Blackburn 2–1 Watford – England Championship, 26 Apr 2025

Match facts

Blackburn Watford

10 Shots 9

4 Shots on target 2

4 Corners 6

12 Fouls 14

5 Yellow cards 5

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✓ Result correct ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (531 league matches this season so far).

Result Blackburn to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score No fair 1.98

Expected goals 1.54 – 1.00

Home / Draw / Away

50% 26% 25%

BlackburnDrawWatford

Under / Over 2.5 goals

54% 47%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

50% 50%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

8% 0

20% 1

26% 2

22% 3

14% 4

11% 5+

Most likely scores

1–0 12.2% 1–1 12.1% 2–0 9.4%

Statistics 2024/2025, before this match

Blackburn before this match, all matches

1.41points / match

1.14scored / match

1.05conceded / match

18 8 18

WonDrawnLost 44 played · 50:46

Watford before this match, all matches

1.27points / match

1.16scored / match

1.32conceded / match

16 8 20

WonDrawnLost 44 played · 51:58

Blackburn all matches all matches Watford

Per match

1.14 Goals scored 1.16

1.05 Goals conceded 1.32

2.18 Total goals 2.48

10.30 Shots 11.39

3.50 Shots on target 3.66

12.23 Shots faced 12.93

4.41 Corners 5.20

5.45 Corners against 5.00

12.80 Fouls 12.16

2.02 Yellow cards 2.07

0.43 1st-half goals scored 0.41

0.45 1st-half goals conceded 0.68

How often Full Time

41% Wins 36%

18% Draws 18%

41% Losses 45%

95% Over 0.5 goals 93%

64% Over 1.5 goals 68%

39% Over 2.5 goals 57%

14% Over 3.5 goals 16%

5% Over 4.5 goals 7%

2% Over 5.5 goals 2%

36% Both teams scored 55%

34% Clean sheets 27%

34% Failed to score 25%

How often Half Time

27% Wins 20%

48% Draws 41%

25% Losses 39%

61% Over 0.5 goals 70%

23% Over 1.5 goals 30%

5% Over 2.5 goals 9%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Blackburn all matches

1

D

1

2

L

1

L

1

2

L

1

L

2

L

2

D

1

W

4

1

W

1

W

Watford all matches

D

1

2

L

1

W

1

L

D

1

2

L

1

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

1

L

Blackburn before this match, at home

1.68points / match

1.45scored / match

1.00conceded / match

11 4 7

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 32:22

Watford before this match, away

0.77points / match

1.14scored / match

1.68conceded / match

4 5 13

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 25:37

Blackburn at home away Watford

Per match

1.45 Goals scored 1.14

1.00 Goals conceded 1.68

2.45 Total goals 2.82

12.59 Shots 10.77

4.14 Shots on target 3.36

10.77 Shots faced 13.55

5.59 Corners 4.55

4.50 Corners against 5.59

12.05 Fouls 12.50

1.36 Yellow cards 2.00

0.55 1st-half goals scored 0.36

0.41 1st-half goals conceded 0.82

How often Full Time

50% Wins 18%

18% Draws 23%

32% Losses 59%

95% Over 0.5 goals 95%

77% Over 1.5 goals 73%

41% Over 2.5 goals 59%

18% Over 3.5 goals 27%

9% Over 4.5 goals 14%

5% Over 5.5 goals 5%

36% Both teams scored 59%

36% Clean sheets 14%

32% Failed to score 32%

How often Half Time

36% Wins 18%

45% Draws 32%

18% Losses 50%

64% Over 0.5 goals 77%

27% Over 1.5 goals 32%

5% Over 2.5 goals 9%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Blackburn at home

