Watford 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 October 2024

Result

Watford 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 26 October 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Watford beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 26 October 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Edo Kayembe of Watford in the 71st minute.

Discipline: Watford received 5 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 9th on 16 points from 11 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 19 points from 11. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edo Kayembe of Watford (7.9), ahead of Ryan Porteous (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Francisco SierraltaWatford
  • 49'Yellow card · Giorgi ChakvetadzeWatford
  • 51'Yellow card · Edo KayembeWatford
  • 55'Yellow card · Kwadwo BaahWatford
  • 68'Yellow card · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · Danny BatthBlackburn Rovers
  • 71'Goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 1-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Festy EboseleWatford
  • 90'Yellow card · Callum BrittainBlackburn Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Dominic HyamBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Watford line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Bachmann, Mattie Pollock, Francisco Sierralta, Ryan Porteous, Festy Ebosele, Tom Ince, Moussa Sissoko, Edo Kayembe, Yasser Larouci, Kwadwo Baah, Giorgi Chakvetadze

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

Aynsley Pears, Callum Brittain, Danny Batth, Dominic Hyam, Owen Beck, Lewis Travis, Sondre Tronstad, Ryan Hedges, Andreas Weimann, Todd Cantwell, Makhtar Gueye