Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2023

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Watford: match report

Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Adam Wharton opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Adam Wharton (3'). Watford scored through Mileta Rajovic (83') and Rhys Healey (87').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 12th on 31 points from 22 and Watford 10th on 31 points from 22. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Watford 15th with 56.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Wharton of Blackburn Rovers (8.5), ahead of Mileta Rajović (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Adam WhartonBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Jake GarrettBlackburn Rovers
  • 65'Yellow card · Wesley HoedtWatford
  • 81'Yellow card · Mileta RajovicWatford
  • 83'Goal · Mileta RajovicWatford · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Rhys HealeyWatford · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Ryan AndrewsWatford
  • 89'Yellow card · Andrew MoranBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Leopold Wahlstedt, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Scott Wharton, Lewis Travis, Adam Wharton, Sondre Tronstad, A. Moran, Jake Garrett, Arnór Sigurdsson, Niall Ennis

Watford line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ben Hamer, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Jake Livermore, Matheus Martins, Edo Kayembe, Ismaël Koné, Ken Sema, Vakoun Bayo