Championship

Championship | Gameweek 23

Dec 23, 2023 at 3pm UK

Ewood Park

Blackburn
1 - 2
Watford

Wharton (3')
Garrett (36'), Moran (89')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Rajovic (83'), Healey (87')
Hoedt (65'), Rajovic (81'), Andrews (87')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Blackburn Rovers and Watford, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Last Game: Southampton 4-0 Blackburn
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Watford

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 1-5 Watford
Saturday, December 16 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Watford

The inconsistency of both teams make this a difficult one to predict. We fancy Watford to make an impression after their recent demolition job of Preston, yet it would not be Blackburn-like if they did not respond to a defeat by getting back on track. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Blackburn Rovers win with a probability of 42.67%. A win for Watford had a probability of 31.99% and a draw had a probability of 25.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Blackburn Rovers win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.95%) and 2-0 (7.11%). The likeliest Watford win was 0-1 (8.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.99%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.5% likelihood.

Result
Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Watford
42.67% ( -0.02)	25.34% ( -0.01)	31.99% ( 0.03)

Both teams to score 55.49% (

0.03)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.87% (

0.03)

48.13% (

-0.03)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.71% (

0.03)

70.29% (

-0.03)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.52% (

22.48% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.96% (

56.04% (

-0)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.58% (

0.03)

28.41% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.83% (

0.04)

64.16% (

-0.04)

Score Analysis

Blackburn Rovers 42.67%

Watford 31.99%

Draw 25.33%

Blackburn Rovers	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 9.53% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 8.95% ( -0) 2-0 @ 7.11% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 4.45% ( -0) 3-0 @ 3.54% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.8% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.66% 4-0 @ 1.32% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.05% ( 0) Other @ 2.25% Total : 42.67%	1-1 @ 11.99% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 6.39% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.63% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.18% ( 0) Other @ 0.15% Total : 25.33%	0-1 @ 8.04% ( -0) 1-2 @ 7.55% ( 0) 0-2 @ 5.06% ( 0) 1-3 @ 3.17% ( 0) 2-3 @ 2.36% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.12% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1% ( 0) Other @ 2.7% Total : 31.99%