Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 September 2025

Result

Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 13 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Watford were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 September 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ryoya Morishita of Blackburn Rovers in the 47th minute.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 15th on 5 points from 4 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 3 points from 4. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.

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 Scott Wharton of Blackburn Rovers (7.8), ahead of Yuki Ohashi (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 2 draws and 3 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Goal · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Todd CantwellBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Mattie PollockWatford
  • 88'Yellow card · Ryan HedgesBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Watford line-up (3-5-2)

Egil Selvik, Kévin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Jérémy Petris, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Moussa Sissoko, Hector Kyprianou, Rocco Vata, Kwadwo Baah, Luca Kjerrumgaard, Mamadou Doumbia

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

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Sidnei Tavares, Ryoya Morishita, Todd Cantwell, Ryan Hedges, Yuki Ohashi