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Blackburn v Watford, EFL Championship, Sat, 23 Dec 2023: statistics and head to head

2023-24. Sat, 23 Dec 2023

BlackburnHome
12Full time, half-time 1–0
WatfordAway

Watford won by 1 goal.

LWLDWLeague form, oldest to newestDLDWL

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Ewood Park. Photo: Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Blackburn have 11 scored home results and Watford 10 scored away results stored in 2023-24. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Blackburn at home: 1.36 points per match (11 measured matches); Watford away: 1.20 points per match (10 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Blackburn scored 1.36 per home match (11 measured matches); Watford scored 1.20 away (10). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.38 per club appearance across 534 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 12 of 21 pooled club appearances (57.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 5. Blackburn: 2 wins; Watford: 2 wins; draws: 1.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half10
Second half02

The match in numbers

BlackburnWatford
  • 11Shots18
  • 5Shots on target6
  • 7Corners5
  • 12Fouls8
  • 2Yellow cards3
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Blackburn

  • Shots11
  • On target5
  • Goals1

45% of shots on target, 20% of those scored.

Watford

  • Shots18
  • On target6
  • Goals2

33% of shots on target, 33% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

5 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

2
Blackburn wins
1
Draws
2
Watford wins
Goals / meeting
2.80
14 goals in 5 meetings
Both scored
60%
3 of 5 meetings
Over 1.5
80%
4 of 5 meetings
Over 2.5
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Over 3.5
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Blackburn clean sheets
40%
2 of 5 meetings
Watford clean sheets
0%
0 of 5 meetings
Corners / meeting
11.20
5 with corner data
Cards / meeting
3.40
5 with card data
  1. Watford v BlackburnSun, 27 Aug 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-240–1HT 0–0
  2. Watford v BlackburnSat, 11 Feb 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-231–1HT 0–1
  3. Blackburn v WatfordTue, 13 Sept 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-232–0HT 1–0
  4. Blackburn v WatfordWed, 24 Feb 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-212–3HT 1–2
  5. Watford v BlackburnWed, 21 Oct 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-213–1HT 2–1

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and awayAll matches
Blackburn at homeWLLLWW
Watford awayLLDLLL

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and awayOverall
Blackburn at home, Watford away
  • 63%
    Both teams scored
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 89%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 94%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 75%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 52%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 52%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 28%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 28%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 15%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 12%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 2.7
    Avg total goals
    League 2.68
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 69%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 30%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 36%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 10.3
    Corners per match
    League 10.65
    23 + 23 matches
  • 72%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 71%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 63%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 59%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 46%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 48%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 4.2
    Cards per match
    League 4.04
    23 + 23 matches
  • 61%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 58%
    23 + 23 matches
  • 48%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 39%
    23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2023-24

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2023-24

Home and awayOverall
Blackburn at home, Watford away
Blackburn (home)Watford (away)
19Position15
DLDLDLast 5, oldest to newestWDDLL
23Played23
1.09Points per match1.26
26%Win %30%
1.17Scored / match1.26
1.48Conceded / match1.43
2.65Avg total goals2.70
74%Both scored52%
13%Clean sheets26%
22%Failed to score35%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

BlackburnWatford
  • 0.611st half scored / match0.39
  • 0.571st half conceded / match0.70
  • 0.572nd half scored / match0.87
  • 0.912nd half conceded / match0.74
  • 26%Leading at half-time4%
  • 70%1st half over 0.557%
  • 30%1st half over 1.530%
  • 74%2nd half over 0.574%
  • 48%2nd half over 1.544%
  • 13%Scored in both halves26%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Blackburn at home, Watford away, this season.

Goals

BlackburnWatford
  • 1.17Scored / match1.26
  • 1.48Conceded / match1.43
  • 2.65Match total / match2.70
  • 78%Scored 1+65%
  • 26%Scored 2+39%
  • 87%Conceded 1+74%
  • 44%Conceded 2+39%
  • 78%Match over 1.565%
  • 57%Match over 2.548%
  • 26%Match over 3.530%

Shots and xG

BlackburnWatford
  • 13.96Shots for11.48
  • 12.04Shots against15.35
  • 4.57On target for3.57
  • 3.91On target against5.26
  • 8%Shot conversion11%

Corners

BlackburnWatford
  • 5.74Corners for3.78
  • 5.04Corners against6.04
  • 10.78Match total9.83
  • 83%Over 7.574%
  • 78%Over 8.565%
  • 74%Over 9.552%
  • 57%Over 10.535%
  • 39%Over 11.535%

Cards

BlackburnWatford
  • 2.17Cards for2.43
  • 2.13Cards against1.70
  • 4.30Match total4.13
  • 78%Over 2.583%
  • 65%Over 3.557%
  • 57%Over 4.539%
  • 22%Over 5.522%
  • 10.87Fouls committed12.96
Referee this season
D Whitestone
Matches
17
Cards / match
3.76
17 matches
Over 3.5 cards
41%
17 matches
Over 4.5 cards
18%
17 matches
Fouls / match
19.24
17 matches

The table, 2023-24

#ClubPGDPts
13Millwall46-1059
14Swansea46-657
15Watford46056
16Sunderland46-256
17Stoke46-1156
18QPR46-1156
19Blackburn46-1453
20Sheffield Weds46-2453
21Plymouth46-1151
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