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

Sat 24th Jan, 15:00 BST, Ewood Park, Blackburn

It's a long trek for Javier Gracia Carlos's Watford side on Saturday afternoon, as they travel to the Ewood Park for a Championship clash with Valérien Ismaël's Blackburn Rovers. The odds you see on the page are provided directly from the UK's leading bookmakers, while predictions are calculated from stats over a 20-game period. We focus especially on Championship match data, including head-to-head records. Click the tabs below to explore it all.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is the prediction, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during 90 minutes. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by market-specific form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Blackburn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.55.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Blackburn 36%	7/4 8%	13/8 1%
Draw 26%	21/10	11/5 3%
Watford 38%	17/10	7/4 2%
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	19/4
Watford 1-0 10%	7/1	6/1
Blackburn 1-0 10%	7/1	6/1
Watford 2-1 8%	10/1	8/1 5%
Blackburn 2-1 8%	10/1 10%	8/1 6%
Draw 0-0 7%	7/1 6%	13/2 6%
Watford 2-0 6%	12/1	10/1
Blackburn 2-0 6%	12/1 8%	10/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Watford 3-1 4%	22/1	18/1 12%
Blackburn 3-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Watford 3-0 3%	25/1 10%	20/1
Blackburn 3-0 3%	28/1 12%	18/1 10%
Watford 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1 12%
Blackburn 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	6/5	23/20 2%
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	4/6	13/20
Home 1st Goal 47%	21/20 3%	1/1
Away 1st Goal 48%	1/1 2%	21/20
No 1st Goal 5%	7/1 6%	13/2 6%
BTTS - Yes 53%	5/6	17/20
BTTS - No 47%	5/6	17/20
BTTS - Home Win 17%	5/1 9%	17/4
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 4%	16/5 3%
BTTS - Away Win 17%	5/1	9/2
Home/draw 62%	4/9	4/9
Away/draw 64%	2/5 7%	10/21
Home/away 74%	4/11	7/20 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	4/11	4/11
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	11/5	15/8 1%
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	3/1	14/5
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	1/4	2/9
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	7/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/12	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	16/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/40	1/100
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/12 1%	1/14 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	7/1 6%	7/1
Home DNB 54%	5/6	5/6 2%
Away DNB 56%	5/6	17/20 3%
Blackburn win to nil 19%	7/2 4%	-
Watford win to nil 20%	10/3	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 19%	7/2 4%	3/1
Blackburn / Watford 3%	28/1	22/1
Blackburn / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Blackburn 13%	5/1	5/1 4%
Draw / Watford 13%	5/1	5/1
Draw / Draw 18%	15/4	17/5 2%
Watford / Blackburn 3%	28/1	22/1
Watford / Watford 19%	10/3 4%	16/5
Watford / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Blackburn have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 5 and won 7. Blackburn have conceded 35 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Blackburn have played 13 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 7th place on 42 points in the Championship league table having played 27 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 7 and losing 4 games. They have scored 30 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 12 away games, winning 3, drawing 4 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 goals per away game.

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	Coventry	28	17	7	4	30	58	Apr 18	l 2-0A	May 2	l 3-1A
2	M'Boro	28	15	7	6	13	52	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	w 3-0F	Apr 25
3	Ipswich	27	14	8	5	23	50	Sep 20	l 3-0A	Feb 24	d 1-1F
4	Hull	27	14	5	8	6	47	Jan 31	w 0-3F	w 2-1A	-
5	Millwall	28	13	7	8	-3	46	w 2-0F	Mar 14	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
6	Preston	28	11	10	7	7	43	Feb 20	w 1-2F	d 1-1A	Feb 14
7	Watford	27	11	9	7	6	42	Jan 24	w 0-1F	-	-
8	Stoke	28	12	5	11	8	41	d 1-1A	Apr 11	w 1-0F	Mar 14
9	Wrexham	28	10	11	7	5	41	l 0-2A	d 1-1F	Mar 7	d 2-2A
10	Derby	28	11	8	9	2	41	l 1-2A	Feb 28	Feb 21	w 2-3A
11	Bristol C	28	11	7	10	7	40	Feb 24	w 0-1F	d 1-1F	Feb 27
12	QPR	28	11	7	10	-1	40	l 0-1A	Feb 14	w 2-1F	Apr 3
13	Birmingham	28	10	8	10	1	38	l 1-2F	Apr 3	w 3-0F	l 2-1A
14	Leicester	28	10	8	10	-2	38	May 2	w 0-2F	Mar 21	w 1-2A
15	Southampton	28	9	9	10	0	36	w 2-1A	Apr 25	d 2-2A	Feb 7
16	Swansea	28	10	6	12	-4	36	l 1-2F	l 3-1A	Jan 31	d 1-1F
17	Sheff Utd	27	10	2	15	-4	32	l 1-3F	Apr 22	Apr 18	l 1-0A
18	Charlton	27	8	8	11	-7	32	d 2-2A	l 3-0A	Apr 6	l 1-0A
19	West Brom	28	9	4	15	-12	31	Apr 6	l 1-0A	w 2-1A	Apr 21
20	Norwich	28	8	6	14	-5	30	l 0-2A	Feb 7	w 3-2A	w 0-1F
21	Portsmouth	26	7	8	11	-13	29	Mar 7	l 2-1F	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
22	Blackburn	27	7	7	13	-11	28	-	-	l 0-1A	Jan 24
23	Oxford Utd	27	5	9	13	-10	24	d 1-1A	Mar 11	w 2-1A	Apr 11
24	Sheff Wed	27	1	8	18	-36	-7	Feb 3	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Mar 10

