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

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Ryan Lowe's Blackburn Rovers side are on home soil in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, as Tom Cleverley's Watford arrive at the Ewood Park. Form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for under 3.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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The last English Championship meeting between Blackburn and Watford was on Saturday 26th April 2025
English Championship
April 26th 2025
Blackburn 2
1 Watford
 
T. Cantwell 59'47' M. Pollock
T. Dolan 74'
 
BLB
WAT
Shots On
4
2
Shots Off
5
4
Corners
4
6
Possession
55%
45%
Fouls
12
14
Yellow/red cards
5/0
5/0
 
BlackburnWatford
 
B. Tóth
C. Brittain
Y. Oliveira Ribeiro
D. Hyam
D. Batth
L. Travis
R. Hedges (D. Sanderson 78')
T. Dolanfootball icon (A. Kargbo 86')
T. Cantwellfootball icon (A. Forshaw 78')
S. Tronstad
Y. Ohashi (E. Dennis 86')
E. Selvik
(R. Andrews 82') J. Ngakia
(F. Sierralta Carvallo 55') J. Morris
C. Wiley
(Z. Massiah-Edwards 82') J. Abankwah
football iconM. Pollock
(P. Dwomoh 71') I. Louza
E. Kayembe
A. Dele-Bashiru
(V. Bayo 82') M. Doumbia
R. Vata

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 48% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Blackburn
48%
3/5
8%
-
Draw
26%
14/5
6%
-
Watford
26%
9/2
16%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2
7%
-
Blackburn 1-0
12%
6/1-
Blackburn 2-1
9%
15/2-
Blackburn 2-0
9%
13/2
6%
-
Watford 1-0
8%
14/1
15%
-
Draw 0-0
8%
9/1-
Watford 2-1
6%
16/1
13%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
16/1-
Blackburn 3-0
5%
11/1
8%
-
Blackburn 3-1
5%
12/1
13%
-
Watford 2-0
4%
28/1
26%
-
Blackburn 3-2
2%
25/1-
Watford 3-1
2%
40/1-
Blackburn 4-1
2%
25/1
10%
-
Blackburn 4-0
2%
22/1
12%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
10/11
5%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
10/11
6%
-
Home 1st Goal
52%
2/5
7%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
11/5
7%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
49%
5/6-
BTTS - No
51%
5/6-
BTTS - Home Win
20%
13/5
4%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
11%
10/1
16%
-
Home/draw
74%
1/7
3%
-
Away/draw
52%
13/10
10%
-
Home/away
74%
1/4
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
2/7
1%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
11/4
7%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
12/5-
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
1/3-
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
5/1
8%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/8
1%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
12/1
13%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/25
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/16-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
9/1-
Home DNB
67%
2/9
5%
-
Away DNB
44%
3/1
14%
-
Blackburn win to nil
28%
13/8
5%
-
Watford win to nil
14%
9/1
25%
-
Blackburn / Blackburn
33%
6/4
9%
-
Blackburn / Watford
2%
40/1-
Blackburn / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Blackburn
19%
10/3
4%
-
Draw / Watford
8%
10/1
16%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1
9%
-
Watford / Blackburn
4%
20/1
9%
-
Watford / Watford
9%
17/2
19%
-
Watford / Draw
5%
16/1
13%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 44 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 29 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 5 and lost 11 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 9 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 51 goals to 50 goals.

Home League Performance

Blackburn have played 22 games at home winning 11, drawing 4 and losing 7 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and conceded 22 goals at home.

Watford are in 12th position in the Championship on 56 points having played 44 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

13 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 37 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 25 goals in total and failed to score in 7 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 2 and won 8. Watford have conceded 30 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Blackburn
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds462913465100 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-1A
2
Burnley462816253100 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
3
Sheff Utd46288102790 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
4
Sunderland462113121476 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
5
Coventry4620917669 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
6
Bristol C46171712468 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
7
Blackburn Home4619918566 
-
-
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
8
Millwall46181216-266 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
9
West Brom461519121064 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
10
M'Boro46181018864 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
11
Swansea46171019-561 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
12
Sheff Wed46151318-958 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-6F
13
Norwich46141517357 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
14
Watford Away4616921-857 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
-
-
15
QPR46141418-1056 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
16
Portsmouth46141220-1354 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
17
Oxford Utd46131419-1653 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
18
Stoke46121519-1751 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
19
Derby46131122-850 
w
 
