Blackburn vs Watford

Final score: Blackburn 2-1 Watford in the Championship, April 26, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 4 wins for Blackburn, 2 draws, 4 wins for Watford.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 45
Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire
Form: LDLLW Blackburn
: DLLWL Watford

16' Imrân Louza
24' James Abankwah
34' Ryan Hedges
44' Tyrhys Dolan
45'+1 James Morris
HT0-0
47' 0-1 M. Pollock · I. Louza
55' ▲ F. Sierralta ▼ J. Morris
59' T. Cantwell · Y. Ohashi 1-1
65' Mamadou Doumbia
71' ▲ P. Dwomoh ▼ I. Louza
74' T. Dolan · T. Cantwell 2-1
78' ▲ A. Forshaw ▼ T. Cantwell
78' ▲ D. Sanderson ▼ R. Hedges
82' ▲ Z. Massiah-Edwards ▼ J. Abankwah
82' ▲ V. Bayo ▼ M. Doumbia
82' ▲ R. Andrews ▼ J. Ngakia
85' Edo Kayembe
86' ▲ E. Dennis ▼ Y. Ohashi
86' ▲ A. Kargbo ▼ T. Dolan
90'+8 Adam Forshaw
90'+6 Lewis Travis
90'+3 Emmanuel Dennis
FT2-1

Line-ups

Blackburn Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: V. Ismaël

12B. Tóth 6.7
2C. Brittain 6.9
5D. Hyam 6.9
15D. Batth 6.7
4Yuri Ribeiro 6.6
6S. Tronstad 7.0
27L. Travis 6.6
10T. Dolan ⚽ ▼ 86' 7.0
8T. Cantwell ⚽ ⇢ ▼ 78' 9.0
19R. Hedges ▼ 78' 6.6
23Y. Ohashi ⇢ ▼ 86' 7.2

Substitutes 9

28A. Forshaw ▲ 78' 6.9
31D. Sanderson ▲ 78' 6.6
42E. Dennis ▲ 86' 6.9
47A. Kargbo ▲ 86' 6.2
32I. Tyjon
3H. Pickering
45C. Woodrow
1A. Pears
51K. Montgomery

Watford Formation: 3-4-3 · Coach: T. Cleverley

33E. Selvik 6.6
25J. Abankwah ▼ 82' 6.2
6M. Pollock ⚽ 7.6
22J. Morris ▼ 55' 6.7
2J. Ngakia ▼ 82' 6.6
10I. Louza ⇢ ▼ 71' 7.3
24T. Dele-Bashiru 6.6
26C. Wiley 6.7
39E. Kayembe 7.2
20M. Doumbia ▼ 82' 6.9
11R. Vata 6.5

Substitutes 9

3F. Sierralta ▲ 55' 6.5
14P. Dwomoh ▲ 71' 6.3
47Z. Massiah-Edwards ▲ 82' 6.3
19V. Bayo ▲ 82' 6.3
45R. Andrews ▲ 82' 6.7
41A. Marriott
52L. Ramirez-Espain
59T. Akomeah
7T. Ince

Statistics

05⚑4

⚑650

55%Possession45%

10Shots9

4Shots on target2

5Shots off target4

7Shots inside box5

3Shots outside box4

1Blocked shots3

4Corners6

2Offsides4

12Fouls14

5Yellow cards5

1Saves2

-0.69Goals prevented-0.69

413Passes341

305Accurate passes247

74%Pass accuracy72%

1.02Expected goals (xG)0.35

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	46	95 - 30	+65	100
2	Burnley	46	69 - 16	+53	100
3	Sheffield Utd	46	63 - 36	+27	90
4	Sunderland	46	58 - 44	+14	76
5	Coventry	46	64 - 58	+6	69
6	Bristol City	46	59 - 55	+4	68
7	Blackburn	46	53 - 48	+5	66
8	Millwall	46	47 - 49	-2	66
9	West Brom	46	57 - 47	+10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	64 - 56	+8	64
11	Swansea	46	51 - 56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	60 - 69	-9	58
13	Norwich	46	71 - 68	+3	57
14	Watford	46	53 - 61	-8	57
15	QPR	46	53 - 63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	58 - 71	-13	54
17	Oxford United	46	49 - 65	-16	53
18	Stoke City	46	45 - 62	-17	51
19	Derby	46	48 - 56	-8	50
20	Preston	46	48 - 59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	44 - 54	-10	49
22	Luton	46	45 - 69	-24	49
23	Plymouth	46	51 - 88	-37	46
24	Cardiff	46	48 - 73	-25	44