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Blackburn Rovers v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 26th Apr, 15:00 BST, Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire),

The Championship is the focus for both Blackburn Rovers and Watford on Saturday afternoon, as managers Ryan Lowe and Tom Cleverley battle it out at the Ewood Park (Blackburn, Lancashire). We have custom-designed statistics for every major market, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 41%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Watford 31%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Blackburn 1-0 12%	-	-
Watford 1-0 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 9%	-	-
Blackburn 2-1 8%	-	-
Blackburn 2-0 8%	-	-
Watford 2-1 7%	-	-
Watford 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Blackburn 3-1 4%	-	-
Blackburn 3-0 3%	-	-
Watford 3-1 3%	-	-
Watford 3-0 2%	-	-
Blackburn 3-2 2%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	-	-
BTTS - No 52%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 17%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 69%	-	-
Away/draw 59%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Home DNB 61%	-	-
Away DNB 50%	-	-
Blackburn win to nil 25%	-	-
Watford win to nil 18%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 4 and lost 11 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 8 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 50 goals to 45 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 21 games at home winning 10, drawing 4 and losing 7 games. They have scored 28 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 21 goals at home.

Watford are in 11th position in the Championship on 56 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

12 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 36 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 25 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 2 and won 7. Watford have conceded 27 goals, scored 22, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Blackburn Watford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	42	25	13	4	53	88	w 1-0F	d 1-1A	l 0-4A	l 2-1A
2	Burnley	42	24	16	2	44	88	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	Apr 18	l 2-1A
3	Sheff Utd	42	26	7	9	24	83	l 0-2A	May 3	l 1-2A	l 1-0A
4	Sunderland	42	21	13	8	19	76	d 2-2F	Apr 21	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
5	Bristol C	42	16	16	10	9	64	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	l 2-1A
6	Coventry	41	18	8	15	5	62	l 0-2A	l 3-0A	d 1-1A	l 2-1A
7	West Brom	42	14	18	10	12	60	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	l 2-1A
8	M'Boro	42	17	9	16	10	60	l 0-2A	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
9	Millwall	42	16	12	14	0	60	Apr 18	l 1-0A	l 1-2F	w 2-3F
10	Blackburn Home	42	16	8	18	0	56	-	-	w 1-0F	Apr 26
11	Watford Away	42	16	8	18	-5	56	Apr 26	l 1-0A	-	-
12	Swansea	42	15	9	18	-6	54	w 1-0F	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
13	Norwich	42	13	14	15	5	53	d 1-1F	d 2-2F	l 0-1A	l 4-1A
14	Sheff Wed	42	14	11	17	-8	53	d 2-2A	w 0-1F	May 3	w 2-6F
15	QPR	42	12	14	16	-6	50	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 3-1A
16	Preston	42	10	19	13	-8	49	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0	l 1-2A	l 3-0A
17	Oxford Utd	42	12	12	18	-17	48	w 2-1A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
18	Stoke	42	11	14	17	-11	47	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
19	Portsmouth	42	12	10	20	-16	46	w 3-0F	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Apr 21
20	Hull	41	11	11	19	-9	44	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
21	Derby	42	11	10	21	-10	43	w 4-2F	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	w 0-2F
22	Cardiff	42	9	15	18	-21	42	l 1-2A	w 1-3F	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
23	Luton	42	10	10	22	-26	40	w 2-0F	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	l 3-0A
24	Plymouth	42	9	13	20	-38	40	w 2-0F	l 2-1A	d 0-00-0	d 2-2F

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	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 2	M'Boro
Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
Blackburn	2 - 0	Plymouth
Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
Blackburn	3 - 0	Portsmouth
Blackburn	0 - 1	Burnley
Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
Blackburn	2 - 2	Sunderland
Blackburn	2 - 0	Luton
Blackburn	1 - 0	Leeds
Blackburn	0 - 2	Stoke
Blackburn	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	0 - 0	West Brom
Blackburn	1 - 0	Swansea
Blackburn	2 - 0	QPR
Blackburn	3 - 0	Bristol C
Blackburn	2 - 1	Oxford Utd