4-2F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
20
Preston46102016-1150 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
21
Hull46121321-1049 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
22
Luton46131023-2449 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
23
Plymouth46111322-3746 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
24
Cardiff4691720-2544 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-3F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Blackburn 7TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn4 - 1Millwall
Blackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
Blackburn0 - 2M'Boro
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 1Norwich
Blackburn2 - 0Plymouth
Blackburn2 - 1Preston
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Blackburn0 - 1Burnley
Blackburn0 - 1Hull
Blackburn2 - 2Sunderland
Blackburn2 - 0Luton
Blackburn1 - 0Leeds
Blackburn0 - 2Stoke
Blackburn0 - 2Sheff Utd
Blackburn0 - 0West Brom
Blackburn1 - 0Swansea
Blackburn2 - 0QPR
Blackburn3 - 0Bristol C
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
2
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABlackburn1 - 0Sunderland
HBlackburn4 - 1Millwall
ABlackburn1 - 0Luton
HBlackburn2 - 2Sheff Wed
HBlackburn0 - 2M'Boro
ABlackburn0 - 1Portsmouth
HBlackburn1 - 2Cardiff
ABlackburn0 - 1Stoke
ABlackburn1 - 2Derby
HBlackburn1 - 1Norwich
ABlackburn0 - 3Swansea
HBlackburn2 - 0Plymouth
ABlackburn2 - 0West Brom
ABlackburn1 - 2QPR
HBlackburn2 - 1Preston
ABlackburn1 - 2Bristol C
HBlackburn0 - 2Coventry
ABlackburn0 - 1Oxford Utd
HBlackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
HBlackburn0 - 1Burnley
Watford 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth1 - 0Watford
West Brom2 - 1Watford
Bristol C2 - 1Watford
Oxford Utd1 - 0Watford
Stoke0 - 0Watford
M'Boro0 - 1Watford
Sunderland2 - 2Watford
Coventry2 - 1Watford
Derby0 - 2Watford
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
QPR3 - 1Watford
Burnley2 - 1Watford
Hull1 - 1Watford
Plymouth2 - 2Watford
Swansea1 - 0Watford
Sheff Wed2 - 6Watford
Leeds2 - 1Watford
Luton3 - 0Watford
Preston3 - 0Watford
Norwich4 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWatford0 - 1Portsmouth
HWatford1 - 2Burnley
AWatford1 - 2West Brom
HWatford1 - 0Hull
AWatford1 - 2Bristol C
HWatford0 - 0Plymouth
AWatford0 - 1Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 0Swansea
HWatford1 - 2Millwall
AWatford0 - 0Stoke
HWatford2 - 0Luton
AWatford1 - 0M'Boro
HWatford0 - 4Leeds
AWatford2 - 2Sunderland
HWatford0 - 1Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 2Preston
AWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford1 - 1Cardiff
HWatford1 - 2Sheff Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Blackburn since 2000
Blackburn
Watford
Goals: Scored
15
12
Games: Scored
8 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
0 / 8
BLB
4
D
1
WAT
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
1 - 2Watford
Blackburn2 - 0
2 - 3Watford
Draw2 - 2Draw
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn1 - 0
Blackburn3 - 1
3 - 4Watford
League games at Watford since 2001
Watford
Blackburn
Goals: Scored
15
8
Games: Scored
7 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
2 / 9
BLB
2
D
2
WAT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford1 - 0
0 - 1Blackburn
Draw1 - 1Draw
Watford3 - 1
Watford1 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Watford4 - 0
Watford2 - 1
0 - 1Blackburn
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Watford of late. It has been 10 Championship matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Blackburn Rovers.

Blackburn 7th Watford 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Blackburn will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-9
Blackburn’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-6
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Blackburn
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.5
1
Attack rating
BLB
WAT
2%
better
view stats
Games scored29
33
Failed to score15
11
Scored first19
16
Goals scored50
51
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.2
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+2%
Defence rating
12%
better
BLB
WAT
view stats
Games conceded29
32
Clean sheets15
12
Conceded first23
25
Goals conceded46
58
Avg. goals conceded1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+12%

Blackburn v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
469714
D HyamY OhashiT DolanL Travis
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Tóth GLK6
1
-
C Brittain DEF3324
5
-
D Hyam DEF4622
7
-
D Batth DEF362
5
-
Y Ribeiro DEF151
-
L Travis MID3821
14
-
S Tronstad MID382
5
-
T Dolan MID4477
14
-
T Cantwell MID3737
6
-
R Hedges MID4212
5
-
Y Ohashi FWD3693
4
-
Subs
A Pears GLK40
4
-
H Pickering DEF151
1
-
D Sanderson DEF12
1
-
A Forshaw MID161
2
-
K. Montgomery MID3
1
1
I. Tyjon FWD3
-
E Dennis FWD61
2
1
C Woodrow FWD91
-
A Kargbo FWD81
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4210512
M PollockV BayoI Louza I Louza 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Selvik GLK16
2
-
J Ngakia DEF291
6
-
M Pollock DEF4524
8
-
J Abankwah DEF19
3
1
C Wiley DEF101
-
I Louza  MID3325
12
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID274
-
J Morris MID18
3
-
E Kayembe MID4481
10
1
R Vata MID3334
-
M. Doumbia FWD192
2
-
Subs
A. Marriott GLK
-
F Carvallo DEF33
11
-
R Andrews DEF3832
4
-
T. Akomeah DEF
-
L. Ramirez-Espain MID
-
T Ince MID3211
1
-
P Dwomoh MID9
1
-
Z. Massiah-Edwards MID4
-
V Bayo FWD4110
6
1