Championship

Championship | Gameweek 31

Feb 11, 2023 at 3pm UK

Vicarage Road

Watford
1 - 1
Blackburn

Hoedt (74')
Bilic (32'), Choudhury (36'), Kamara (90+4')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Dack (24')
Thomas (31'), Rankin-Costello (59'), Buckley (90'), Gallagher (90+6'), (90+6')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Watford

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Reading 2-2 Watford
Saturday, February 4 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Blackburn 0-0 Wigan
Monday, February 6 at 8pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Watford 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Despite their respective league positions, these clubs are just two of many inconsistent teams in the division. While a result is difficult to call, we have to go with the home side, who may be prepared to be more adventurous in the final third. 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 Watford win with a probability of 53.79%. A draw had a probability of 24.8% and a win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 21.45%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.66%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.29%) and 2-1 (9.54%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.73%), while for a Blackburn Rovers win it was 0-1 (7.22%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.7% likelihood.

Result
Watford	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
53.79% ( 0.06)	24.76% ( -0.02)	21.45% ( -0.04)

Both teams to score 48.51% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

46.94% (

0.05)

53.06% (

-0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

25.36% (

0.05)

74.64% (

-0.04)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.32% (

0.05)

19.68% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.32% (

0.07)

51.67% (

-0.07)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.4% (

-0.01)

39.6% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.72% (

-0.01)

76.28% (

0.01)

Score Analysis

Watford 53.77%

Blackburn Rovers 21.45%

Draw 24.75%

Watford	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 12.66% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 10.29% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 9.54% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 5.58% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 5.17% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.39% ( 0) 4-0 @ 2.27% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 2.1% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 0.97% ( 0) Other @ 2.81% Total : 53.77%	1-1 @ 11.73% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 7.79% ( -0.02) 2-2 @ 4.42% ( 0) Other @ 0.81% Total : 24.75%	0-1 @ 7.22% ( -0.02) 1-2 @ 5.44% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 3.34% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 1.68% ( -0) 2-3 @ 1.36% 0-3 @ 1.03% ( -0) Other @ 1.37% Total : 21.45%