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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 24 Jan 2026

Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Watford

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Dec 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.8
Actual xG
0.9 – 1.2
Goals
1 – 1

Footybot made Blackburn Rovers favourites at 53%.

A draw the chances agree with: 0.9 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Edo Kayembe, 60.2 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Giorgi Chakvetadze +25.8, Edo Kayembe +18.5, Othmane Maamma +8.3.

Well below it: Todd Cantwell −19.6, Ryoya Morishita −18.9, Marc Bola −9.7.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Blackburn Rovers

20 Jan 2026L 1–3at Swansea City Championship
17 Jan 2026L 0–3at Ipswich Town Championship
4 Jan 2026D 2–2v Charlton Athletic Championship
1 Jan 2026L 0–2v Wrexham Championship
29 Dec 2025D 0–0at Sheffield Wednesday Championship

Watford

21 Jan 2026D 1–1v Portsmouth Championship
17 Jan 2026L 0–2v Millwall Championship
1 Jan 2026W 3–0v Birmingham City Championship
29 Dec 2025W 1–0at Norwich City Championship
26 Dec 2025W 2–1at Leicester City Championship

Head to head

13 Sep 2025Watford 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Championship

Blackburn Rovers

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Balázs Tóth Goalkeeper9000–50.9+0.7
Moussa Baradji Midfielder2900–45.4–
Sean McLoughlin Defender9000–41.6−4.1
Sondre Tronstad Midfielder90000.1739.8−3.7
Eiran Cashin Defender9000–39.1−1.6
Adam Forshaw Midfielder6100–36.4–
Mathias Jørgensen Forward7900–34.6−6.7
Yuki Ohashi Forward90000.6629.5−9.2
Lewis Miller Defender61100.0627.1+1.2
Ryan Alebiosu Midfielder2900–20.4–
Todd Cantwell Midfielder9001–19.6−19.6
Connor O'Riordan Defender9000–18.6–
Ryoya Morishita Midfielder6100–17.7−18.9
Dion De Neve Midfielder2900–12.5–
Aodhan Doherty Midfielder1100–11.8–

Watford

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Edo Kayembe Midfielder90100.0260.2+18.5
Giorgi Chakvetadze Midfielder48000.3358.3+25.8
Egil Selvik Goalkeeper9000–47.3−5.2
Luca Kjerrumgaard Forward85000.3041.2+0.9
Hector Kyprianou Midfielder9000–40.2+0.6
Kévin Keben Biakolo Defender90000.0538.7−3.7
Othmane Maamma Midfielder64000.0538.5+8.3
Jeremy Ngakia Defender9000–38.4+5.2
Nestory Irankunda Forward26000.3238.4–
James Abankwah Defender9000–37.4−5.3
Kwadwo Baah Forward1000–35.5–
Mamadou Doumbia Forward9000–34.7−9.5
Rocco Vata Forward4200–29.1–
Marc Bola Defender90000.0822.6−9.7