English League Championship

FT Saturday, September 13, 2025
Blackburn Rovers LLLWL 1
–
Watford LLWDD 0
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Vicarage Road · 17,964 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

14
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
7
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
4
49
Possession
51
14
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
237
Accurate Passes
273
333
Passes
347
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
18
0.5
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
42
18
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
6
18
Effective Tackles
11
33
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
3
Interceptions
10
33
Effective Clearances
31
33
Clearances
31

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WAT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 6Matthew PollockCD
  3. 29Jeremy PetrisCD-L
  4. 4Kévin KebenCD-R
  5. 11Rocco VataCM-L
  6. 17Moussa SissokoCM-R
  7. 5Hector KyprianouAM
  8. 34Kwadwo BaahLM
  9. 3Max AlleyneRM
  10. 20Mamadou DoumbiaCF-L
  11. 9Luca KjerrumgaardCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Nathan BaxterSUB
  2. 66Nestory IrankundaSUB
  3. 7Tom InceSUB
  4. 39Edo KayembeSUB
  5. 42Othmane MaammaSUB
  6. 18Vivaldo SemedoSUB
  7. 25James AbankwahSUB
  8. 27Formose MendySUB
  9. 16Marc BolaSUB

BLK · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Balazs TothG
  2. 16Scott WhartonCD-L
  3. 17Hayden CarterCD-R
  4. 4Yuri RibeiroLB
  5. 2Ryan AlebiousuRB
  6. 10Todd CantwellAM
  7. 8Sidnei TavaresLM
  8. 6Sondre TronstadRM
  9. 23Yuki OhashiF
  10. 19Ryan HedgesAM-L
  11. 25Ryoya MorishitaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Harry PickeringSUB
  2. 14Dion De NeveSUB
  3. 12Lewis MillerSUB
  4. 1Aynsley PearsSUB
  5. 31Kristi MontgomerySUB
  6. 11Andri GudjohnsenSUB
  7. 9Makhtar GueyeSUB
  8. 7Augustus KargboSUB
  9. 5Taylor Gardner-HickmanSUB

Timeline

  1. 47' Goal! Watford 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yuki Ohashi.
  2. 54' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Mamadou Doumbia.
  3. 55' Substitution, Watford. Edo Kayembe replaces Rocco Vata.
  4. 58' Todd Cantwell (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 67' Mattie Pollock (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 70' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Andri Gudjohnsen replaces Yuki Ohashi.
  7. 70' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Lewis Miller replaces Yuri Ribeiro.
  8. 70' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Augustus Kargbo replaces Ryoya Morishita.
  9. 78' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Taylor Gardner-Hickman replaces Sondre Tronstad.
  10. 88' Ryan Hedges (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Harry Pickering replaces Ryan Hedges.

EFL Championship News

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