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Luton
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	M'Boro
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Stoke
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Swansea
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Plymouth
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	3 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Burnley
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Leeds
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
West Brom	2 - 1	Watford
Bristol C	2 - 1	Watford
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
M'Boro	0 - 1	Watford
Sunderland	2 - 2	Watford
Coventry	2 - 1	Watford
Derby	0 - 2	Watford
Cardiff	1 - 1	Watford
QPR	3 - 1	Watford
Burnley	2 - 1	Watford
Hull	1 - 1	Watford
Plymouth	2 - 2	Watford
Swansea	1 - 0	Watford
Sheff Wed	2 - 6	Watford
Leeds	2 - 1	Watford
Luton	3 - 0	Watford
Preston	3 - 0	Watford
Norwich	4 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Watford	1 - 0	Hull
A	Watford	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Watford	0 - 0	Plymouth
A	Watford	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Watford	1 - 0	Swansea
H	Watford	1 - 2	Millwall
A	Watford	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Watford	2 - 0	Luton
A	Watford	1 - 0	M'Boro
H	Watford	0 - 4	Leeds
A	Watford	2 - 2	Sunderland
H	Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
A	Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Watford	1 - 2	Preston
A	Watford	2 - 0	Derby
A	Watford	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Watford	1 - 3	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

0 / 8

BLB

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
	1 - 2	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 0
	2 - 3	Watford
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Blackburn	1 - 0
Blackburn	1 - 0
Blackburn	3 - 1
	3 - 4	Watford

Watford

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

2 / 9

BLB

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Blackburn
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Watford	3 - 1
Watford	1 - 0
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Watford	4 - 0
Watford	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Blackburn

Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Watford of late. It has been 7 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Blackburn Rovers.

	Blackburn 10th	Watford 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-19 Blackburn have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted	-7 Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

BLB

WAT

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Games scored	26		31
Failed to score	15		10
Scored first	16		15
Goals scored	44		49
Avg. goals scored	1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	7		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.3
KickOff rating		+8%

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BLB

WAT

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Games conceded	28		29
Clean sheets	13		12
Conceded first	23		23
Goals conceded	45		53
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+8%

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Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
41	7	6	11
D Hyam	Y Ohashi	M Gueye	M Gueye

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Hyam DEF	41	1	2	7 -
A Pears GLK	40			4 -
M Gueye FWD	40	6	6	10 1
T Dolan MID	39	5	6	11 -
R Hedges MID	37	1	1	3 -
T Cantwell MID	33	2	5	6 -
S Tronstad MID	33			4 -
L Travis MID	33	2	1	10 -
D Batth DEF	32	2		5 -
Y Ohashi FWD	31	7	1	4 -
A Weimann FWD	30	7	2	3 -
C Brittain DEF	29	1	3	5 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	29	2	2	4 -
O Beck DEF	24	1		4 1
A Cozier-Duberry MID	22	1		-
J Buckley MID	22			6 -
H Carter DEF	16		1	5 -
H Pickering DEF	14		1	1 -
A Forshaw MID	11	1		-
Y Ribeiro DEF	10		1	-
D Sanderson DEF	9			1 -
H Leonard FWD	9	1		-
C Woodrow FWD	6			-
A Kargbo FWD	6		1	-
E Dennis FWD	4		1	1 1
I. Tyjon FWD	2			-
B Tóth GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	6	32
Y Ohashi	M Gueye	M Gueye	T Cantwell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Weimann FWD	7	20	2	12
Y Ohashi FWD	7	17	1	5
M Gueye FWD	6	21	6	7
T Dolan MID	5	17	6	19
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	8	2	7
T Cantwell MID	2	9	5	32
L Travis MID	2	4	1	10
D Batth DEF	2	6		4
D Hyam DEF	1	2	2	5
H Leonard FWD	1	4		2
A Forshaw MID	1	1		2
A Cozier-Duberry MID	1	5		4
O Beck DEF	1	2		16
R Hedges MID	1	11	1	20
C Brittain DEF	1	2	3	19
J Buckley MID		2		6
H Carter DEF		1	1	3
H Pickering DEF		1	1	3
S Tronstad MID		3		9
Y Ribeiro DEF			1	2
D Sanderson DEF				1
C Woodrow FWD		1
A Kargbo FWD			1
E Dennis FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2202	86	226
D Hyam	L Travis	M Gueye

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	2202	44	217
L Travis MID	1442	86	164
D Batth DEF	1382	29	167
S Tronstad MID	1373	80	147
A Pears GLK	1139	1	16
T Cantwell MID	1032	49	151
C Brittain DEF	1026	50	126
T Dolan MID	801	53	160
H Carter DEF	765	23	79
R Hedges MID	705	64	151
O Beck DEF	660	61	107
J Buckley MID	544	30	61
Y Ribeiro DEF	489	20	54
M Gueye FWD	483	22	226
H Pickering DEF	435	15	44
J Rankin-Costello MID	431	28	72
Y Ohashi FWD	383	26	97
A Weimann FWD	342	8	29
D Sanderson DEF	287	2	20
A Forshaw MID	266	11	26
A Cozier-Duberry MID	226	15	42
E Dennis FWD	53	1	15
C Woodrow FWD	49		5
H Leonard FWD	36	1	15
A Kargbo FWD	28	5	12
B Tóth GLK	21		1
I. Tyjon FWD	1		1

Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	10	6	9
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	F Carvallo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	39	1	4	6 -
E Kayembe MID	39	8	1	7 -
G Chakvetadze MID	39	2	6	7 -
Y Larouci DEF	38		2	2 -
M Sissoko MID	36	3	1	4 -
V Bayo FWD	36	10		4 1
R Andrews DEF	34	3	2	3 -
F Carvallo DEF	28			9 -
T Ince FWD	28	1	1	-
I Louza MID	27	2	2	8 -
R Vata FWD	27	3	3	-
K Baah FWD	27	4	3	5 2
J Ngakia DEF	23	1		6 -
D Bachmann GLK	22			1 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	22	4		-
J Morris DEF	16			2 -
J Abankwah DEF	13			2 1
M. Doumbia FWD	13	1		1 -
E Selvik GLK	10			2 -
J Bond GLK	9			-
A Ogbonna DEF	6			-
C Wiley DEF	4			-
K Keben DEF	4			-
P Dwomoh MID	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	24	6	38
V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	10	22		9
E Kayembe MID	8	12	1	10
K Baah FWD	4	12	3	9
T Dele-Bashiru MID	4	7		3
M Sissoko MID	3	8	1	9
R Andrews DEF	3	9	2	10
R Vata FWD	3	8	3	9
G Chakvetadze MID	2	24	6	38
I Louza MID	2	12	2	17
M Pollock DEF	1	6	4	10
M. Doumbia FWD	1	2		1
J Ngakia DEF	1	3		5
T Ince FWD	1	5	1	8
F Carvallo DEF		3		4
J Morris DEF				2
J Abankwah DEF		1		3
Y Larouci DEF		3	2	22
P Dwomoh MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2429	77	249
M Pollock	J Ngakia	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	2429	41	249
I Louza MID	1669	50	112
G Chakvetadze MID	1346	41	164
E Kayembe MID	1117	33	103
F Carvallo DEF	1107	30	113
M Sissoko MID	967	43	122
T Dele-Bashiru MID	943	19	76
Y Larouci DEF	904	30	100
R Andrews DEF	723	33	85
J Abankwah DEF	686	20	65
J Morris DEF	653	22	33
D Bachmann GLK	587		14
J Ngakia DEF	566	77	116
V Bayo FWD	370	19	109
E Selvik GLK	357		3
T Ince FWD	354	13	37
R Vata FWD	258	21	62
J Bond GLK	238		5
A Ogbonna DEF	225	6	14
K Baah FWD	220	17	94
C Wiley DEF	122	6	13
M. Doumbia FWD	86	4	35
K Keben DEF	86	4	8
P Dwomoh MID	86	5	14

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Blackburn Rovers v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Blackburn have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 10th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Watford are in 11th position in the Championship on 56 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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