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Watford vs Blackburn Rovers
26 Oct 2024, 12:30 · Championship · 2024/2025
Referee
Darren EnglandChampionship 2024/2025 · 1 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Blackburn RoversFrancisco Sierralta
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36′Giorgi Chakvetadze
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49′Edo Kayembe
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51′Kwadwo Baah
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55′- ⇄
Vakoun Bayo
Substitution
Off: Tom Ince
56′ - 59′⇄
Yuki Ohashi
Substitution
Off: Makhtar Gueye
- ⇄
Ken Sema
Substitution
Off: Yasser Larouci
66′ - ⇄
Rocco Vata
Substitution
Off: Mattie Pollock
66′ - 68′
Todd Cantwell
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- 69′
Danny Batth
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- ⚽
Edo Kayembe 1-0
Goal
Penalty
71′ - 77′⇄
Arnór Sigurdsson
Substitution
Off: Andreas Weimann
- 78′⇄
Joe Rankin-Costello
Substitution
Off: Ryan Hedges
- 78′⇄
John Buckley
Substitution
Off: Lewis Travis
- ⇄
Ryan Andrews
Substitution
Off: Kwadwo Baah
84′ - 84′⇄
Tyrhys Dolan
Substitution
Off: Sondre Tronstad
Festy Ebosele
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88′- 90′
Callum Brittain
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- 90+4′
Dominic Hyam
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The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.99 | |
| 66 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.19 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 7.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7.71 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 7.33 | |
| 56 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.96 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | 7.61 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.92 | |
| 66 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.72 | |
| 84 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.87 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 7.45 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.83 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.86 | |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.76 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.66 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
Latest: Middlesbrough · 2–1
Match stats
5 Oct 2024, 15:00 · Home vs Middlesbrough · 2024/2025
Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Plymouth Argyle · 1–2
Match stats
5 Oct 2024, 15:00 · Away vs Plymouth Argyle · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Watford’s ground: 8 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Watford’s home games with Blackburn Rovers’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Goals
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Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Assists
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Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Watford
Blackburn Rovers
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Watford
Blackburn Rovers
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Watford
Blackburn Rovers
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.