Watford vs Blackburn Rovers Match Highlights and Recap

Championship

Championship

11:30 AMOctober 26, 2024

Regular Season – 12

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1 – 0

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HT: (0 – 0)

📍 Vicarage Road (Watford)👤 Referee: D. England

How did Watford and Blackburn Rovers perform?

Home Voted: 0

Away Voted: 0

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

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Watford and Blackburn Rovers Match Stats

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BALL POSSESSION

47%53%

ATTACK

10

Total shots

12

1

Shots on target

2

6

Shots off target

9

3

Blocked shots

1

6

Shots inside box

8

4

Shots outside box

4

6

Corner kicks

3

1

Offsides

0

0

Dangerous attacks

0

PASSING

357

Total passes

412

291 (82%)

Accurate passes

334 (81%)

DISCIPLINE

9

Fouls

17

5

Yellow cards

4

2

Goalkeeper saves

0

Watford and Blackburn Rovers Lineups

Watford

3-5-2

1G

Daniel Bachmann

7.2

6D

Matthew Pollock 🔺66′

6.9

3D

Francisco Sierralta 36′

6.9

5D

Ryan Porteous

7.3

36M

Festy Ebosele 88′

6.9

7M

Thomas Ince 🔺56′

6.5

17M

Moussa Sissoko

7.2

39M

Edo KayembeC 51′ ⚽71′

6.9

37M

Yasser Larouci 🔺66′

6.7

34F

Kwadwo Baah 55′ 🔺84′

6.6

8F

Giorgi Chakvetadze 49′

7

Substitutes

19F

Vakoun Issouf Bayo 🔻56′

6.3

12M

Ken Sema 🔻66′

6.5

11F

Rocco Vata 🔻66′

6.9

45D

Ryan Andrews 🔻84′

6.6

23G

Jonathan Bond

–

15D

Antonio Tikvić

–

22D

James Morris

–

10M

Imrân Louza

–

20F

Mamadou Doumbia

–

Coach of Watford

👔 T. Cleverley

Blackburn Rovers

4-2-3-1

1G

Aynsley Pears

6.6

2D

Callum Brittain 90′

6.9

15D

Danny Batth 69′

6.9

5D

Dominic Hyam 90+5′

6.9

24D

Owen Beck

7.2

27M

Lewis TravisC 🔺78′

6.9

6M

Sondre Tronstad 🔺84′

6.9

19M

Ryan Hedges 🔺78′

6.2

14M

Andreas Weimann 🔺77′

6.7

8M

Todd Cantwell 68′

7.3

9F

Makhtar Gueye 🔺59′

6.6

Substitutes

23F

Yuki Ohashi 🔻59′

6.9

7M

Arnór Sigurðsson 🔻77′

6.6

11M

Joe Rankin-Costello 🔻78′

6.7

21M

John Buckley 🔻78′

7.3

10M

Tyrhys Dolan 🔻84′

6.7

12G

Balázs Tóth

–

3D

Harry Pickering

–

4D

Kyle McFadzean

–

42M

Lewis Baker

–

Coach of Blackburn Rovers

👔 J. Eustace

Watford and Blackburn Rovers Head to Head

1WINS

1DRAWS

4WINS

Over 1.5 Goals67%

Over 2.5 Goals33%

Both Teams Scored50%

Past H2H Matches & Results

13 Sep 2025 Watford 0-1 Blackburn

26 Apr 2025 Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Watford

23 Dec 2023 Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Watford

27 Aug 2023 Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

11 Feb 2023 Watford 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

13 Sep 2022 Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Watford

Championship Standings Season 2025/2026

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	26	15	7	4	57-29	28	52
2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	37-26	11	46
3	Ipswich	25	12	8	5	42-24	18	44
4	Preston	26	11	10	5	36-25	11	43
5	Millwall	26	12	7	7	29-33	-4	43
6	Watford	25	11	8	6	37-29	8	41
7	Hull	25	12	5	8	40-38	2	41
8	Stoke	26	12	4	10	32-23	9	40
9	Wrexham	26	10	10	6	38-32	6	40
10	Bristol City	26	11	6	9	38-29	9	39
11	QPR	26	11	5	10	38-39	-1	38
12	Leicester	26	10	7	9	37-38	-1	37
13	Derby	26	9	8	9	35-35	0	35
14	Birmingham	26	9	7	10	35-36	-1	34
15	Southampton	26	8	9	9	38-38	0	33
16	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36-38	-2	32
17	Swansea	26	9	5	12	27-33	-6	32
18	West Brom	26	9	4	13	29-35	-6	31
19	Charlton	25	7	8	10	25-32	-7	29
20	Blackburn	25	7	7	11	24-30	-6	28
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21-35	-14	25
22	Norwich	26	6	6	14	28-39	-11	24
23	Oxford Utd	25	5	7	13	25-35	-10	22
24	Sheffield Wed	25	1	8	16	18-51	-33	-7

