Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 13 September 2022

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 13 September 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackburn Rovers · Watford · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Watford: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Watford 2-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 September 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ryan Hedges opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Ryan Hedges (38') and Dominic Hyam (82'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Watford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 7th on 12 points from 8 and Watford 6th on 13 points from 8. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 7th with 69 points, and Watford 11th with 63.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Watford in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dominic Hyam of Blackburn Rovers (8.1), level with Ryan Hedges (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 5 for Watford.

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Watford's D-W-L-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers
  • 38'Goal · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 78'Yellow card · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers
  • 82'Goal · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 2, Watford 5.

Team news

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

Thomas Kaminski, Dominic Hyam, Yuki Takahashi, Scott Wharton, Hayden Carter, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Harry Pickering, Tyrhys Dolan, Ryan Hedges, Ben Brereton Díaz

Watford line-up (3-4-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Christian Kabasele, Francisco Sierralta, Craig Cathcart, Jeremy Ngakia, Edo Kayembe, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Ken Sema, João Pedro, Ismaïla Sarr, Vakoun Bayo