Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Watford: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 24 February 2021
Result
Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Watford
Championship · Wednesday 24 February 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Blackburn Rovers 2-3 Watford: match report
Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Watford 2-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 24 February 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.
João Pedro opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from H. Elliott (43') and B. Brereton (82'). Watford scored through João Pedro (25'), Ismaïla Sarr (38') and Ken Sema (61').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Watford received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 13th on 39 points from 30 and Watford 4th on 57 points from 31. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.
Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Watford (8.4), ahead of Harvey Elliott (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Watford.
Key events
- 25'Goal · João Pedro
- 34'Yellow card · Joe Rothwell
- 38'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 43'Goal · H. Elliott
- 61'Goal · Ken Sema
- 82'Goal · B. Brereton
Head-to-head
Team news
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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jarrad Branthwaite, B. Douglas, Josef Dvornik, Lewis Travis, Joe Rothwell, Harvey Elliott, Adam Armstrong, Bradley Dack
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, William Troost-Ekong, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Tom Cleverley, Will Hughes, Dan Gosling, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema