Watford 3-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 25 March 2014
Result
Watford 3-3 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Tuesday 25 March 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 3-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Watford drew with Blackburn Rovers 3-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 25 March 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Marco Cassetti opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from Marco Cassetti (4'), Troy Deeney (71', penalty) and Cristian Battocchio (88'). Blackburn Rovers scored through David Dunn (27'), Craig Conway (64') and Rudy Gestede (90+3').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 12th on 48 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 50 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 70.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Marco Cassetti
- 27'Goal · David Dunn
- 64'Goal · Craig Conway
- 71'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
- 76'Yellow card · Gabriele Angella
- 78'Yellow card · Corry Evans
- 85'Yellow card · Todd Kane
- 88'Goal · Cristian Battocchio
- 90'Yellow card · Matthew Kilgallon
- 90+3'Goal · Rudy Gestede
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)
Almunia, Lloyd Doyley, Daniel Pudil, Joel Ekstrand, Gabriele Angella, Ikechi Anya, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Fernando Forestieri
Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best