		27
15	F	Rudy Gestede	74	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Joe Mason	46	21	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Jonathan Bond		19
29	D	Adam Thompson		20
22	M	Almen Abdi		26
41	M	Fernando Forestieri		22
21	M	Ikechi Anya	60	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sean Murray		19
9	F	Troy Deeney	74	24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Craig Bellamy

Craig Conway

OUT

Craig Noone

Aron Gunnarsson

OUT

Ben Turner

Kevin McNaughton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Álex Geijo

Fernando Forestieri

OUT

Mark Yeates

Almen Abdi

OUT

Matej Vydra

Troy Deeney

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Malky Mackay

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Mackay vs Watford

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Mackay vs Zola

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianfranco Zola

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

31 %

Zola vs Cardiff City

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Zola vs Mackay

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 23, 2012

Referee

Mark Heywood

1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Cardiff City3 matches	General total	Watford2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Cardiff City1 match	Season total	Watford1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 21, 2015					Latest figure on November 04, 2014

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Key figures

Watford keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 18/08/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/09/2010-13/11/2010 time period (7 matches).

It's the first time Tommie Hoban scores 1 goal vs Cardiff City in his professional career

It's the first time Aron Gunnarsson scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LCardiff City 0-2 West Ham03/05/2012

VCardiff City 1-0 Huddersfield Town17/08/2012

VCardiff City 3-1 Wolverhampton02/09/2012

VCardiff City 2-1 Leeds United15/09/2012

VCardiff City 3-0 Blackpool29/09/2012

VCardiff City 2-1 Birmingham City02/10/2012

Overall

VMillwall 0-2 Cardiff City18/09/2012

LCrystal Palace 3-2 Cardiff City22/09/2012

VCardiff City 3-0 Blackpool29/09/2012

VCardiff City 2-1 Birmingham City02/10/2012

VIpswich Town 1-2 Cardiff City06/10/2012

LNottingham Forest 3-1 Cardiff City20/10/2012

Current form

Away

DPeterborough United 2-2 Watford21/04/2012

VCrystal Palace 2-3 Watford18/08/2012

LDerby County 5-1 Watford01/09/2012

LBolton Wanderers 2-1 Watford15/09/2012

VHuddersfield Town 2-3 Watford29/09/2012

VCharlton 1-2 Watford02/10/2012

Overall

LWatford 0-1 Brighton & Hove18/09/2012

DWatford 2-2 Bristol City22/09/2012

VHuddersfield Town 2-3 Watford29/09/2012

VCharlton 1-2 Watford02/10/2012

LWatford 1-2 Middlesbrough06/10/2012

VWatford 1-0 Peterborough United20/10/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	9
Scoring streak	5	9
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	12	5
Conceding streak	8	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	11
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	5
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.82	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.45
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.27	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.64
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.4

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (2 times)

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Peter Whittingham	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Matej Vydra
Peter Whittingham	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Almen Abdi
Peter Whittingham	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Almen Abdi
Peter Whittingham	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Troy Deeney
Peter Whittingham	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Mark Yeates
Peter Whittingham	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Mark Yeates
Heidar Helguson	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 11 matches	Matej Vydra

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

10 v

1 d

4 l

25 gf

15 ga

Away

15 matches

2 v

7 d

6 l

20 gf

25 ga

Total

30 matches

12 v

8 d

10 l

45 gf

40 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

6 v

7 d

2 l

25 gf

20 ga

Away

15 matches

4 v

1 d

10 l

15 gf

25 ga

Total

30 matches

10 v

8 d

12 l

40 gf

45 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 03, 2009
Home	3 - 0	October 28, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	December 28, 2010
Away	3 - 0	September 14, 2004

Latest head to head

April 09, 2012 - Championship 2011/2012

Cardiff City

1 - 1

Watford

December 26, 2011 - Championship 2011/2012

Watford

1 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

January 22, 2011 - Championship 2010/2011

Cardiff City

4 - 2

Watford

December 28, 2010 - Championship 2010/2011

Watford

4 - 1

Cardiff City logo Cardiff City

March 21, 2010 - Championship 2009/2010

Cardiff City

3 - 1

Watford

Best historical scorers against Watford

Peter Whittingham	5 goals	2007 - 2010
Jay Bothroyd	5 goals	2008 - 2011
Ross McCormack	2 goals	2009 - 2010
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Craig Bellamy	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Tony Vidmar	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Cardiff City

Darius Henderson	3 goals	2005 - 2007
Marlon King	3 goals	2005 - 2006
Danny Graham	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Marvin Sordell	2 goals	2010 - 2011
Danny Webber	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Malky Mackay	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Peter Whittingham	10 matches	2007 - 2012
Kevin McNaughton	8 matches	2007 - 2012
Stephen McPhail	8 matches	2007 - 2012
Gavin Rae	7 matches	2007 - 2011
Chris Barker	6 matches	2003 - 2006
Paul Parry	6 matches	2004 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/10/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cardiff City

Lloyd Doyley	11 matches	2004 - 2012
Adrian Mariappa	8 matches	2007 - 2011
Jay DeMerit	6 matches	2004 - 2009
Scott Loach	6 matches	2009 - 2011
Gavin Mahon	6 matches	2003 - 2007
Paul Devlin	5 matches	2003 - 2005