Watford vs Blackburn

Final score: Watford 0-1 Blackburn in the Championship, September 13, 2025. Head-to-head in the last 10 meetings: 4 wins for Watford, 2 draws, 4 wins for Blackburn.

Overview

Football: Championship · Round 5
Venue: Vicarage Road, Watford
Form: DLLWL Watford
: LDLLW Blackburn

HT0-0
47' 0-1 R. Morishita · Y. Ohashi
54' ▲ N. Irankunda ▼ M. Doumbia
55' ▲ E. Kayembe ▼ R. Vata
58' Todd Cantwell
67' Matthew Pollock
70' ▲ L. Miller ▼ Y. Ribeiro
70' ▲ A. Gudjohnsen ▼ Y. Ohashi
70' ▲ A. Kargbo ▼ R. Morishita
78' ▲ T. Gardner-Hickman ▼ S. Tronstad
88' Ryan Hedges
90'+1 ▲ H. Pickering ▼ R. Hedges
FT0-1

Line-ups

Watford Formation: 3-5-2 · Coach: Edward Still

1E. Selvik 6.9
4K. Keben 7.0
6M. Pollock 6.6
29J. Petris 6.6
3M. Alleyne 6.9
17M. Sissoko 6.3
5H. Kyprianou 7.3
11R. Vata ▼ 55' 6.3
34K. Baah 6.7
9L. Kjerrumgaard 6.0
20M. Doumbia ▼ 54' 6.7

Substitutes 9

12N. Baxter
25J. Abankwah
16M. Bola
27F. Mendy
7T. Ince
39E. Kayembe ▲ 55' 7.0
66N. Irankunda ▲ 54' 6.5
42O. Maamma
18V. Semedo

Blackburn Formation: 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Damien Johnson

22B. Toth 6.3
2R. Alebiosu 7.6
17H. Carter 7.3
16S. Wharton 7.2
4Y. Ribeiro ▼ 70' 7.0
6S. Tronstad ▼ 78' 7.2
8S. Tavares 6.6
25R. Morishita ⚽ ▼ 70' 7.0
10T. Cantwell 7.2
19R. Hedges ▼ 90' 7.0
23Y. Ohashi ⇢ ▼ 70' 7.3

Substitutes 9

1A. Pears
14D. De Neve
12L. Miller ▲ 70' 6.6
3H. Pickering ▲ 90'
5T. Gardner-Hickman ▲ 78' 6.7
31K. Montgomery
9M. Gueye
11A. Gudjohnsen ▲ 70' 6.9
7A. Kargbo ▲ 70' 6.0

Statistics

01⚑5

⚑720

51%Possession49%

14Shots14

1Shots on target5

7Shots off target4

8Shots inside box9

6Shots outside box5

6Blocked shots5

5Corners7

4Offsides0

12Fouls14

1Yellow cards2

4Saves1

0.02Goals prevented0.02

347Passes333

273Accurate passes237

79%Pass accuracy71%

0.75Expected goals (xG)1.45

Table

#	Club	P	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	97 - 45	+52	95
2	Ipswich	46	80 - 47	+33	84
3	Millwall	46	64 - 49	+15	83
4	Southampton	46	82 - 56	+26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	72 - 47	+25	80
6	Hull City	46	70 - 66	+4	73
7	Wrexham	46	69 - 65	+4	71
8	Derby	46	67 - 59	+8	69
9	Norwich	46	63 - 56	+7	65
10	Birmingham	46	57 - 56	+1	64
11	Swansea	46	57 - 59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	59 - 59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	66 - 66	0	60
14	Preston	46	55 - 62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	61 - 73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	53 - 65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	51 - 56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	49 - 64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	44 - 58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	42 - 56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	48 - 58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	45 - 59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	58 - 68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	29 - 89	-60	0