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
Blackburn	2 - 0	Millwall
Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
Blackburn	0 - 1	QPR
Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke
Blackburn	1 - 2	Swansea
Blackburn	0 - 2	Norwich
Blackburn	1 - 2	Birmingham
Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
Blackburn	4 - 1	Millwall
Blackburn	2 - 2	Sheff Wed
Blackburn	0 - 2	M'Boro
Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
Blackburn	2 - 0	Plymouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	1 - 3	Swansea
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Ipswich
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Charlton
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Wrexham
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Blackburn	0 - 0	M'Boro
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Millwall
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Wrexham
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	QPR
A	Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	Leicester
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Southampton
H	Blackburn	1 - 3	Sheff Utd
A	Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Stoke

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
Norwich	0 - 1	Watford
Leicester	1 - 2	Watford
Wrexham	2 - 2	Watford
Birmingham	2 - 1	Watford
Derby	2 - 3	Watford
Ipswich	1 - 1	Watford
Coventry	3 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Portsmouth	2 - 2	Watford
Millwall	1 - 0	Watford
Swansea	1 - 1	Watford
Charlton	1 - 0	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Watford
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	1 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Watford	0 - 2	Millwall
H	Watford	3 - 0	Birmingham
A	Watford	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Watford	2 - 1	Leicester
H	Watford	1 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	2 - 2	Wrexham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
A	Watford	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Preston
A	Watford	3 - 2	Derby
H	Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Watford	1 - 1	Ipswich
H	Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
A	Watford	1 - 3	Coventry
H	Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	2 - 2	Portsmouth

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

0 / 9

BLB

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn	2 - 1
	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 / 10

Clean sheets

3 / 10

BLB

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	0 - 1	Blackburn
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

	Blackburn 19th	Watford 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 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 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-6 Blackburn’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-8 Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

BLB

WAT

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Games scored	18		21
Failed to score	9		5
Scored first	11		8
Goals scored	25		37
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	9		7
Conversion rate for	11		15
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.5
KickOff rating		+18%

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WAT

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Games conceded	20		22
Clean sheets	7		4
Conceded first	14		18
Goals conceded	36		31
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	17%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	7	2	8
Y Ohashi	A Gudjohnsen	L Miller	S Tronstad

