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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford
  • 63'Yellow card · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · Ryan AndrewsWatford
  • 69'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 72'Goal · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Joe Rankin-CostelloBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 4, draws 3, Blackburn Rovers 3.

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