1

L

3

W

2

L

2

1

W

2

W

1

D

1

2

L

2

L

2

D

4

1

W

Watford away

1

D

2

W

1

2

L

2

D

1

W

D

1

L

1

2

L

1

2

L

1

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Blackburn all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.04.25	Sunderland – Blackburn	0–1 (0–1)	1.75	3.50	4.75	2.10	1.73
18.04.25	Blackburn – Millwall	4–1 (2–1)	2.35	3.10	3.20	2.63	1.50
12.04.25	Luton – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	1.85	3.40	4.33	2.20	1.67
08.04.25	Blackburn – Sheffield Weds	2–2 (0–2)	2.60	3.20	2.70	2.30	1.62
04.04.25	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	0–2 (0–2)	2.80	3.40	2.40	1.98	1.88
29.03.25	Portsmouth – Blackburn	1–0 (1–0)	2.25	3.20	3.30	2.10	1.73
15.03.25	Blackburn – Cardiff	1–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.30	3.80	2.20	1.67
12.03.25	Stoke – Blackburn	1–0 (1–0)	2.60	3.30	2.70	2.05	1.68
08.03.25	Derby – Blackburn	2–1 (2–1)	2.70	3.00	2.75	2.38	1.57
01.03.25	Blackburn – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.40	2.70	2.05	1.80

Watford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.04.25	Portsmouth – Watford	1–0 (1–0)	2.00	3.70	3.40	2.10	1.73
18.04.25	Watford – Burnley	1–2 (1–1)	4.75	3.40	1.80	2.30	1.62
12.04.25	West Brom – Watford	2–1 (1–0)	1.73	3.70	4.75	2.10	1.73
08.04.25	Watford – Hull	1–0 (0–0)	2.38	3.30	3.00	2.20	1.67
05.04.25	Bristol City – Watford	2–1 (2–0)	1.80	3.50	4.50	2.03	1.83
29.03.25	Watford – Plymouth	0–0 (0–0)	1.57	3.90	5.75	2.03	1.83
15.03.25	Oxford – Watford	1–0 (0–0)	2.75	3.25	2.55	2.20	1.67
12.03.25	Watford – Swansea	1–0 (1–0)	2.30	3.25	3.10	2.05	1.68
08.03.25	Watford – Millwall	1–2 (1–0)	2.30	3.25	3.10	2.45	1.49
01.03.25	Stoke – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.30	2.88	1.95	1.90

Blackburn at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.04.25	Blackburn – Millwall	4–1 (2–1)	2.35	3.10	3.20	2.63	1.50
08.04.25	Blackburn – Sheffield Weds	2–2 (0–2)	2.60	3.20	2.70	2.30	1.62
04.04.25	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	0–2 (0–2)	2.80	3.40	2.40	1.98	1.88
15.03.25	Blackburn – Cardiff	1–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.30	3.80	2.20	1.67
01.03.25	Blackburn – Norwich	1–1 (0–0)	2.50	3.40	2.70	2.05	1.80
15.02.25	Blackburn – Plymouth	2–0 (0–0)	1.67	3.80	5.00	2.00	1.85
31.01.25	Blackburn – Preston	2–1 (1–0)	2.20	3.10	3.60	2.50	1.53
21.01.25	Blackburn – Coventry	0–2 (0–1)	2.55	3.30	2.75	2.10	1.73
15.01.25	Blackburn – Portsmouth	3–0 (0–0)	1.73	3.80	4.75	1.98	1.88
04.01.25	Blackburn – Burnley	0–1 (0–0)	3.20	3.40	2.20	2.38	1.57

Watford away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
21.04.25	Portsmouth – Watford	1–0 (1–0)	2.00	3.70	3.40	2.10	1.73
12.04.25	West Brom – Watford	2–1 (1–0)	1.73	3.70	4.75	2.10	1.73
05.04.25	Bristol City – Watford	2–1 (2–0)	1.80	3.50	4.50	2.03	1.83
15.03.25	Oxford – Watford	1–0 (0–0)	2.75	3.25	2.55	2.20	1.67
01.03.25	Stoke – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.30	2.88	1.95	1.90
15.02.25	Middlesbrough – Watford	0–1 (0–1)	1.60	3.90	5.50	1.62	2.30
08.02.25	Sunderland – Watford	2–2 (1–1)	1.50	4.33	5.75	1.83	2.03
25.01.25	Coventry – Watford	2–1 (1–0)	1.73	3.60	4.75	1.83	2.03
18.01.25	Derby – Watford	0–2 (0–1)	2.20	3.40	3.20	2.10	1.73
14.01.25	Cardiff – Watford	1–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.10	1.73