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Ohashi FWD	27	6	1	3 -
S McLoughlin DEF	25			5 1
L Miller DEF	24	1	2	3 -
S Tronstad MID	22			8 -
R Hedges FWD	22	1	2	3 -
R Alebiosu DEF	20	1	2	2 -
T Gardner-Hickman DEF	20			7 -
R Morishita MID	18	1	2	1 -
A Henriksson MID	18			2 -
D Neve MID	18		1	-
A Gudjohnsen FWD	17	7		1 -
T Cantwell MID	16	4	2	7 -
M Gueye FWD	16			1 -
B Tóth GLK	15			-
A Pears GLK	13			1 -
M. Baradji MID	13	2		1 -
Y Ribeiro DEF	11			-
S Tavares MID	11		1	2 -
A Kargbo FWD	10	1	1	-
S Wharton DEF	9			1 -
K. Montgomery MID	9			-
A Forshaw MID	8			2 -
H Pickering DEF	6			-
H Carter DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	23	2	7
A Gudjohnsen	Y Ohashi	L Miller	R Alebiosu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Gudjohnsen FWD	7	12		1
Y Ohashi FWD	6	23	1	2
T Cantwell MID	4	12	2	3
M. Baradji MID	2	4		1
L Miller DEF	1	2	2	1
R Hedges FWD	1	3	2	5
R Alebiosu DEF	1	1	2	7
R Morishita MID	1	6	2	4
A Kargbo FWD	1	3	1	1
S McLoughlin DEF		2		1
S Tronstad MID		2
T Gardner-Hickman DEF		2		2
A Henriksson MID		4		1
D Neve MID		1	1	3
M Gueye FWD		2
Y Ribeiro DEF				1
S Tavares MID			1	1
S Wharton DEF		3
H Pickering DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1148	48	181
S McLoughlin	L Miller	S McLoughlin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S McLoughlin DEF	1148	37	181
S Tronstad MID	1054	48	107
L Miller DEF	780	48	150
T Cantwell MID	742	28	88
R Hedges FWD	596	43	96
T Gardner-Hickman DEF	550	28	69
R Alebiosu DEF	495	45	74
Y Ohashi FWD	473	29	144
B Tóth GLK	426	2	7
A Pears GLK	364		4
R Morishita MID	355	16	48
Y Ribeiro DEF	322	18	47
A Gudjohnsen FWD	311	3	79
S Wharton DEF	297	8	53
M. Baradji MID	249	20	53
S Tavares MID	238	8	24
A Henriksson MID	190	13	45
D Neve MID	187	26	37
K. Montgomery MID	151	9	25
A Forshaw MID	137	6	12
H Pickering DEF	88	1	11
A Kargbo FWD	78	7	27
M Gueye FWD	60	2	40
H Carter DEF	24	2	5

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	8	6	7
I Louza	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	H Kyprianou

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	25	8	1	1 -
H Kyprianou MID	24		1	7 -
I Louza MID	24	6	6	5 1
N Irankunda FWD	24	2	3	7 -
J Ngakia DEF	23	2	4	1 -
M Bola DEF	23	1	3	2 -
M Pollock DEF	22	1	1	5 -
E Selvik GLK	21			1 -
E Kayembe MID	21	2		2 -
V Semedo FWD	21	3	1	2 -
M Sissoko MID	20			-
K Keben DEF	19		1	3 -
T Ince FWD	17	4		-
M. Doumbia FWD	17	3	1	2 -
K Baah FWD	17	1	1	4 -
M. Alleyne DEF	16			2 -
J Abankwah DEF	14			1 1
O. Maamma FWD	14	3	1	1 -
G Chakvetadze MID	11		1	3 -
R Vata FWD	11	2	2	-
N Baxter GLK	7			-
J Petris DEF	7			2 -
N Mendy MID	7			-
C Wiley DEF	5			-
J Morris DEF	2			1 -
F Mendy DEF	2			-
P Dwomoh MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	20	6	12
L Kjerrumgaard	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	I Louza

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	8	20	1	1
I Louza MID	6	14	6	12
T Ince FWD	4	12		1
V Semedo FWD	3	13	1
M. Doumbia FWD	3	9	1	3
O. Maamma FWD	3	10	1	1
N Irankunda FWD	2	10	3	6
J Ngakia DEF	2	4	4	5
E Kayembe MID	2	6		3
R Vata FWD	2	8	2	2
M Bola DEF	1	6	3	4
M Pollock DEF	1	3	1
K Baah FWD	1	7	1	1
H Kyprianou MID		3	1	1
M Sissoko MID		1
K Keben DEF		1	1	1
M. Alleyne DEF				1
G Chakvetadze MID		1	1	4
J Petris DEF				1
C Wiley DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1523	80	137
I Louza	J Ngakia	J Ngakia

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
I Louza MID	1523	36	105
M Pollock DEF	1183	20	121
K Keben DEF	902	16	68
J Ngakia DEF	900	80	137
M Bola DEF	848	19	78
H Kyprianou MID	843	28	108
M. Alleyne DEF	713	28	72
E Selvik GLK	629	1	10
E Kayembe MID	575	11	45
J Abankwah DEF	558	17	63
N Irankunda FWD	298	17	99
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	269	9	97
T Ince FWD	264	11	30
O. Maamma FWD	261	28	72
G Chakvetadze MID	260	11	23
M. Doumbia FWD	240	6	48
M Sissoko MID	189	16	26
N Baxter GLK	189		1
R Vata FWD	138	10	30
N Mendy MID	135	5	13
K Baah FWD	127	4	31
J Petris DEF	114	4	29
V Semedo FWD	111	5	31
C Wiley DEF	92	7	11
F Mendy DEF	40	6	10
P Dwomoh MID	2
J Morris DEF	1	1	1