Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Sunday 27 August 2023
Result
Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Sunday 27 August 2023, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Watford lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Championship on Sunday 27 August 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Ryan Hedges of Blackburn Rovers in the 72nd minute.
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Blackburn Rovers 15th on 4 points from 3. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Blackburn Rovers 19th with 53.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Hedges of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Yáser Asprilla (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 3 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-D-W and Blackburn Rovers's L-D-W.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Wesley Hoedt
- 63'Yellow card · Dominic Hyam
- 69'Yellow card · Ryan Andrews
- 69'Yellow card · Imrân Louza
- 72'Goal · Ryan Hedges
- 77'Yellow card · Joe Rankin-Costello
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Andrews, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Ken Sema, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Edo Kayembe, Ismaël Koné, Yáser Asprilla, Vakoun Bayo, Matheus Martins
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Joe Rankin-Costello, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Callum Brittain, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Ryan Hedges, Sammie Szmodics, Tyrhys Dolan, Harry Leonard