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

2 1 2

Blackburn winsDrawsWatford wins

5matches

1.80goals / match

20%over 2.5

40%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
26.10.24E1	Watford – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.80	1.85	2.00
23.12.23E1	Blackburn – Watford	1–2 (1–0)	2.25	3.40	3.20	1.73	2.08
27.08.23E1	Watford – Blackburn	0–1 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.75	1.90	1.95
11.02.23E1	Watford – Blackburn	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.40	4.33	2.10	1.73
13.09.22E1	Blackburn – Watford	2–0 (1–0)	2.90	3.25	2.50	2.20	1.66

England Championship table 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	45	27	16	2	66	15	+51	97
2	Leeds	44	27	13	4	89	29	+60	94
3	Sheffield United	45	28	7	10	62	35	+27	91
4	Sunderland	44	21	13	10	58	41	+17	76
5	Bristol City	44	17	16	11	57	49	+8	67
6	Coventry	45	19	9	17	62	58	+4	66
7	Middlesbrough	44	18	9	17	64	54	+10	63
8	Millwall	44	17	12	15	45	46	-1	63
9	Blackburn	44	18	8	18	50	46	+4	62
10	West Brom	44	14	18	12	52	44	+8	60
11	Swansea	44	17	9	18	48	52	-4	60
12	Watford	44	16	8	20	51	58	-7	56
13	Sheffield Weds	44	15	11	18	58	67	-9	56
14	Norwich	44	13	14	17	67	66	+1	53
15	QPR	45	13	14	18	52	63	-11	53
16	Portsmouth	44	14	10	20	56	69	-13	52
17	Stoke	45	12	14	19	45	62	-17	50
18	Preston	44	10	19	15	45	55	-10	49
19	Oxford	44	12	13	19	44	62	-18	49
20	Luton	45	13	10	22	42	64	-22	49
21	Hull	44	12	12	20	43	52	-9	48
22	Derby	44	12	10	22	47	56	-9	46
23	Cardiff	44	9	16	19	46	69	-23	43
24	Plymouth	44	10	13	21	48	85	-37	43

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	22	17	4	1	57	12	+45	55
2	Burnley	22	13	9	0	32	7	+25	48
3	Sheffield United	22	15	3	4	32	16	+16	48
4	Bristol City	22	13	6	3	34	18	+16	45
5	Sunderland	22	12	7	3	32	17	+15	43
6	Coventry	22	13	3	6	38	24	+14	42
7	Portsmouth	22	11	6	5	32	20	+12	39
8	Watford	22	12	3	7	26	21	+5	39
9	West Brom	22	10	8	4	28	17	+11	38
10	Middlesbrough	22	11	5	6	31	23	+8	38
11	Blackburn	22	11	4	7	32	22	+10	37
12	Millwall	22	11	4	7	26	19	+7	37
13	Norwich	22	9	8	5	48	32	+16	35
14	Swansea	22	10	5	7	30	21	+9	35
15	Oxford	22	10	5	7	29	29	0	35
16	Luton	23	9	7	7	25	22	+3	34
17	Plymouth	22	9	7	6	39	37	+2	34
18	Preston	22	7	12	3	25	20	+5	33
19	Stoke	23	8	9	6	29	25	+4	33
20	Derby	22	9	4	9	25	18	+7	31
21	QPR	23	7	8	8	31	34	-3	29
22	Cardiff	22	7	5	10	24	27	-3	26
23	Sheffield Weds	22	6	7	9	29	31	-2	25
24	Hull	22	5	8	9	24	27	-3	23

