Follow live coverage as Watford face Cardiff City in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Cardiff City won their first Championship game in 10 attempts as they beat Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road. The Bluebirds were ahead after just 55 seconds, as Callum Robinson found space inside the Watford box before finding the bottom corner.

Sheffield United head into Thursday's contest having failed to win their last two home games against Burnley (0-2) and West Bromwich Albion (1-1), but the four-time FA Cup winners - most recently in 1925 when they beat Cardiff 1-0 in the final - have won their last five competitive meetings with the Bluebirds, scoring 11 goals in the process.

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