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

Sat 26th Oct, 12:30 BST, Vicarage Road (Watford), Watford

John Eustace pays counterpart Tom Cleverley a visit on Saturday lunch time in the Championship, as their Blackburn Rovers and Watford charges face each other at the Vicarage Road (Watford). This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that updates as you go between markets. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall performance can be viewed, while you'll also find head-to-head history a little further down the page.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 57%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Blackburn 20%	-	-
Watford 1-0 12%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
Watford 2-0 11%	-	-
Watford 2-1 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Blackburn 1-0 6%	-	-
Watford 3-0 6%	-	-
Watford 3-1 6%	-	-
Blackburn 2-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Blackburn 2-0 3%	-	-
Watford 4-0 3%	-	-
Watford 3-2 3%	-	-
Watford 4-1 2%	-	-
Blackburn 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	-	-
BTTS - No 51%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 24%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 9%	-	-
Home/draw 80%	-	-
Away/draw 43%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 73%	-	-
Away DNB 36%	-	-
Watford win to nil 33%	-	-
Blackburn win to nil 11%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Championship league table. Watford are unbeaten at home after 5 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 7 games against teams below in the table, having won 4, drawn 1 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. They have been outscored by their opponents by 15 goals to 14 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 5 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 10 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 4 goals at home.

Blackburn are in 8th position in the Championship on 15 points having played 9 matches so far this season. Blackburn are unbeaten in 2 games against teams above them in the league and kept zero clean sheets out of 2 games. Blackburn are winless in the 2 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game. Blackburn are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 2 of those games.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 2 and won zero. Blackburn have conceded 3 goals, scored 3, scored in every game and have kept no clean sheets.

Watford

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Blackburn

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
w 2-1F	Feb 8	Sunderland	9	6	1	2	10	19	Dec 26	Apr 21
Feb 11	Oct 22	Leeds	10	5	4	1	10	19	Nov 30	Jan 1
Jan 4	l 1-0A	Sheff Utd	10	6	3	1	7	19	Nov 2	May 3
Apr 18	Dec 21	Burnley	9	5	3	1	10	18	Jan 4	d 1-1A
Dec 15	Apr 12	West Brom	9	5	2	2	6	17	Oct 23	Feb 12
-	-	Watford Home	9	5	1	3	0	16	Apr 26	Oct 26
Feb 1	l 4-1A	Norwich	9	4	3	2	6	15	Mar 1	d 2-2F
Oct 26	Apr 26	Blackburn Away	9	4	3	2	4	15	-	-
w 2-1A	Feb 15	M'Boro	9	4	2	3	3	14	Apr 5	Nov 27
Nov 8	Mar 15	Oxford Utd	9	3	3	3	2	12	w 2-1A	Jan 18
Mar 12	Nov 5	Swansea	9	3	3	3	2	12	Oct 19	Feb 22
w 2-1A	Jan 18	Derby	9	4	0	5	0	12	w 4-2F	Mar 8
Apr 8	Dec 11	Hull	9	3	3	3	-1	12	Dec 29	Dec 7
Mar 29	Nov 22	Plymouth	9	3	2	4	-3	11	Feb 15	l 2-1A
May 3	Nov 2	Sheff Wed	9	3	2	4	-4	11	Apr 8	Dec 10
Nov 26	Apr 5	Bristol C	9	2	5	2	-4	11	w 3-0F	Jan 25
w 3-0F	Mar 1	Stoke	9	3	1	5	-2	10	Nov 6	Mar 11
Mar 8	w 2-3F	Millwall	9	2	3	4	1	9	Apr 18	Dec 21
Jan 21	l 3-0A	Preston	9	2	3	4	-5	9	Feb 1	d 0-00-0
d 1-1A	Jan 25	Coventry	9	2	2	5	-3	8	Jan 21	l 3-0A
Feb 22	Oct 19	Luton	9	2	2	5	-7	8	Dec 14	Apr 12
Nov 30	Jan 1	QPR	9	1	4	4	-7	7	w 2-0F	Feb 8
Dec 26	Apr 21	Portsmouth	9	0	5	4	-11	5	Nov 23	Mar 29
Dec 29	Dec 7	Cardiff	9	1	2	6	-14	5	Mar 15	Nov 9

Win / draw / win form

Watford have not lost in 9 consecutive home league games

Blackburn have not won in 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
Watford	2 - 1	Derby
Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland
Watford	0 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Watford	2 - 2	Leeds
Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Huddersfield
Watford	1 - 2	Leicester
Watford	0 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	1 - 1	Stoke
Watford	1 - 4	Bristol C
Watford	1 - 2	Ipswich
Watford	1 - 1	Southampton
Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
Watford	5 - 0	Rotherham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Watford	0 - 3	Preston
H	Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
A	Watford	1 - 4	Norwich
H	Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Watford	2 - 1	Derby
H	Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	3 - 2	Millwall
A	Watford	1 - 3	M'Boro
H	Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland
H	Watford	0 - 0	Hull
A	Watford	2 - 3	Southampton
A	Watford	0 - 0	Ipswich
H	Watford	0 - 0	Preston
A	Watford	2 - 2	West Brom
H	Watford	2 - 2	Leeds
A	Watford	1 - 0	Birmingham
H	Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Watford	1 - 1	Swansea

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Plymouth	2 - 1	Blackburn
Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
Burnley	1 - 1	Blackburn
Norwich	2 - 2	Blackburn
Leicester	0 - 2	Blackburn
Leeds	0 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	5 - 0	Blackburn
Sunderland	1 - 5	Blackburn
M'Boro	0 - 0	Blackburn
Swansea	2 - 1	Blackburn
Cardiff	0 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	2 - 2	Blackburn
Birmingham	1 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	4 - 1	Blackburn
Hull	3 - 2	Blackburn
Huddersfield	3 - 0	Blackburn
Southampton	4 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Wed	3 - 1	Blackburn
Stoke	0 - 3	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	QPR
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Preston
H	Blackburn	3 - 0	Bristol C
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Burnley
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Blackburn	2 - 2	Norwich
H	Blackburn	4 - 2	Derby
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	Leicester
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	Coventry
H	Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Wed
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Leeds
A	Blackburn	0 - 5	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	0 - 0	Southampton
A	Blackburn	5 - 1	Sunderland
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Ipswich
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Millwall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

WAT

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	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

Blackburn

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

0 / 8

WAT

BLB

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

Goal Statistics

	Watford 6th	Blackburn 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+2 Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-13 Blackburn have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

WAT

BLB

10%

better

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Games scored	7		7
Failed to score	2		2
Scored first	3		4
Goals scored	14		15
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.7
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	6		4
Conversion rate for	16		22
Avg. XG for	1.5		0.9
KickOff rating		+10%

WAT

BLB

26%

better

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Games conceded	8		6
Clean sheets	1		3
Conceded first	6		4
Goals conceded	14		11
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.1
KickOff rating		+26%

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Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	4	2	3
M Pollock	E Kayembe	M Pollock	R Porteous

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	9		2	1 -
M Sissoko MID	9	1		1 -
G Chakvetadze MID	9	1	2	2 -
V Bayo FWD	9	1		1 -
Y Larouci DEF	8		1	-
R Andrews DEF	8	2	1	-
E Kayembe MID	8	4		-
T Dele-Bashiru MID	8	2		-
K Sema FWD	8		1	-
J Morris DEF	7			-
D Bachmann GLK	6			-
R Porteous DEF	6			3 -
F Carvallo DEF	6			3 -
K Baah FWD	6	1		1 -
D Jebbison FWD	5			2 -
T Ince FWD	5			-
J Bond GLK	4			-
F Ebosele DEF	3	1		1 -
A Ogbonna DEF	3			-
R Vata FWD	3			-
M Rajovic FWD	3	1		2 -
J Ngakia DEF	2			-
I Louza MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	6	2	6
E Kayembe	V Bayo	M Pollock	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Kayembe MID	4	6		1
R Andrews DEF	2	6	1	3
T Dele-Bashiru MID	2	2		2
G Chakvetadze MID	1	3	2	6
V Bayo FWD	1	6		4
M Rajovic FWD	1	1
M Sissoko MID	1	4		3
F Ebosele DEF	1	1		5
K Baah FWD	1	4
M Pollock DEF		3	2	3
J Ngakia DEF		1
R Vata FWD				1
R Porteous DEF				1
D Jebbison FWD		1		1
J Morris DEF				1
K Sema FWD			1	2
Y Larouci DEF		2	1	5
I Louza MID				3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
611	15	66
M Pollock	R Porteous	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	611	13	66
T Dele-Bashiru MID	396	9	36
M Sissoko MID	389	12	37
J Morris DEF	351	13	20
G Chakvetadze MID	319	8	40
F Carvallo DEF	300	3	22
R Andrews DEF	228	8	26
R Porteous DEF	197	15	28
E Kayembe MID	176	6	23
Y Larouci DEF	136	3	11
A Ogbonna DEF	134	3	5
D Bachmann GLK	122		5
K Sema FWD	116	13	31
J Bond GLK	108		2
V Bayo FWD	91	3	20
I Louza MID	69	2	4
F Ebosele DEF	44	8	14
T Ince FWD	35	3	5
K Baah FWD	30	4	16
J Ngakia DEF	30	11	13
R Vata FWD	21	3	5
D Jebbison FWD	18	1	6
M Rajovic FWD	5		1

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	4	3	4
A Pears	Y Ohashi	M Gueye	H Carter

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Pears GLK	9			1 -
H Carter DEF	9		1	4 -
D Hyam DEF	9		1	2 -
S Tronstad MID	9			2 -
L Travis MID	9	2		4 -
A Weimann FWD	9	2		1 -
Y Ohashi FWD	9	4		-
T Dolan FWD	9	1	2	4 -
R Hedges FWD	9	1	1	2 -
M Gueye FWD	8		3	1 -
D Batth DEF	7	1		-
H Pickering DEF	7			-
T Cantwell MID	5		1	2 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	5	2		1 -
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	5			-
C Brittain DEF	4		2	1 -
L Baker MID	4			-
J Buckley MID	4			1 -
O Beck DEF	3			1
A Sigurdsson FWD	3	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	6	3	6
Y Ohashi	Y Ohashi	M Gueye	R Hedges

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Y Ohashi FWD	4	6
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	5
L Travis MID	2	2		3
A Weimann FWD	2	5		1
A Sigurdsson FWD	1	1
R Hedges FWD	1	5	1	6
D Batth DEF	1	2
T Dolan FWD	1	4	2	5
S Tronstad MID		1		4
M Gueye FWD		3	3	2
H Carter DEF		1	1	2
H Pickering DEF				1
T Cantwell MID			1	4
D Hyam DEF			1	2
A Cozier-Duberry FWD		2		1
C Brittain DEF			2	2
L Baker MID		1		2
J Buckley MID				2
O Beck DEF				2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
579	25	47
D Hyam	L Travis	H Carter

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	579	7	46
H Carter DEF	433	14	47
L Travis MID	400	25	47
S Tronstad MID	390	14	29
D Batth DEF	286	5	27
A Pears GLK	258		3
H Pickering DEF	242	8	22
R Hedges FWD	236	21	45
T Dolan FWD	213	14	37
C Brittain DEF	133	4	12
T Cantwell MID	107	3	9
Y Ohashi FWD	101	10	32
A Weimann FWD	94	1	7
M Gueye FWD	78	2	32
O Beck DEF	76	12	22
J Rankin-Costello MID	72	3	10
J Buckley MID	69		1
L Baker MID	48	3	6
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	40	2	7
A Sigurdsson FWD	13		4

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Watford have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Championship league table. Watford are unbeaten at home after 5 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

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