Watford 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 20 April 2013

Result

Watford 4-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 20 April 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Watford · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Watford 4-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Watford won against Blackburn Rovers 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 20 April 2013. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (52'), Troy Deeney (61'), Almen Abdi (67') and M. Briggs (75'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 69 points from 43 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 53 points from 42. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Blackburn Rovers 17th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · Joel EkstrandWatford
  • 52'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Goal · Almen AbdiWatford · 3-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Karim RekikBlackburn Rovers
  • 75'Goal · M. BriggsWatford · 4-0
  • 90'Red card · Leon BestBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Yellow card · Marco CassettiWatford
  • 90'Yellow card · David JonesBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Watford 1, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ikechi Anya, Cristian Battocchio, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up

Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Martin Olsson, Adam Henley, Todd Kane, Danny Murphy, Jason Lowe, Joshua King, J. Kean