Watford 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 23 January 2007

Result

Watford 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Tuesday 23 January 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Watford won against Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 23 January 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

Watford's goals came from an own goal by Brett Emerton (12') and Jay DeMerit (70'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Benni McCarthy (45').

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

Going into the game Watford were 20th on 12 points from 22 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 31 points from 23. Watford went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Own goal · Brett EmertonWatford · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Jay DeMeritWatford · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Jordan StewartWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Hameur BouazzaWatford

Team news

Watford line-up

Ben Foster, Jordan Stewart, Daniel Shittu, Adrian Mariappa, Damien Francis, Alhassan Bangura, Darius Henderson, Hameur Bouazza, Tommy Smith, Will Hoskins, Malky Mackay

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Zurab Khizanishvili, Aaron Mokoena, James McEveley, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Shabani Nonda, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy, Stephane Henchoz