Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Watford: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 24 February 2021

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Watford

Championship · Wednesday 24 February 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Watford: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Watford 2-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 24 February 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

João Pedro opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from H. Elliott (43') and B. Brereton (82'). Watford scored through João Pedro (25'), Ismaïla Sarr (38') and Ken Sema (61').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 39 points from 30 and Watford 4th on 57 points from 31. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Watford (8.4), ahead of Harvey Elliott (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · João PedroWatford · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Joe RothwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 38'Goal · Ismaïla SarrWatford · 0-2
  • 43'Goal · H. ElliottBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · Ken SemaWatford · 1-3
  • 82'Goal · B. BreretonBlackburn Rovers · 2-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 2, Watford 4.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jarrad Branthwaite, B. Douglas, Josef Dvornik, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Harvey Elliott, Adam Armstrong, Bradley Dack

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Tom Cleverley, Will Hughes, Dan Gosling, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema