Watford 3-3 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 25 March 2014

Result

Watford 3-3 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Tuesday 25 March 2014, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Watford · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Watford 3-3 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Watford drew with Blackburn Rovers 3-3 in the Championship on Tuesday 25 March 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Marco Cassetti opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Watford's goals came from Marco Cassetti (4'), Troy Deeney (71', penalty) and Cristian Battocchio (88'). Blackburn Rovers scored through David Dunn (27'), Craig Conway (64') and Rudy Gestede (90+3').

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 12th on 48 points from 36 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 50 points from 36. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Blackburn Rovers 8th with 70.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Marco CassettiWatford · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · David DunnBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Craig ConwayBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 71'Penalty goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Gabriele AngellaWatford
  • 78'Yellow card · Corry EvansBlackburn Rovers
  • 85'Yellow card · Todd KaneBlackburn Rovers
  • 88'Goal · Cristian BattocchioWatford · 3-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Matthew KilgallonBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+3'Goal · Rudy GestedeBlackburn Rovers · 3-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Watford 2, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 3.

Team news

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

Almunia, Lloyd Doyley, Daniel Pudil, Joel Ekstrand, Gabriele Angella, Ikechi Anya, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Fernando Forestieri

Blackburn Rovers expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

J. Kean, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Jason Lowe, Tommy Spurr, Todd Kane, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes, Joshua King, Leon Best