Blackburn Rovers FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

Blackburn Rovers FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Watford FC

Sat 26 Apr 2025 · 14:00 UTC Ewood Park 15,154 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 47' Matthew Pollock

Todd Cantwell 59' 1–1

Tyrhys Dolan 74' 2–1

Y 16' Imran Louza

Y 24' James Abankwah

Ryan Hedges 34' Y

Tyrhys Dolan 44' Y

Y 45' James Morris

Y 65' Mamadou Doumbia

Y 85' Edo Kayembe

Emmanuel Dennis 90' Y

Lewis Travis 90' Y

Adam Forshaw 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Blackburn Rovers FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers FC 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Elliot Bell (England)
Assistant 1 Lee Venamore
Assistant 2 Carl Fitch-Jackson

3 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 5.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Hull City AFC	46	73
4	Oxford United FC	46	47
5	Leicester City FC	46	46
6	Blackburn Rovers FC	1	1
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	1	1
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	0	0
9	Millwall FC	0	0
10	Middlesbrough FC	0	0
11	Swansea City AFC	0	0
12	Watford FC	0	0
13	Charlton Athletic FC	0	0
14	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0
16	Birmingham City FC	0	0
17	Sheffield United FC	0	0
18	Wrexham AFC	0	0
19	Burnley FC	0	0
20	Cardiff City FC	0	0
21	West Ham United FC	0	0
22	Southampton FC	0	0
23	Derby County FC	0	0
24	Norwich City FC	0	0
25	Preston North End FC	0	0
26	Stoke City FC	0	0
27	Lincoln City FC	0	0
28	Portsmouth FC	0	0
29	Bristol City FC	0	0
30	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Blackburn Rovers FC 10 games · Avg 2.4 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Watford FC 2024-10-26 Watford FC 1–0 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-12-23 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–2 Watford FC 2023-08-27 Watford FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC 2023-02-11 Watford FC 1–1 Blackburn Rovers FC

Recent Form

Blackburn Rovers FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Apr	Watford FC	H	2–1	W
21 Apr	Sunderland AFC	A	1–0	W
18 Apr	Millwall FC	H	4–1	W
12 Apr	Luton Town FC	A	1–0	W
08 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	2–2	D
04 Apr	Middlesbrough FC	H	0–2	L

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Apr	Blackburn Rovers FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	Portsmouth FC	A	0–1	L
18 Apr	Burnley FC	H	1–2	L
12 Apr	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	1–2	L
08 Apr	Hull City AFC	H	1–0	W
05 Apr	Bristol City FC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Blackburn Rovers FC		Watford FC
#6	Position	#12
1	Points	0
1	Played	0
0 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 0
2	Scored	0
2	Conceded	0
+0	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	–
0%	Win %	–

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Blackburn Rovers FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Blackburn Rovers FC are 6th (1 pts). Watford FC are 12th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Blackburn Rovers FC

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Watford FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/1

61-75

–/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Blackburn Rovers FC kicks off things out of here…
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Blackburn Rovers FC and Watford FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Dominic Hyam, a Scotland , has 28 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' Watford FC come into this ranked 12 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
16' It’s gonna be a card for Imran Louza.
21' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Blackburn Rovers FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
24' That looks like a foul for a card for James Abankwah.
29' Japan international Yuki Ohashi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
34' Ryan Hedges has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 34.
39' The home supporters are growing impatient. Blackburn Rovers FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
44' Poor challenge from Tyrhys Dolan. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
45' The referee does not hesitate — a card for James Morris on 45 minutes.
47' Matthew Pollock is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
52' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Blackburn Rovers FC that had 382 games and scored 469 goals.
55' A change in the Watford FC ranks — James Morris exits the field as Francisco Sierralta enters on 55.
59' Goal! Todd Cantwell scores his 32 goal in 368 matches.
64' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
65' Mamadou Doumbia was booked on 65.
70' Blackburn Rovers FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
71' Pierre Dwomoh gets the nod from Watford FC. He replaces Imran Louza and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Tyrhys Dolan adds to his 0 season tally! Blackburn Rovers FC lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
78' Time for substitution for Blackburn Rovers FC. Ryan Hedges is replaced by Dion Sanderson.
82' Zavier Massiah-Edwards gets the nod from Watford FC. He replaces James Abankwah and will look to change the dynamic.
85' Edo Kayembe picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
86' Blackburn Rovers FC make a change. Yuki Ohashi trudges off to be replaced by Emmanuel Dennis on 86 minutes.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Emmanuel Dennis.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Blackburn Rovers FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Valerien Ismael

Watford FC Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

39
Edo Kayembe
6
Matthew Pollock
10
Imran Louza ↓ Pierre Dwomoh 71'
24
Tom Dele-Bashiru
2
Jeremy Ngakia ↓ Ryan Andrews 82'
33
Egil Selvik
22
James Morris ↓ Francisco Sierralta 55'
26
Caleb Wiley
25
James Abankwah ↓ Zavier Massiah-Edwards 82'
11
Rocco Vata
20
Mamadou Doumbia ↓ Vakoun Issouf Bayo 82'

Bench

Coach Tom Cleverley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryan Hedges	2
Ben Brereton	2
Joao Pedro	2
Ken Sema	1
Tyrhys Dolan	1
Ismaila Sarr	1
Matthew Pollock	1
Dominic Hyam	1

Head to Head

Blackburn Rovers FC Form

2025-04-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Watford FC W 2025-04-21 Sunderland AFC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-04-18 Blackburn Rovers FC 4–1 Millwall FC W 2025-04-12 Luton Town FC 0–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-04-08 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2025-04-04 Blackburn Rovers FC 0–2 Middlesbrough FC L

Watford FC Form

2025-04-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–1 Watford FC L 2025-04-21 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2025-04-18 Watford FC 1–2 Burnley FC L 2025-04-12 West Bromwich Albion FC 2–1 Watford FC L 2025-04-08 Watford FC 1–0 Hull City AFC W 2025-04-05 Bristol City FC 2–1 Watford FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.82 Blackburn Rovers FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.53 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 84% + Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw 80%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC45% Draw36% Watford FC19%

Actual: Blackburn Rovers FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes25% 0% No75%

Avg goals/match: 1.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	72%	28%
± 1.5	40%	60%
± 2.5	16%	84%
± 3.5	6%	94%
± 4.5	2%	98%

Double Chance

Blackburn Rovers FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Watford FC

55%

Blackburn Rovers FC or Watford FC

64%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Blackburn Rovers FC23% Draw65% Watford FC12%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

28.4%

1 – 0

19.6%

1 – 1

12.3%

0 – 1

12%

2 – 0

8.1%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

3.2%

1 – 2

3 – 0

2.2%

2 – 2

1.5%

3 – 1

1.4%

0 – 3

0.6%

Asian Handicap — Blackburn Rovers FC

Handicap	Blackburn Rovers FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	10%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	25%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	15%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Blackburn Rovers FC keeps clean sheet

59% ✗

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

44% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.