Blackpool 3-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 October 2022

Result

Blackpool 3-1 Watford

Championship · Saturday 8 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Blackpool · Watford · Championship predictions

Blackpool 3-1 Watford: match report

Blackpool beat Watford 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 October 2022. The half-time score was 1-1.

Gary Madine opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Gary Madine (10'), Jerry Yates (81') and Jerry Yates (85'). Watford scored through Imrân Louza (29').

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 21st on 12 points from 12 and Watford 10th on 17 points from 12. Blackpool went on to finish that season 24th with 44 points, and Watford 11th with 63.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jerry Yates of Blackpool (8.9), ahead of Imrân Louza (8.1).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Gary MadineBlackpool · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Imrân LouzaWatford · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Dominic ThompsonBlackpool
  • 81'Goal · Jerry YatesBlackpool · 2-1
  • 85'Goal · Jerry YatesBlackpool · 3-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 4, draws 3, Watford 3.

Team news

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Blackpool line-up (4-3-3)

Chris Maxwell, Callum Connolly, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jordan Thorniley, Dominic Thompson, Callum Wright, Charlie Patiño, Sonny Carey, Theo Corbeanu, Gary Madine, Jerry Yates

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Dan Gosling, William Troost-Ekong, Christian Kabasele, Hassane Kamara, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Imrân Louza, Edo Kayembe, Ismaïla Sarr, Vakoun Bayo, Ken Sema