Blackburn 1–2 Watford – England Championship, 23 Dec 2023

Match facts

Blackburn Watford

11 Shots 18

5 Shots on target 6

7 Corners 5

12 Fouls 8

2 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✓ Goals correct ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (267 league matches this season so far).

Result Blackburn to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.63

Expected goals 1.54 – 1.53

Home / Draw / Away

38% 24% 38%

BlackburnDrawWatford

Under / Over 2.5 goals

41% 59%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

39% 62%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

5% 0

14% 1

22% 2

22% 3

17% 4

20% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 10.9% 2–1 8.4% 1–2 8.4%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Blackburn before this match, all matches

1.41points / match

1.55scored / match

1.73conceded / match

10 1 11

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 34:38

Watford before this match, all matches

1.41points / match

1.59scored / match

1.23conceded / match

8 7 7

WonDrawnLost 22 played · 35:27

Blackburn all matches all matches Watford

Per match

1.55 Goals scored 1.59

1.73 Goals conceded 1.23

3.27 Total goals 2.82

13.64 Shots 13.59

4.50 Shots on target 4.45

16.50 Shots faced 11.23

5.59 Corners 5.18

7.00 Corners against 4.45

9.45 Fouls 12.77

2.23 Yellow cards 2.23

0.59 1st-half goals scored 0.73

0.68 1st-half goals conceded 0.59

How often Full Time

45% Wins 36%

5% Draws 32%

50% Losses 32%

100% Over 0.5 goals 91%

82% Over 1.5 goals 73%

77% Over 2.5 goals 50%

41% Over 3.5 goals 36%

14% Over 4.5 goals 23%

9% Over 5.5 goals 9%

59% Both teams scored 45%

18% Clean sheets 32%

23% Failed to score 32%

How often Half Time

27% Wins 9%

27% Draws 77%

45% Losses 14%

77% Over 0.5 goals 55%

32% Over 1.5 goals 45%

14% Over 2.5 goals 18%

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

Blackburn all matches

2

1

W

1

L

3

1

W

1

2

L

3

W

4

2

W

1

3

L

2

L

2

1

W

4

L

Watford all matches

1

W

2

D

5

W

2

L

3

2

W

2

1

W

1

D

1

2

L

5

1

W

Blackburn before this match, at home

1.36points / match

1.36scored / match

1.73conceded / match

5 6

WonDrawnLost 11 played · 15:19

Watford before this match, away

1.20points / match

1.20scored / match

1.40conceded / match

3 3 4

WonDrawnLost 10 played · 12:14

Blackburn at home away Watford

Per match

1.36 Goals scored 1.20

1.73 Goals conceded 1.40

3.09 Total goals 2.60

15.00 Shots 10.20

4.27 Shots on target 3.40

14.45 Shots faced 14.30

6.09 Corners 2.80

5.55 Corners against 6.20

10.64 Fouls 13.90

2.82 Yellow cards 2.70

0.55 1st-half goals scored 0.30

0.64 1st-half goals conceded 0.50

How often Full Time

45% Wins 30%

0% Draws 30%

55% Losses 40%

100% Over 0.5 goals 90%

82% Over 1.5 goals 70%

73% Over 2.5 goals 40%

27% Over 3.5 goals 20%

18% Over 4.5 goals 20%

9% Over 5.5 goals 20%

73% Both teams scored 40%

9% Clean sheets 20%

18% Failed to score 50%

How often Half Time

27% Wins 0%

27% Draws 80%

45% Losses 20%

73% Over 0.5 goals 50%

27% Over 1.5 goals 30%

18% Over 2.5 goals 0%

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

Blackburn at home

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

3

L

1

4

L

1

W

1

L

1

2

L

4

2

W

2

L

2

1

W

Watford away

1

L

3

D

3

L

2

L

1

D

1

W

D

2

L

2

1

W

5

1

W

Last 10 matches before this match

Blackburn all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
16.12.23	Southampton – Blackburn	4–0 (1–0)	1.65	4.00	5.00	1.53	2.40
12.12.23	Blackburn – Bristol City	2–1 (1–0)	1.91	3.75	3.80	1.73	2.08
09.12.23	Blackburn – Leeds	0–2 (0–1)	4.00	4.33	1.75	1.48	2.60
02.12.23	Sheffield Weds – Blackburn	3–1 (1–0)	2.88	3.40	2.40	1.75	2.05
29.11.23	Blackburn – Birmingham	4–2 (0–0)	1.80	3.60	4.33	1.65	2.20
25.11.23	Stoke – Blackburn	0–3 (0–1)	2.20	3.50	3.20	1.75	2.05
10.11.23	Blackburn – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.60	3.75	1.83	2.03
05.11.23	Norwich – Blackburn	1–3 (0–2)	2.15	3.60	3.20	1.53	2.40
28.10.23	Blackburn – Swansea	0–1 (0–1)	2.00	3.75	3.50	1.60	2.30
24.10.23	Millwall – Blackburn	1–2 (1–1)	2.45	3.50	2.88	1.88	1.98

