Thursday , 2 July 2026

Blackpool FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2022-23
Blackpool FC
3 – 1
Full Time
Watford FC
Sat 8 Oct 2022 · 14:00 UTC Bloomfield Road HT 45' · FT 45'
Dominic Thompson 51' Y
Y 88' Imran Louza

Overview

Match Preview

Blackpool FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Bloomfield Road.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Coventry City FC 46 95
2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84
3 Millwall FC 46 83
4 Southampton FC 46 80
5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80
6 Hull City AFC 46 73
7 Wrexham AFC 46 71
8 Derby County FC 46 69
9 Norwich City FC 46 65
10 Birmingham City FC 46 64
11 Swansea City AFC 46 64
12 Bristol City FC 46 62
13 Sheffield United FC 46 60
14 Preston North End FC 46 60
15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58
16 Watford FC 46 57
17 Stoke City FC 46 55
18 Portsmouth FC 46 55
19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53
20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52
21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51
22 Oxford United FC 46 47
23 Leicester City FC 46 46
24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0

Head-to-Head

1
1
Blackpool FC 2 games · Avg 3.0 goals Watford FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-10-08 Blackpool FC 3–1 Watford FC

Recent Form

Blackpool FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Oct Watford FC H 3–1 W
04 Oct Sunderland AFC A 0–0 D
01 Oct Norwich City FC H 0–1 L
17 Sep Millwall FC A 1–2 L
14 Sep Rotherham United FC A 0–3 L
04 Sep Huddersfield Town AFC A 1–0 W
Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Oct Blackpool FC A 1–3 L
05 Oct Swansea City AFC H 1–2 L
02 Oct Stoke City FC A 4–0 W
17 Sep Sunderland AFC H 2–2 D
13 Sep Blackburn Rovers FC A 0–2 L
03 Sep Rotherham United FC A 1–1 D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Blackpool FC is hosting Watford FC for another epic battle.
  • 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 10' GOAL! Gary Madine scores on 10.
  • 15' Watford FC is showing some good football. However, Watford FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Blackpool FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 29' What an equalizer from Imran Louza!
  • 34' Blackpool FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 39' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 39 minutes.
  • 44' Supporters expect more eagerness from Vakoun Issouf Bayo, as he is very good at scoring at Bloomfield Road with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 46' Another change for Blackpool FC made on 46 minute. Sonny Carey leaves to be changed by Liam Bridcutt.
  • 51' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Dominic Thompson.
  • 56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Watford FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 59' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Keinan Davis is hanging Vakoun Issouf Bayo on the field on 59 minute.
  • 64' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 66' It is a substitution in Blackpool FC team. Theo Corbeanu is replaced by Shayne Lavery on 66 minute.
  • 71' The travelling Watford FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 75' The supporters are chanting for CJ Hamilton. He replaces Gary Madine on 75 minute.
  • 78' Another substitution for Watford FC to replace Edo Kayembe by Tom Dele-Bashiru on 78 minute.
  • 81' Jerry Yates puts Blackpool FC on the lead.
  • 85' Jerry Yates with the second goal in the match!
  • 87' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. James Morris is hanging Francisco Sierralta on the field on 87 minute.
  • 88' The referee shows Watford FC player a Yellow card on 88.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

Blackpool FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Appleton

Watford FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Slaven Bilic

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.79 Blackpool FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.14 Watford FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Blackpool FC52% Draw25% Watford FC23%
Actual: Blackpool FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.93
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Blackpool FC or Draw
77%
Draw or Watford FC
48%
Blackpool FC or Watford FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Blackpool FC37% Draw44% Watford FC19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.8%
2 – 1
9.4%
1 – 0
8.7%
2 – 0
8.4%
0 – 0
7.1%
1 – 2
6%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
5.4%
0 – 1
5.2%
3 – 0
4.9%
0 – 2
3.5%
3 – 2
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Blackpool FC

Handicap Blackpool FC covers Push Watford FC covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 16% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 22% 49%
-0.5 51% — 49%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 14% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Blackpool FC keeps clean sheet
32% ✓
Watford FC keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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