Watford vs Blackburn
Ref: D. WhitestoneVicarage Road, Watford · 22,200 cap
Match recap
Blackburn beat Watford 1–0 in their Championship fixture. Morishita scored for Blackburn. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.75 for Watford versus 1.45 for Blackburn. Watford sit 16th in the Championship table while Blackburn are 20th.
Second Half
47'
⚽
Morishita
Assist: Ohashi
⇄
Doumbia
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Vata
58'
Cantwell
Yellow Card
Pollock
Yellow Card
70'
⇄
Morishita
70'
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Ribeiro
70'
⇄
Ohashi
78'
⇄
Tronstad
88'
Hedges
Yellow Card
90+1'
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Hedges
Match Statistics
WatfordBlackburn
10Won
Statistical edge
10–4
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.75VS1.45
Attack2 · 3 won
14
Shots
14
1
Shots on target
5
8
Shots in the box
9
6
Shots outside box
5
7
Shots off goal
4
5
Corners
7
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
51%
Possession
49%
347
Total passes
333
273
Accurate passes
237
79%
Pass accuracy
71%
Discipline2 · 1 won
12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow cards
2
4
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence2 · 0 won
4
Goalkeeper saves
1
6
Blocked shots
5
0.02
Goals prevented
0.02
Watford
3-5-2
Blackburn
4-2-3-1Watford
3-5-2Starting XI
- 1E. SelvikG
- 3Max AlleyneM
- 4K. KebenD
- 5H. KyprianouM
- 6M. PollockD
- 9L. KjerrumgaardF
- 11R. VataM
- 17M. SissokoM
- 20M. DoumbiaF
- 29J. PétrisD
- 34K. BaahM
Substitutes
- 7T. InceM
- 12N. BaxterG
- 16M. BolaD
- 18Vivaldo SemedoF
- 25J. AbankwahD
- 27F. MendyD
- 39E. KayembeM
- 42O. MaammaF
- 66N. IrankundaF
Blackburn
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 2R. AlebiosuD
- 4Yuri RibeiroD
- 6S. TronstadM
- 8Sidnei TavaresM
- 10T. CantwellM
- 16S. WhartonD
- 17H. CarterD
- 19R. HedgesM
- 22B. TóthG
- 23Y. OhashiF
- 25R. MorishitaM
Substitutes
- 1A. PearsG
- 3H. PickeringD
- 5T. Gardner-HickmanM
- 7A. KargboF
- 9M. GueyeF
- 11A. GuðjohnsenF
- 12L. MillerD
- 14D. De NeveD
- 31Kristi MontgomeryM
Watford
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Kyprianou | M | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Kévin Keben Biakolo | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/2 |
| Max Alleyne | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Egil Selvik | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kwadwo Baah | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/7 |
| Mamadou Doumbia | F | 54 | 6.7 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3/4 |
| Matthew Pollock | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Jeremy Petris | D | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| Moussa Sissoko(C) | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Rocco Vata | M | 55 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1/5 |
| Luca Kjerrumgaard | F | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Formose Mendy | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Abankwah | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vivaldo | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Othmane Maamma | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nathan Baxter | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thomas Ince | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marc Bola | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Edo Kayembe | M | 35 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Nestory Irankunda | F | 36 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
Blackburn
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Alebiosu | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/3 |
| Yuki Ohashi | F | 70 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Hayden Carter | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sondre Tronstad | M | 78 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3/3 |
| Todd Cantwell(C) | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Scott Wharton | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Yuri Ribeiro | D | 70 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Hedges | M | 89 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Ryoya Morishita | M | 70 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Sidnei Tavares | M | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Balázs Tóth | G | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Aynsley Pears | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harry Pickering | D | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kristi Montgomery | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dion De Neve | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Makhtar Gueye | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Andri Guðjohnsen | F | 20 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/3 |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | M | 12 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lewis Miller | D | 20 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Augustus Kargbo | F | 20 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |