Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 18 April 2007

Result

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Watford

Premier League · Wednesday 18 April 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Watford: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Watford 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 18 April 2007. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Christopher Samba opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Christopher Samba (7'), Jason Roberts (10') and Benni McCarthy (32'). Watford scored through Douglas Rinaldi (21').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 40 points from 32 and Watford 20th on 23 points from 33. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Watford 20th with 28.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 1 for Watford.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Christopher SambaBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Jason RobertsBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · Douglas RinaldiWatford · 2-1
  • 32'Goal · Benni McCarthyBlackburn Rovers · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 0, draws 0, Watford 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Aaron Mokoena, Christopher Samba, Stephen Warnock, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy, David Dunn

Watford line-up

Ben Foster, Jordan Stewart, Clarke Carlisle, Jay DeMerit, Adrian Mariappa, Damien Francis, Gavin Mahon, Douglas Rinaldi, Hameur Bouazza, Tamás Priskin, Tommy Smith