GW 23 · 23 Dec 2023 · complete
Blackburn Rovers FC
Match stats
Watford FC
1.43
xG
1.51
11
Shots
12
5
On target
6
6
Off target
6
121
Attacks
88
52
Dangerous attacks
46
7
Corners
5
56%
Possession
44%
12
Fouls
8
0
Offsides
2
2
Yellow cards
3
0
Red cards
0
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Blackburn Rovers FC coach: Jon Dahl Tomasson
Watford FC coach: Valérien Ismaël
Blackburn Rovers FC
Starting XI
- 12 Leopold Wahlstedt
- 16 Scott Wharton
- 5 Dominic Hyam 67'
- 27 Lewis Travis
- 17 Hayden Carter
- 6 Sondre Tronstad
- 7 Arnór Sigurdsson
- 30 Jake Garrett 36'
- 24 Andrew Moran 89' 90'
- 23 Adam Wharton ⚽ 3'
- 14 Niall Ennis 61'
Bench
- 20 Harry Leonard 61'
- 4 James Hill 67'
- 18 Dilan Kumar Markanday 90'
- 33 Semir Telalovic
- 15 Patrick Gamble
- 41 Leo Dury
- 37 Thomas Bloxham
- 34 Joe Hilton
- 28 Charlie Weston
Match timeline
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3'Adam Wharton Assist Hayden Carter
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36'
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45'Half time 1–0
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46'
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61'
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65'
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67'
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72'
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72'
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81'
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83'
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83'
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87'
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87'
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89'
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90'
Watford FC
Starting XI
- 26 Ben Hamer
- 4 Wesley Hoedt 65'
- 6 Jamal Lewis
- 5 Ryan Porteous
- 8 Jake Livermore 72'
- 12 Ken Sema
- 24 Ayotomiwa Dele-Bashiru 46'
- 39 Edo Kayembe
- 11 Ismael Koné 83'
- 19 Vakoun Issouf Bayo 72'
- 37 Matheus Martins Silva dos Santos 46'
Bench
- 45 Ryan Andrews 46' 87'
- 18 Yaser Esneider Asprilla Martínez 46'
- 16 Giorgi Chakvetadze 72'
- 9 Mileta Rajovic 72' 81' ⚽ 83'
- 14 Rhys Healey 83' ⚽ 87'
- 1 Daniel Bachmann
- 3 Francisco Sierralta Carvallo
- 7 Tom Ince
- 15 Matthew Pollock
Blackburn Rovers FC trends
- ['chart', "Coming into this game, Blackburn Rovers has picked up 6 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That's 1.2 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in an intriguing 3 of those games. Blackburn Rovers has scored 7 times in the last 5 fixtures."]
- ['great', "It's possible we will see a couple of goals here, with the last 8 games for Blackburn Rovers ending with 2 goals or more being scored."]
- ['bad', 'Things have not been going that well in front of goal for Blackburn Rovers recently, with the side failing to score in 2 of the last 5 games. Will the manager change his tactics today, or throw in another forward?']
- ['great', 'In the last 5 matches for Blackburn Rovers, 3 of those games has ended with both teams scoring. This season 13 matches (59% of all matches) involving Blackburn Rovers has seen BTTS landing.']
Watford FC trends
- ['chart', "Coming into this game, Watford has picked up 10 points from the last 5 games, both home and away. That's 2 points per game on average. BTTS has landed in an intriguing 5 of those games. Watford has scored 12 times in the last 5 fixtures."]
- ['great', 'Watford has enjoyed playing away from home recently, with the side currently unbeaten in 2 games.']
- ['great', "It's possible we will see a couple of goals here, with the last 7 games for Watford ending with 2 goals or more being scored."]
- ['great', 'Watford will be looking to keep up the momentum today against Blackburn Rovers, having lost just 1 game from the last 5. They have won 3 and drawn 1']
- ['great', "The last 5 games for Watford has each seen both teams scoring. Will they improve their defence, or will we see more of the same here? This season Watford has seen a total of 10/22 fixtures end with both teams scoring. That's 45% of all matches played."]
- ['great', "It's likely that Watford will score today, as they have netted in the last 5 games coming into this one and have scored 12 goals in the last five games."]