Watford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
16.12.23	Preston – Watford	1–5 (1–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.25	1.62
12.12.23	Watford – Ipswich	1–2 (1–1)	2.90	3.40	2.45	2.00	1.85
09.12.23	Watford – Southampton	1–1 (0–0)	3.25	3.40	2.20	1.98	1.88
02.12.23	Hull – Watford	1–2 (1–1)	2.10	3.60	3.30	2.08	1.73
28.11.23	Watford – Norwich	3–2 (2–2)	2.15	3.50	3.30	1.88	1.98
25.11.23	Leicester – Watford	2–0 (0–0)	1.57	4.20	5.50	1.93	1.93
11.11.23	Watford – Rotherham	5–0 (2–0)	1.45	4.20	7.50	1.98	1.88
04.11.23	Huddersfield – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.30	2.08	1.73
28.10.23	Watford – Millwall	2–2 (1–1)	2.00	3.30	4.00	2.20	1.65
24.10.23	Swansea – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.30	3.10	2.05	1.75

Blackburn at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
12.12.23	Blackburn – Bristol City	2–1 (1–0)	1.91	3.75	3.80	1.73	2.08
09.12.23	Blackburn – Leeds	0–2 (0–1)	4.00	4.33	1.75	1.48	2.60
29.11.23	Blackburn – Birmingham	4–2 (0–0)	1.80	3.60	4.33	1.65	2.20
10.11.23	Blackburn – Preston	1–2 (0–1)	1.95	3.60	3.75	1.83	2.03
28.10.23	Blackburn – Swansea	0–1 (0–1)	2.00	3.75	3.50	1.60	2.30
21.10.23	Blackburn – Cardiff	1–0 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	1.70	2.10
01.10.23	Blackburn – Leicester	1–4 (1–2)	3.60	3.60	2.05	1.57	2.35
20.09.23	Blackburn – Sunderland	1–3 (1–2)	2.25	3.60	3.00	1.67	2.20
16.09.23	Blackburn – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	2.63	3.25	2.75	1.73	2.10
19.08.23	Blackburn – Hull	1–2 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	3.90	1.88	1.98

Watford away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
16.12.23	Preston – Watford	1–5 (1–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.25	1.62
02.12.23	Hull – Watford	1–2 (1–1)	2.10	3.60	3.30	2.08	1.73
25.11.23	Leicester – Watford	2–0 (0–0)	1.57	4.20	5.50	1.93	1.93
04.11.23	Huddersfield – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	3.10	3.40	2.30	2.08	1.73
24.10.23	Swansea – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.30	3.10	2.05	1.75
07.10.23	Cardiff – Watford	1–1 (1–0)	2.45	3.30	2.90	2.05	1.75
04.10.23	Sunderland – Watford	2–0 (1–0)	1.95	3.40	4.00	1.80	2.00
23.09.23	Leeds – Watford	3–0 (0–0)	1.73	3.80	4.75	1.73	2.10
02.09.23	Coventry – Watford	3–3 (1–1)	2.10	3.50	3.40	1.95	1.90
19.08.23	Stoke – Watford	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.25	2.03	1.83

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

Blackburn winsDrawsWatford wins

3matches

1.67goals / match

0%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
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 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	22	18	1	3	44	16	+28	55
2	Ipswich	23	16	4	3	47	32	+15	52
3	Leeds	23	13	6	4	41	22	+19	45
4	Southampton	22	12	6	4	37	29	+8	42
5	West Brom	22	10	6	6	34	22	+12	36
6	Hull	23	10	6	7	36	30	+6	36
7	Sunderland	22	10	3	9	32	24	+8	33
8	Bristol City	23	9	5	9	26	26	0	32
9	Preston	23	9	5	9	29	40	-11	32
10	Watford	22	8	7	7	35	27	+8	31
11	Norwich	22	9	4	9	39	39	0	31
12	Blackburn	22	10	1	11	34	38	-4	31
13	Cardiff	22	9	3	10	28	27	+1	30
14	Middlesbrough	22	9	3	10	34	34	0	30
15	Swansea	23	7	7	9	32	32	0	28
16	Coventry	22	6	9	7	28	25	+3	27
17	Plymouth	22	7	5	10	34	35	-1	26
18	Birmingham	22	7	5	10	26	32	-6	26
19	Stoke	22	6	5	11	21	30	-9	23
20	Millwall	22	5	7	10	24	31	-7	22
21	Huddersfield	22	4	10	8	21	36	-15	22
22	QPR	22	5	5	12	20	32	-12	20
23	Sheffield Weds	22	4	4	14	16	35	-19	16
24	Rotherham	22	2	7	13	20	44	-24	13

