Watford 1-2 Blackpool: result and report
Championship · Saturday 9 March 2013
Result
Watford 1-2 Blackpool
Championship · Saturday 9 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 1-2 Blackpool: match report
Watford were beaten by Blackpool 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 9 March 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Cristian Battocchio opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Watford's goal came from Cristian Battocchio (27'). Blackpool scored through Tom Ince (76') and Gary MacKenzie (88').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Blackpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 64 points from 36 and Blackpool 13th on 44 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Blackpool 13th with 60.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 5 draws and 3 for Blackpool.
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Blackpool's D-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Cristian Battocchio
- 35'Yellow card · F. Forestieri
- 76'Goal · Tom Ince
- 88'Goal · Gary MacKenzie
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)
Almunia, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, Marco Cassetti, Tommie Hoban, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra
Blackpool expected line-up
Alex Baptiste, Stephen Crainey, Neal Eardley, Matt Phillips, Isaiah Osbourne, Tom Ince, Matthew Gilks, Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Ian Ross Evatt