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

Sat 13th Sep, 15:00 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

The Championship is the focus for both Watford and Blackburn Rovers on Saturday afternoon, as bosses Paulo César Pezzolano Suárez and Valérien Ismaël go head to head at the Vicarage Road. We've got bespoke statistics for every major market, from from under 0.5 goals to over 5.5, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are calculated from these, and the odds come directly from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

This match should deliver some entertainment, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is our prediction, meaning that 3 goals is the absolute maximum we'll see during 90 mins. Get best odds on under 3.5 just below, followed by recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 41%	2.20	-
Draw 27%	3.50	-
Blackburn 32%	3.10	-
Draw 1-1 13%	6.50	-
Watford 1-0 11%	7.00	-
Blackburn 1-0 9%	8.50	-
Watford 2-1 9%	9.50	-
Draw 0-0 8%	9.50	-
Blackburn 2-1 7%	11.00	-
Watford 2-0 7%	10.00	-
Blackburn 2-0 5%	15.00	-
Draw 2-2 5%	17.00	-
Watford 3-1 4%	19.00	-
Watford 3-0 3%	21.00	-
Blackburn 3-1 3%	26.00	-
Watford 3-2 2%	29.00	-
Blackburn 3-0 2%	34.00	-
Blackburn 3-2 2%	34.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 47%	2.10	-
Under 2.5 Goals 53%	1.73	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	1.83	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	2.20	-
No 1st Goal 5%	9.50	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	1.83	-
BTTS - No 49%	1.83	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	5.00	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.75	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	6.50	-
Home/draw 68%	1.36	-
Away/draw 59%	1.67	-
Home/away 73%	1.29	-
Over 1.5 Goals 72%	1.36	-
Under 1.5 Goals 28%	3.20	-
Over 3.5 Goals 25%	4.00	-
Under 3.5 Goals 75%	1.25	-
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	8.00	-
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1.08	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	17.00	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1.03	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1.06	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	9.50	-
Home DNB 60%	1.62	-
Away DNB 51%	2.20	-
Watford win to nil 23%	3.75	-
Blackburn win to nil 18%	5.00	-
Watford / Watford 22%	3.75	-
Watford / Blackburn 2%	34.00	-
Watford / Draw 6%	15.00	-
Draw / Watford 15%	5.50	-
Draw / Blackburn 12%	7.00	-
Draw / Draw 17%	5.00	-
Blackburn / Watford 3%	26.00	-
Blackburn / Blackburn 17%	5.00	-
Blackburn / Draw 6%	15.00	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

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	Watford Blackburn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	M'Boro	4	4	0	0	6	12	Nov 1	Apr 25	Mar 21	Dec 26
2	West Brom	4	3	1	0	3	10	Oct 22	Apr 21	Apr 6	l 1-0A
3	Stoke	4	3	0	1	5	9	Dec 20	Mar 14	Oct 4	Apr 11
4	Leicester	4	3	0	1	3	9	Mar 21	Dec 26	May 2	Nov 1
5	Coventry	4	2	2	0	8	8	May 2	Oct 25	Apr 18	Oct 18
6	Bristol C	4	2	2	0	5	8	Nov 7	Feb 28	Feb 25	Nov 4
7	Swansea	4	2	1	1	2	7	Jan 31	d 1-1F	Sep 30	Jan 20
8	Portsmouth	4	2	1	1	1	7	Jan 21	Oct 1	Mar 7	Dec 13
9	Preston	4	2	1	1	1	7	Nov 25	Feb 14	Feb 21	Nov 21
10	Birmingham	4	2	1	1	0	7	Jan 1	Dec 1	l 1-2F	Apr 3
11	Norwich	4	2	0	2	1	6	Dec 6	Dec 29	l 0-2A	Feb 7
12	Millwall	4	2	0	2	-3	6	Jan 17	Sep 22	Dec 20	Mar 14
13	Southampton	4	1	2	1	0	5	d 2-2A	Feb 7	Oct 25	Apr 25
14	Watford	4	1	2	1	0	5	-	-	Jan 24	Sep 13
15	Wrexham	4	1	1	2	0	4	Mar 7	Dec 13	Jan 1	Nov 29
16	Charlton	4	1	1	2	-2	4	Apr 6	l 1-0A	Jan 4	Sep 27
17	Hull	4	1	1	2	-4	4	Sep 27	Jan 4	Jan 31	w 0-3F
18	QPR	4	1	1	2	-5	4	w 2-1F	Apr 3	Nov 26	Feb 14
19	Blackburn	4	1	0	3	-1	3	Sep 13	Jan 24	-	-
20	Ipswich	4	0	3	1	-1	3	Feb 24	Nov 4	Sep 20	Jan 17
21	Derby	4	0	2	2	-4	2	Feb 21	Nov 22	Nov 8	Feb 28
22	Oxford Utd	4	0	1	3	-3	1	Oct 4	Apr 11	Dec 9	Mar 11
23	Sheff Wed	4	0	1	3	-6	1	Dec 9	Mar 10	Dec 6	Dec 29
24	Sheff Utd	4	0	0	4	-6	0	Apr 18	Oct 18	Oct 21	Apr 22