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	12	8	4	0	26	10	+16	28
2	Ipswich	11	9	1	1	32	19	+13	28
3	Leicester	11	9	0	2	20	6	+14	27
4	Southampton	11	7	2	2	23	14	+9	23
5	Plymouth	11	7	1	3	27	16	+11	22
6	West Brom	11	6	3	2	18	10	+8	21
7	Sunderland	11	7	0	4	20	13	+7	21
8	Bristol City	12	6	2	4	17	14	+3	20
9	Watford	12	5	4	3	23	13	+10	19
10	Hull	11	5	4	2	18	10	+8	19
11	Birmingham	11	5	4	2	17	12	+5	19
12	Cardiff	11	6	1	4	16	11	+5	19
13	Norwich	11	6	1	4	16	13	+3	19
14	Coventry	11	4	6	1	13	8	+5	18
15	Preston	11	5	2	4	16	22	-6	17
16	Middlesbrough	11	5	1	5	12	11	+1	16
17	Blackburn	11	5	0	6	15	19	-4	15
18	Swansea	12	3	5	4	15	15	0	14
19	Stoke	11	4	2	5	10	13	-3	14
20	Sheffield Weds	11	3	3	5	10	15	-5	12
21	Rotherham	11	2	5	4	14	16	-2	11
22	Huddersfield	11	2	5	4	10	18	-8	11
23	QPR	10	2	3	5	10	16	-6	9
24	Millwall	11	2	3	6	9	17	-8	9

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	11	9	1	1	24	10	+14	28
2	Ipswich	12	7	3	2	15	13	+2	24
3	Southampton	11	5	4	2	14	15	-1	19
4	Leeds	11	5	2	4	15	12	+3	17
5	Hull	12	5	2	5	18	20	-2	17
6	Blackburn	11	5	1	5	19	19	0	16
7	West Brom	11	4	3	4	16	12	+4	15
8	Preston	12	4	3	5	13	18	-5	15
9	Swansea	11	4	2	5	17	17	0	14
10	Middlesbrough	11	4	2	5	22	23	-1	14
11	Millwall	11	3	4	4	15	14	+1	13
12	Sunderland	11	3	3	5	12	11	+1	12
13	Watford	10	3	3	4	12	14	-2	12
14	Norwich	11	3	3	5	23	26	-3	12
15	Bristol City	11	3	3	5	9	12	-3	12
16	Cardiff	11	3	2	6	12	16	-4	11
17	QPR	12	3	2	7	10	16	-6	11
18	Huddersfield	11	2	5	4	11	18	-7	11
19	Coventry	11	2	3	6	15	17	-2	9
20	Stoke	11	2	3	6	11	17	-6	9
21	Birmingham	11	2	1	8	9	20	-11	7
22	Plymouth	11	0	4	7	7	19	-12	4
23	Sheffield Weds	11	1	1	9	6	20	-14	4
24	Rotherham	11	0	2	9	6	28	-22	2

Blackburn Watford

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	12	Blackburn	22	5	17	1.5	1.7	10	1	11	34	38	31
2	11	Norwich	22	6	16	1.8	1.8	9	4	9	39	39	31
3	2	Ipswich	23	8	15	2.0	1.4	16	4	3	47	32	52
4	9	Preston	23	8	15	1.3	1.7	9	5	9	29	40	32
5	17	Plymouth	22	7	15	1.5	1.6	7	5	10	34	35	26
6	6	Hull	23	9	14	1.6	1.3	10	6	7	36	30	36
7	15	Swansea	23	9	14	1.4	1.4	7	7	9	32	32	28
8	4	Southampton	22	9	13	1.7	1.3	12	6	4	37	29	42
9	7	Sunderland	22	9	13	1.5	1.1	10	3	9	32	24	33
10	14	Middlesbrough	22	9	13	1.5	1.5	9	3	10	34	34	30
11	1	Leicester	22	10	12	2.0	0.7	18	1	3	44	16	55
12	3	Leeds	23	11	12	1.8	1.0	13	6	4	41	22	45
13	24	Rotherham	22	10	12	0.9	2.0	2	7	13	20	44	13
14	5	West Brom	22	11	11	1.5	1.0	10	6	6	34	22	36
15	10	Watford	22	11	11	1.6	1.2	8	7	7	35	27	31
16	20	Millwall	22	11	11	1.1	1.4	5	7	10	24	31	22
17	23	Sheffield Weds	22	11	11	0.7	1.6	4	4	14	16	35	16
18	13	Cardiff	22	12	10	1.3	1.2	9	3	10	28	27	30
19	18	Birmingham	22	12	10	1.2	1.5	7	5	10	26	32	26
20	21	Huddersfield	22	12	10	1.0	1.6	4	10	8	21	36	22
21	22	QPR	22	12	10	0.9	1.5	5	5	12	20	32	20
22	8	Bristol City	23	14	9	1.1	1.1	9	5	9	26	26	32
23	16	Coventry	22	14	8	1.3	1.1	6	9	7	28	25	27
24	19	Stoke	22	14	8	1.0	1.4	6	5	11	21	30	23