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	12	9	2	1	27-9	18	29
2	Ipswich	13	8	4	1	24-11	13	28
3	Watford	13	8	4	1	23-12	11	28
4	Middlesbrough	13	8	3	2	20-11	9	27
5	Birmingham	13	7	5	1	27-13	14	26
6	Millwall	14	8	2	4	17-17	0	26
7	QPR	13	7	2	4	24-17	7	23
8	Preston	13	6	5	2	19-12	7	23
9	Wrexham	13	6	5	2	24-19	5	23
10	Hull	13	7	2	4	19-19	0	23
11	West Brom	12	6	4	2	16-11	5	22
12	Leicester	13	6	4	3	19-15	4	22
13	Bristol City	14	6	3	5	23-15	8	21
14	Swansea	13	6	3	4	16-16	0	21
15	Stoke	12	6	2	4	18-10	8	20
16	Southampton	12	5	5	2	17-11	6	20
17	Charlton	11	5	3	3	13-12	1	18
18	Portsmouth	13	5	3	5	14-14	0	18
19	Sheffield Utd	12	5	2	5	18-13	5	17
20	Derby	14	4	5	5	17-20	-3	17
21	Oxford Utd	12	3	4	5	13-17	-4	13
22	Blackburn	13	2	4	7	13-20	-7	10
23	Norwich	13	3	1	9	12-19	-7	10
24	Sheffield Wed	13	0	4	9	7-29	-22	4

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	14	6	5	3	30-20	10	23
2	Preston	13	5	5	3	17-13	4	20
3	Stoke	14	6	2	6	14-13	1	20
4	Middlesbrough	13	5	4	4	17-15	2	19
5	Derby	12	5	3	4	18-15	3	18
6	Hull	12	5	3	4	21-19	2	18
7	Bristol City	12	5	3	4	15-14	1	18
8	Blackburn	12	5	3	4	11-10	1	18
9	Wrexham	13	4	5	4	14-13	1	17
10	Millwall	12	4	5	3	12-16	-4	17
11	Ipswich	12	4	4	4	18-13	5	16
12	Leicester	13	4	3	6	18-23	-5	15
13	Sheffield Utd	13	5	0	8	18-25	-7	15
14	QPR	13	4	3	6	14-22	-8	15
15	Norwich	13	3	5	5	16-20	-4	14
16	Watford	12	3	4	5	14-17	-3	13
17	Southampton	14	3	4	7	21-27	-6	13
18	Swansea	13	3	2	8	11-17	-6	11
19	Charlton	14	2	5	7	12-20	-8	11
20	Oxford Utd	13	2	3	8	12-18	-6	9
21	West Brom	14	3	0	11	13-24	-11	9
22	Birmingham	13	2	2	9	8-23	-15	8
23	Sheffield Wed	12	1	4	7	11-22	-11	7
24	Portsmouth	11	1	4	6	7-21	-14	7

Qualification/Relegation

Relegation – League One

Promotion – Premier League

Promotion – Championship (Play Offs: Semi-finals)

Watford vs Blackburn Rovers Video Highlights & Match Recap – 2024-10-26

The stage was set at Vicarage Road (Watford) for Watford to take on Blackburn Rovers in the Championship on October 26, 2024. It was a game that promised much and delivered in terms of competitive spirit.

Strategic setups were evident from the start. While one team looked to control possession, the other threatened on the break. The match turned into a battle of wits, with individual brilliance eventually tipping the scales.

League Positioning

With 41 points, Watford is ranked 6th. Their current form consists of 11 wins, 8 draws, and 6 defeats.

Blackburn Rovers follows closely in 20th with 28 points. Their record of 7 wins suggests they are a force to be reckoned with.

Head-to-Head Records

In Championship history, these sides have clashed 7 times. Watford leads with 2 wins against Blackburn Rovers‘s 4.

There have been 1 draws. Statistically, 3 of these games saw both teams score, and 2 were high-scoring (Over 2.5).

Matches Prior to Event

Take a look at how the teams performed before meeting today:

Previous Matches of Watford

Previous Matches of Blackburn Rovers

Video Highlights & Recap

Watch all the drama from Watford vs Blackburn Rovers. Full highlights from the Championship season are available now.

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