Watford 7-2 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 January 2015

Result

Watford 7-2 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 24 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Watford · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Watford 7-2 Blackpool: match report

Watford won against Blackpool 7-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 January 2015. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Andrea Orlandi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Watford's goals came from Odion Ighalo (47'), Troy Deeney (53'), Odion Ighalo (54'), M. Vydra (59'), Gabriele Angella (66'), Odion Ighalo (73') and Odion Ighalo (81'). Blackpool scored through Andrea Orlandi (8') and Steven Davies (42').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Blackpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 7th on 44 points from 26 and Blackpool 24th on 17 points from 26. Watford went on to finish that season 3rd with 89 points, and Blackpool 24th with 26.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 3 draws and 4 for Blackpool.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Andrea OrlandiBlackpool · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Steven DaviesBlackpool
  • 42'Goal · Steven DaviesBlackpool · 0-2
  • 47'Goal · Odion IghaloWatford · 1-2
  • 53'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-2
  • 54'Goal · Odion IghaloWatford · 3-2
  • 59'Goal · M. VydraWatford · 4-2
  • 66'Goal · Gabriele AngellaWatford · 5-2
  • 73'Goal · Odion IghaloWatford · 6-2
  • 81'Goal · Odion IghaloWatford · 7-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 3, draws 3, Blackpool 4.

Team news

Unavailable

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Joel Ekstrand, Lloyd Doyley, J. Paredes, Ikechi Anya, Dániel Tőzsér, Sean Murray, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra

Blackpool expected line-up (4-4-2)

Tony McMahon, Chris Basham, Donervon Daniels, David Perkins, Isaiah Osbourne, Neal Bishop, John Lundstram, Stephen Dobbie, Nathan Delfouneso, Ishmael Miller, Matthew Gilks