Match summary
Blackburn won 1-0 away at Watford. It was goalless at half-time.
Ryan Hedges put Blackburn ahead in the 72nd minute.
Watford can feel hard done by, creating 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Blackburn's 0.45 from 5.
Watford
vs
Blackburn
27 August 2023 · Championship · 2023/24 · Referee G Ward
Full time
0
–
1
Half-time: 0–0
- Ryan Hedges 72’
Match stats
Watford
Blackburn
24
Shots
5
4
Shots on Target
3
8
Corners
4
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1.40
xG
0.45
1.40
Non-penalty xG
0.45
Key events
Watford
Blackburn
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
72’
Ryan Hedges0-1 (Blackburn)
0-1 (Blackburn)
Full-time0-1
Bookings
Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.
Watford
- Ryan Andrews
- Wesley Hoedt
- Imrân Louza
Blackburn
- Joe Rankin-Costello
- Dominic Hyam
How the chances added up
Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.
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Shot map
Every shot and where it was taken from.
Blackburn attacking
Watford attacking
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Player stats
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Ryan Andrews
Taken off
|
80′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Ryan Porteous
|
90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | – | |
| 90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.04 | – | – | |||
| 90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | – | ||
Tom Dele-Bashiru
Taken off
|
55′ | – | – | 2 | 0.14 | – | – | – | |
| 90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.07 | – | – | – | ||
Ismael Koné
Taken off
|
46′ | – | – | 1 | 0.03 | – | – | – | |
Yáser Asprilla
Taken off
|
73′ | – | – | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | – | |
Vakoun Issouf Bayo
Taken off
|
56′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Matheus Martins
|
90′ | – | – | 9 | 0.74 | – | – | – | |
Imrân Louza
Came on as a substitute
|
44′ | – | – | 2 | 0.15 | – | – | ||
Giorgi Chakvetadze
Came on as a substitute
|
35′ | – | – | 1 | 0.03 | – | – | – | |
Mileta Rajović
Came on as a substitute
|
34′ | – | – | 2 | 0.08 | – | – | – | |
Tom Ince
Came on as a substitute
|
17′ | – | – | 1 | 0.04 | – | – | – | |
Jeremy Ngakia
Came on as a substitute
|
10′ | – | – | 1 | 0.02 | – | – | – |
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Joe Rankin-Costello
Taken off
|
77′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Lewis Travis
Taken off
|
90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.04 | – | – | – | |
| 90′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 90′ | 1 | – | 1 | 0.12 | – | – | – | ||
| 90′ | – | – | 1 | 0.16 | – | – | – | ||
Tyrhys Dolan
Taken off
|
57′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Harry Leonard
Taken off
|
57′ | – | – | 1 | 0.07 | – | – | – | |
Andrew Moran
Came on as a substitute
|
33′ | – | – | 1 | 0.06 | – | – | – | |
Sam Gallagher
Came on as a substitute
|
33′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Scott Wharton
Came on as a substitute
|
13′ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Came on
Taken off
Sent off
Red is the most in that position for the team
Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.
Before kick-off
Watford win
43%
Avg odds 2.20
Draw
27%
Avg odds 3.56
Blackburn win
30%
Avg odds 3.17
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
Previous and next meeting
Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.