BLACKBURN. Watford found a way to reverse the score against Blackburn Rovers to win 2-1. It was Blackburn Rovers to strike first with an early goal of Adam Wharton at the 3′. Then it was a goal in the 83′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Rhys Healey gave the win to Watford in the 87′ minute. Blackburn Rovers lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Ewood Park stadium in Blackburn on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 17,803 spectators. The referee was Dean Whitestone assisted by Daniel Leach and Carl Fitch. The 4th official was Andrew Kitchen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.49 degrees Celsius or 49.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 11 Total 18
- 5 On Target 6
- 5 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 6
- 121 Attack 88
- 52 Dangerous attack 46
- 72 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Blackburn Rovers had a strong ball possession 56% while Watford was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Blackburn Rovers was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Watford succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Blackburn Rovers shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Watford shot 18 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards (Jake Garrett, Andrew Moran and Andrew Moran). Regarding the opposition, Watford received 2 yellow cards (Wesley Hoedt and Ryan Andrews).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Blackburn Rovers stays with 31 points to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Watford will has 34 points like Norwich City to sit in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers will play away against Huddersfield Town on the 26th of December with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Blackburn Rovers (10 draws).
Watford will play away against Queens Park Rangers on the 5th of August with a 8-8 head to head record.
Blackburn Rovers – Formation
Blackburn Rovers started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jon Dahl Tomasson decided to play with the following team: Harry Pickering, Sammie Szmodics, Leopold Wahlstedt , Hayden Carter , Dominic Hyam , Scott Wharton , Lewis Travis , Adam Wharton , Sondre Tronstad , Andrew Moran , Jake Garrett , Arnór Sigurdsson and Niall Ennis .
The home team had on the bench: James Hill , Patrick Gamble, Dilan Markanday, Harry Leonard , Charlie Weston, Semir Telalović, Joe Hilton, Thomas Bloxham and Leo Duru.
Substitutions
Blackburn Rovers made 3 changes: Niall Ennis for Harry Leonard (61′), Andrew Moran for Dilan Markanday (90′) and Dominic Hyam for James Hill (67′).
Player of the match: Adam Wharton
The most impressive player for Blackburn Rovers was Adam Wharton.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Watford – Formation
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Valérien Ismaël played with: Ben Hamer , Tom Dele-Bashiru , Ryan Porteous , Wesley Hoedt , Jamal Lewis , Jake Livermore , Matheus Martins , Edo Kayembe , Ismaël Koné , Ken Sema , Vakoun Issouf Bayo .
They had on the bench: Francisco Sierralta, Ryan Andrews , Horacio Barrenechea, Thomas Ince, Mileta Rajovic , Rhys Healey , Matthew Pollock, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Yaser Asprilla .
Substitutions
Watford made 5 changes: Tom Dele-Bashiru for Ryan Andrews (46′), Vakoun Issouf Bayo for Mileta Rajovic (71′), Jake Livermore for Giorgi Chakvetadze (72′), Ismaël Koné for Rhys Healey (83′) and Matheus Martins for Yaser Asprilla (46′).
Player of the match: Mileta Rajovic
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Watford was Mileta Rajovic.
His rating is with 1 goal, 5 passes (40% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 1 duel out of 3.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the encounter from the bench before entering in the 71′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Sunderland – Coventry City – 0-3
- Stoke City – Millwall – 0-0
- Sheffield Wednesday – Cardiff City – 1-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Southampton – 0-1
- Plymouth Argyle – Birmingham City – 3-3
- Norwich City – Huddersfield Town – 2-0
- Middlesbrough – West Bromwich Albion – 1-0
- Leicester City – Rotherham United – 3-0
- Leeds United – Ipswich Town – 4-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Watford – 1-2