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Watford vs Blackburn Rovers
13 Sept 2025, 15:00 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
Dean WhitestoneChampionship 2025/2026 · 19 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Blackburn Rovers- 47′⚽
Ryoya Morishita 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Yuki Ohashi
Right foot shot
- ⇄
Nestory Irankunda
Substitution
Off: Mamadou Doumbia
54′ - ⇄
Edo Kayembe
Substitution
Off: Rocco Vata
55′ - 58′
Todd Cantwell
Yellowcard
Foul
Mattie Pollock
Yellowcard
Foul
67′- 70′⇄
Andri Gudjohnsen
Substitution
Off: Yuki Ohashi
- 70′⇄
Augustus Kargbo
Substitution
Off: Ryoya Morishita
- 70′⇄
Lewis Miller
Substitution
Off: Yuri Ribeiro
- 78′⇄
Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Substitution
Off: Sondre Tronstad
- 88′
Ryan Hedges
Yellowcard
Foul
- 90′⇄
Harry Pickering
Substitution
Off: Ryan Hedges
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6.91 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 7.20 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.80 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.82 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 6.72 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.17 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.26 | |
| 55 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 6.36 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.48 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.45 | |
| 54 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 6.90 | |
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| 35 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6.65 | |
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| 36 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 6.33 |
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Before this match
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Watford
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Blackburn Rovers
Latest: Hull City · 3–0
Match stats
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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 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Blackburn Rovers
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
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
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