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	2 - 1	QPR
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
Watford	1 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Plymouth
Watford	1 - 0	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Millwall
Watford	2 - 0	Luton
Watford	0 - 4	Leeds
Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
Watford	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	0 - 0	QPR
Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
H	Watford	2 - 1	QPR
A	Watford	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Watford	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Watford	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull	0 - 3	Blackburn
West Brom	1 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Blackburn
Sunderland	0 - 1	Blackburn
Luton	0 - 1	Blackburn
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Blackburn
Stoke	1 - 0	Blackburn
Derby	2 - 1	Blackburn
Swansea	3 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	0 - 2	Blackburn
QPR	2 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Leeds	1 - 1	Blackburn
Millwall	1 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Blackburn
Hull	0 - 1	Blackburn
M'Boro	0 - 1	Blackburn
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Blackburn	3 - 0	Hull
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Birmingham
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sunderland
H	Blackburn	4 - 1	Millwall
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

2 / 9

WAT

BLB

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

Blackburn

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

0 / 9

WAT

BLB

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

Goal Statistics

	Watford 11th	Blackburn 16th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Blackburn will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 Watford have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	-9 Blackburn’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	0.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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WAT

BLB

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

WAT

BLB

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	2	1	2
E Selvik	L Kjerrumgaard	N Irankunda	H Kyprianou

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Selvik GLK	3			-
M Bola DEF	3			-
J Abankwah DEF	3			-
J Ngakia DEF	3			1 -
K Keben DEF	3			-
H Kyprianou MID	3			2 -
M Sissoko MID	3			-
E Kayembe MID	3			1 -
K Baah FWD	3			2 -
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	3	2		-
N Irankunda FWD	3	1	1	-
M. Alleyne DEF	2			-
R Andrews DEF	2			1 -
I Louza MID	2		1	1
M. Doumbia FWD	2			-
J Morris DEF	1			1 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	1			-
R Vata FWD	1			-
T Ince FWD	1			-
V Semedo FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	4	1	2
L Kjerrumgaard	L Kjerrumgaard	N Irankunda	M Bola

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	2	4
N Irankunda FWD	1	1	1	1
M Bola DEF				2
J Ngakia DEF				1
E Kayembe MID		2
K Baah FWD		1
I Louza MID		1	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
140	7	21
H Kyprianou	J Ngakia	H Kyprianou

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Kyprianou MID	140	4	21
K Keben DEF	139	3	18
J Abankwah DEF	131	1	10
I Louza MID	115	3	5
E Selvik GLK	102		1
J Ngakia DEF	88	7	17
M Bola DEF	82	1	6
M Sissoko MID	72	6	12
E Kayembe MID	72		6
M. Alleyne DEF	45	3	6
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	38	3	21
K Baah FWD	28		8
N Irankunda FWD	26	1	15
M. Doumbia FWD	17	1	4
R Andrews DEF	5	1	3
T Ince FWD	4	1	2
V Semedo FWD	4		2
T Dele-Bashiru MID	3
R Vata FWD	2		1
J Morris DEF	1

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
3	2	1	1
B Tóth	T Cantwell	A Kargbo	S McLoughlin

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Tóth GLK	3			-
S McLoughlin DEF	3			1 -
R Alebiosu DEF	3			-
D Hyam DEF	3			-
Y Ribeiro DEF	3			-
A Henriksson MID	3			1 -
S Tavares MID	3			1 -
D Neve MID	3			-
S Tronstad MID	3			-
A Kargbo FWD	3		1	-
Y Ohashi FWD	3	1		-
M Gueye FWD	3			-
R Hedges FWD	3	1	1	-
L Miller DEF	2			-
T Cantwell MID	2	2		-
S Wharton DEF	1			-
K. Montgomery MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	3	1	1
T Cantwell	Y Ohashi	A Kargbo	R Alebiosu

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Cantwell MID	2	3
Y Ohashi FWD	1	3
R Hedges FWD	1	1	1	1
R Alebiosu DEF				1
Y Ribeiro DEF				1
A Henriksson MID		1		1
A Kargbo FWD			1	1
M Gueye FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
146	11	20
S Tronstad	S Tronstad	Y Ohashi

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Tronstad MID	146	11	18
D Hyam DEF	143	2	11
S McLoughlin DEF	140	6	19
Y Ribeiro DEF	98	4	16
B Tóth GLK	97		1
T Cantwell MID	81		13
R Hedges FWD	80	6	9
R Alebiosu DEF	75	9	18
S Tavares MID	75	4	7
Y Ohashi FWD	47	1	20
A Kargbo FWD	35	4	19
A Henriksson MID	19	1	3
K. Montgomery MID	18	1	4
M Gueye FWD	13	2	12
D Neve MID	12	2	3
L Miller DEF	12	1	9
S Wharton DEF	3		1