Watford 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2023

Result

Watford 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 11 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Watford · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Watford 1-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Watford drew with Blackburn Rovers 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 11 February 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

B. Dack opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Watford's goal came from Wesley Hoedt (74'). Blackburn Rovers scored through B. Dack (24').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 5th on 45 points from 30 and Blackburn Rovers 7th on 44 points from 29. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 69.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Watford (7.8), ahead of Aynsley Pears (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 2 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · B. DackBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Sorba ThomasBlackburn Rovers
  • 32'Yellow card · Slaven BilićWatford
  • 36'Yellow card · Hamza ChoudhuryWatford
  • 59'Yellow card · J. Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers
  • 74'Goal · Wesley HoedtWatford · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · J. BuckleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Hassane KamaraWatford
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 4, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Daniel Bachmann, Mario Gaspar, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Hassane Kamara, Ismaël Koné, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Matheus Martins, Ismaïla Sarr, Henrique Araújo, João Pedro

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Harry Pickering, Lewis Travis, Tyler Morton, Sorba Thomas, Bradley Dack, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tyrhys Dolan