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	23	14	7	2	34	8	+26	49
2	Sheffield United	23	13	4	6	30	19	+11	43
3	Leeds	22	10	9	3	32	17	+15	39
4	Sunderland	22	9	6	7	26	24	+2	33
5	Sheffield Weds	22	9	4	9	29	36	-7	31
6	Millwall	22	6	8	8	19	27	-8	26
7	Middlesbrough	22	7	4	11	33	31	+2	25
8	Hull	22	7	4	11	19	25	-6	25
9	Blackburn	22	7	4	11	18	24	-6	25
10	Swansea	22	7	4	11	18	31	-13	25
11	QPR	22	6	6	10	21	29	-8	24
12	Coventry	23	6	6	11	24	34	-10	24
13	West Brom	22	4	10	8	24	27	-3	22
14	Bristol City	22	4	10	8	23	31	-8	22
15	Norwich	22	4	6	12	19	34	-15	18
16	Watford	22	4	5	13	25	37	-12	17
17	Cardiff	22	2	11	9	22	42	-20	17
18	Stoke	22	4	5	13	16	37	-21	17
19	Preston	22	3	7	12	20	35	-15	16
20	Derby	22	3	6	13	22	38	-16	15
21	Luton	22	4	3	15	17	42	-25	15
22	Oxford	22	2	8	12	15	33	-18	14
23	Portsmouth	22	3	4	15	24	49	-25	13
24	Plymouth	22	1	6	15	9	48	-39	9

Blackburn Watford

Under / Over goals 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	16	Portsmouth	44	16	28	1.3	1.6	14	10	20	56	69	52
2	24	Plymouth	44	18	26	1.1	1.9	10	13	21	48	85	43
3	12	Watford	44	19	25	1.2	1.3	16	8	20	51	58	56
4	6	Coventry	45	21	24	1.4	1.3	19	9	17	62	58	66
5	13	Sheffield Weds	44	20	24	1.3	1.5	15	11	18	58	67	56
6	15	QPR	45	21	24	1.2	1.4	13	14	18	52	63	53
7	14	Norwich	44	21	23	1.5	1.5	13	14	17	67	66	53
8	7	Middlesbrough	44	23	21	1.5	1.2	18	9	17	64	54	63
9	4	Sunderland	44	24	20	1.3	0.9	21	13	10	58	41	76
10	11	Swansea	44	24	20	1.1	1.2	17	9	18	48	52	60
11	18	Preston	44	24	20	1.0	1.2	10	19	15	45	55	49
12	2	Leeds	44	25	19	2.0	0.7	27	13	4	89	29	94
13	5	Bristol City	44	25	19	1.3	1.1	17	16	11	57	49	67
14	20	Luton	45	26	19	0.9	1.4	13	10	22	42	64	49
15	23	Cardiff	44	25	19	1.0	1.6	9	16	19	46	69	43
16	22	Derby	44	26	18	1.1	1.3	12	10	22	47	56	46
17	9	Blackburn	44	27	17	1.1	1.0	18	8	18	50	46	62
18	17	Stoke	45	28	17	1.0	1.4	12	14	19	45	62	50
19	3	Sheffield United	45	29	16	1.4	0.8	28	7	10	62	35	91
20	10	West Brom	44	28	16	1.2	1.0	14	18	12	52	44	60
21	19	Oxford	44	28	16	1.0	1.4	12	13	19	44	62	49
22	1	Burnley	45	31	14	1.5	0.3	27	16	2	66	15	97
23	21	Hull	44	30	14	1.0	1.2	12	12	20	43	52	48
24	8	Millwall	44	31	13	1.0	1.0	17	12	15	45	46	63

