MATCH THREAD: " WATFORD v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

Watford have just settled now and are enjoying time on the ball - largely near the halfway line as things stand, though.

Cardiff fans very loud

Cardiff are undone by a quick throw-in. Collins does well to stand Martins up in a 1v1 situation, which looked dangerous for a second.

Cardiff this time with a breakaway and Colwill tears up the pitch, but his ball out to Grant doesn't have enough on it and a sliding interception stops the play in its tracks.

Little bit scrappy at the moment, can tell both teams searching for some rhythm. Cardiff have it with Goutas.

Nothing up front from both sides so far

Alnwick with a laser pass to Colwill, who does brilliantly to spin his man and earn a free-kick on halfway.

Ball just going back and for now, No real urgency

Martins this times gets beyond Collins and sticks in a great cross to the back post. Ng nods clear with an attacker bearing down on goal behind him.

Wow

Preston 2 Ipswich 0

Wonderful intervention from Goutas. A ball is played in around the back of McGuinness and Bayo is in. But Goutas cuts in front of him and slides - putting the ball out for a corner.

Last few minutes all Watford

Etete heads clear. The next cross is then headed away by Collins - who takes a whack in the face for his troubles. Free-kick to City.

Corner City

Totally wasted

Anyone see that then? Colwill broke the lines, nothing with him, ends up back in our own half!!

16mins gone NO shots by Cardiff

No quality from neither team so far from commentator

Anyone see that then? Colwill broke the lines, nothing with him, ends up back in our own half!!

And again... break. In space. He's looking up but isolated.

Cardiff with a real chance to make something there, but Wintle just misplaces a square ball at the crucial moment and the chances goes begging.

Anyone see that then? Colwill broke the lines, nothing with him, ends up back in our own half!!

And again... break. In space. He's looking up but isolated.

Totally isolated

Rubin wants to go forward

Defending well and doing ok getting out of our half but then not much, players isolated or just too slow to make the final pass costing us any chance

Lovely ball out to Collins from Grant and the former's cross is deflected out. Another Cardiff corner for Wintle to whip in.

Defending well and doing ok getting out of our half but then not much, players isolated or just too slow to make the final pass costing us any chance

That’s been the problem for the last 3 months same old story

23 mins Great save by Alnwick

Match delayed to let NG do his lasses up

Nothing really happening

How many times has Collins failed to keep tabs on his man already? Terrible positional play for a defender.

Watford Should be a goal up, Watford. A good cross is headed back across goal and for some reason Asprilla decides to control it, rather than hit it first time, despite being just five yards out. Sensing the danger, Alnwick pounces and swips it away with his left boot before a shot is fired off!

We have nothing up front again.