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	2	Ipswich	11	1	10	2.9	1.7	9	1	1	32	19	28
2	9	Preston	11	2	9	1.5	2.0	5	2	4	16	22	17
3	17	Plymouth	11	2	9	2.5	1.5	7	1	3	27	16	22
4	3	Leeds	12	4	8	2.2	0.8	8	4	0	26	10	28
5	7	Sunderland	11	3	8	1.8	1.2	7	0	4	20	13	21
6	12	Blackburn	11	3	8	1.4	1.7	5	0	6	15	19	15
7	4	Southampton	11	4	7	2.1	1.3	7	2	2	23	14	23
8	10	Watford	12	5	7	1.9	1.1	5	4	3	23	13	19
9	15	Swansea	12	5	7	1.2	1.2	3	5	4	15	15	14
10	11	Norwich	11	5	6	1.5	1.2	6	1	4	16	13	19
11	18	Birmingham	11	5	6	1.5	1.1	5	4	2	17	12	19
12	20	Millwall	11	5	6	0.8	1.5	2	3	6	9	17	9
13	24	Rotherham	11	5	6	1.3	1.5	2	5	4	14	16	11
14	1	Leicester	11	6	5	1.8	0.5	9	0	2	20	6	27
15	5	West Brom	11	6	5	1.6	0.9	6	3	2	18	10	21
16	6	Hull	11	6	5	1.6	0.9	5	4	2	18	10	19
17	8	Bristol City	12	7	5	1.4	1.2	6	2	4	17	14	20
18	21	Huddersfield	11	6	5	0.9	1.6	2	5	4	10	18	11
19	22	QPR	10	5	5	1.0	1.6	2	3	5	10	16	9
20	23	Sheffield Weds	11	6	5	0.9	1.4	3	3	5	10	15	12
21	13	Cardiff	11	7	4	1.5	1.0	6	1	4	16	11	19
22	19	Stoke	11	7	4	0.9	1.2	4	2	5	10	13	14
23	14	Middlesbrough	11	8	3	1.1	1.0	5	1	5	12	11	16
24	16	Coventry	11	9	2	1.2	0.7	4	6	1	13	8	18

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	11	Norwich	11	1	10	2.1	2.4	3	3	5	23	26	12
2	14	Middlesbrough	11	1	10	2.0	2.1	4	2	5	22	23	14
3	6	Hull	12	3	9	1.5	1.7	5	2	5	18	20	17
4	12	Blackburn	11	2	9	1.7	1.7	5	1	5	19	19	16
5	1	Leicester	11	4	7	2.2	0.9	9	1	1	24	10	28
6	15	Swansea	11	4	7	1.5	1.5	4	2	5	17	17	14
7	4	Southampton	11	5	6	1.3	1.4	5	4	2	14	15	19
8	5	West Brom	11	5	6	1.5	1.1	4	3	4	16	12	15
9	9	Preston	12	6	6	1.1	1.5	4	3	5	13	18	15
10	13	Cardiff	11	5	6	1.1	1.5	3	2	6	12	16	11
11	16	Coventry	11	5	6	1.4	1.5	2	3	6	15	17	9
12	17	Plymouth	11	5	6	0.6	1.7	0	4	7	7	19	4
13	23	Sheffield Weds	11	5	6	0.5	1.8	1	1	9	6	20	4
14	24	Rotherham	11	5	6	0.5	2.5	0	2	9	6	28	2
15	2	Ipswich	12	7	5	1.2	1.1	7	3	2	15	13	24
16	7	Sunderland	11	6	5	1.1	1.0	3	3	5	12	11	12
17	20	Millwall	11	6	5	1.4	1.3	3	4	4	15	14	13
18	21	Huddersfield	11	6	5	1.0	1.6	2	5	4	11	18	11
19	22	QPR	12	7	5	0.8	1.3	3	2	7	10	16	11
20	3	Leeds	11	7	4	1.4	1.1	5	2	4	15	12	17
21	8	Bristol City	11	7	4	0.8	1.1	3	3	5	9	12	12
22	10	Watford	10	6	4	1.2	1.4	3	3	4	12	14	12
23	18	Birmingham	11	7	4	0.8	1.8	2	1	8	9	20	7
24	19	Stoke	11	7	4	1.0	1.5	2	3	6	11	17	9

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.