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	24	Plymouth	22	6	16	1.8	1.7	9	7	6	39	37	34
2	6	Coventry	22	7	15	1.7	1.1	13	3	6	38	24	42
3	15	QPR	23	9	14	1.3	1.5	7	8	8	31	34	29
4	2	Leeds	22	9	13	2.6	0.5	17	4	1	57	12	55
5	14	Norwich	22	9	13	2.2	1.5	9	8	5	48	32	35
6	16	Portsmouth	22	9	13	1.5	0.9	11	6	5	32	20	39
7	12	Watford	22	10	12	1.2	1.0	12	3	7	26	21	39
8	5	Bristol City	22	11	11	1.5	0.8	13	6	3	34	18	45
9	4	Sunderland	22	13	9	1.5	0.8	12	7	3	32	17	43
10	7	Middlesbrough	22	13	9	1.4	1.0	11	5	6	31	23	38
11	9	Blackburn	22	13	9	1.5	1.0	11	4	7	32	22	37
12	11	Swansea	22	13	9	1.4	1.0	10	5	7	30	21	35
13	13	Sheffield Weds	22	13	9	1.3	1.4	6	7	9	29	31	25
14	17	Stoke	23	14	9	1.3	1.1	8	9	6	29	25	33
15	20	Luton	23	14	9	1.1	1.0	9	7	7	25	22	34
16	18	Preston	22	14	8	1.1	0.9	7	12	3	25	20	33
17	19	Oxford	22	14	8	1.3	1.3	10	5	7	29	29	35
18	21	Hull	22	14	8	1.1	1.2	5	8	9	24	27	23
19	1	Burnley	22	15	7	1.5	0.3	13	9	0	32	7	48
20	3	Sheffield United	22	15	7	1.5	0.7	15	3	4	32	16	48
21	8	Millwall	22	15	7	1.2	0.9	11	4	7	26	19	37
22	10	West Brom	22	15	7	1.3	0.8	10	8	4	28	17	38
23	22	Derby	22	15	7	1.1	0.8	9	4	9	25	18	31
24	23	Cardiff	22	15	7	1.1	1.2	7	5	10	24	27	26

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	13	Sheffield Weds	22	7	15	1.3	1.6	9	4	9	29	36	31
2	16	Portsmouth	22	7	15	1.1	2.2	3	4	15	24	49	13
3	12	Watford	22	9	13	1.1	1.7	4	5	13	25	37	17
4	7	Middlesbrough	22	10	12	1.5	1.4	7	4	11	33	31	25
5	18	Preston	22	10	12	0.9	1.6	3	7	12	20	35	16
6	23	Cardiff	22	10	12	1.0	1.9	2	11	9	22	42	17
7	4	Sunderland	22	11	11	1.2	1.1	9	6	7	26	24	33
8	11	Swansea	22	11	11	0.8	1.4	7	4	11	18	31	25
9	22	Derby	22	11	11	1.0	1.7	3	6	13	22	38	15
10	14	Norwich	22	12	10	0.9	1.5	4	6	12	19	34	18
11	15	QPR	22	12	10	1.0	1.3	6	6	10	21	29	24
12	20	Luton	22	12	10	0.8	1.9	4	3	15	17	42	15
13	24	Plymouth	22	12	10	0.4	2.2	1	6	15	9	48	9
14	3	Sheffield United	23	14	9	1.3	0.8	13	4	6	30	19	43
15	6	Coventry	23	14	9	1.0	1.5	6	6	11	24	34	24
16	10	West Brom	22	13	9	1.1	1.2	4	10	8	24	27	22
17	5	Bristol City	22	14	8	1.0	1.4	4	10	8	23	31	22
18	9	Blackburn	22	14	8	0.8	1.1	7	4	11	18	24	25
19	17	Stoke	22	14	8	0.7	1.7	4	5	13	16	37	17
20	19	Oxford	22	14	8	0.7	1.5	2	8	12	15	33	14
21	1	Burnley	23	16	7	1.5	0.3	14	7	2	34	8	49
22	2	Leeds	22	16	6	1.5	0.8	10	9	3	32	17	39
23	8	Millwall	22	16	6	0.9	1.2	6	8	8	19	27	26
24	21	Hull	22	16	6	0.9	1.1	7	4	11	19	25	25

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.