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Blackburn 1-2 Watford - December 23, 2023 / Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024

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Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024 - Round 23

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

December 23, 2023 - 15:00

Blackburn

1 - 2

Watford

Assist by Hayden Carter (right foot) Adam Wharton

83'

Mileta Rajovic (right foot)

87'

Rhys Healey (left foot)

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3' - Goal Adam Wharton3

36' - Yellow card Jake Garrett36

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46' - Substitution Tom Dele-Bashiruis substituted by Ryan Andrews photo Yaser Asprilla

46' - Substitution Matheus Martinsis substituted by Yaser Asprilla

61' - Substitution Niall Ennisis substituted by Harry Leonard61

65' - Yellow card Wesley Hoedt

67' - Substitution Dominic Hyamis substituted by James Hill67

71' - Substitution Vakoun Bayois substituted by Mileta Rajovic

72' - Substitution Jake Livermoreis substituted by Giorgi Chakvetadze

83' - Goal Mileta Rajovic photo Rhys Healey

83' - Substitution Ismaël Konéis substituted by Rhys Healey

87' - Goal Rhys Healey

89' - Yellow card Andrew Moran89

90' - Substitution Andrew Moranis substituted by Dilan Kumar Markanday90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 2

Watford

Blackburn Watford

Team line-ups

Blackburn

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Ennis61

Niall Ennis

England

B.date20/05/1999

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre forward

7Sigurdsson

Arnór Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date15/05/1999

Age24 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

30Garrett36

Jake Garrett

England

B.date03/10/2003

Age20 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

24Moran9089

Andrew Moran

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/10/2003

Age20 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Tronstad

Sondre Tronstad

Norway

B.date26/08/1995

Age28 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

23A. Wharton3

Adam Wharton

England

B.date02/06/2004

Age19 years

positionMidfield

27Travis

Lewis Travis

England

B.date16/10/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

16S. Wharton

Scott Wharton

England

B.date03/10/1997

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

5Hyam67

Dominic Hyam

Scotland

B.date20/12/1995

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

17Carter

Hayden Carter

England

B.date17/12/1999

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

12Wahlstedt

Leopold Wahlstedt

Sweden

B.date04/07/1999

Age24 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Leopold Wahlstedt		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Dominic Hyam	67	28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Wharton		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Hayden Carter		24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Jake Garrett	36	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Sondre Tronstad		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Adam Wharton	3	19	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Lewis Travis		26	223	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Andrew Moran	9089	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Arnór Sigurdsson		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Niall Ennis	61	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Watford

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Bayo71

Vakoun Bayo

Ivory Coast

B.date10/01/1997

Age26 years

H1m84

positionStriker

12Sema

Ken Sema

Sweden

B.date30/09/1993

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

11Koné83

Ismaël Koné

Canada

B.date06/06/2002

Age21 years

H1m88

positionBox-to-box midfielder

39Kayembe

Edo Kayembe

DR Congo

B.date03/06/1998

Age25 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

37Matheus Martins46

Matheus Martins

Brazil

B.date16/07/2003

Age20 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

8Livermore72

Jake Livermore

England

B.date14/11/1989

Age34 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

6Lewis

Jamal Lewis

Northern Ireland

B.date25/01/1998

Age25 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

4Hoedt65

Wesley Hoedt

Netherlands

B.date06/03/1994

Age29 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5Porteous

Ryan Porteous

Scotland

B.date25/03/1999

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

24Dele-Bashiru46

Tom Dele-Bashiru

Nigeria

B.date17/09/1999

Age24 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

26Hamer

Ben Hamer

England

B.date20/11/1987

Age36 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Ben Hamer		36	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ryan Porteous		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Wesley Hoedt	65	29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jamal Lewis		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Tom Dele-Bashiru	46	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jake Livermore	72	34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ismaël Koné	83	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Ken Sema		30	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	M	Edo Kayembe		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Matheus Martins	46	20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Vakoun Bayo	71	26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	G	Joe Hilton		24
4	D	James Hill	67	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Patrick Gamble		20
41	D	Leo Duru		18
28	M	Charlie Weston		19
37	M	Thomas Bloxham		18
20	F	Harry Leonard	61	20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Dilan Kumar Markanday	90	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Semir Telalovic		24

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Daniel Bachmann		29
45	D	Ryan Andrews	46	19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Francisco Sierralta		26
15	D	Matthew Pollock		22
16	M	Giorgi Chakvetadze	72	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Yaser Asprilla	46	20	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mileta Rajovic	8371	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Rhys Healey	8783	29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Tom Ince		31

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jake Garrett

Sammie Szmodics

OUT

Lewis Travis

Harry Pickering

OUT

Dominic Hyam

James Hill

OUT

Niall Ennis

Callum Brittain

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan Porteous

Francisco Sierralta

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Tomasson vs Watford

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Tomasson vs Ismaël

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Valérien Ismaël

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Ismaël vs Blackburn

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Ismaël vs Tomasson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Referee

Dean Whitestone

8 victories	3 draws	4 losses	Blackburn15 matches	General total	Watford12 matches	6 victories	5 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Blackburn2 matches	Season total	Watford2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on December 23, 2023					Latest figure on December 23, 2023

4th official

Andrew Kitchen

1 victory	1 draw	3 losses	Blackburn5 matches	General total	Watford1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
1 victory	1 draw	3 losses	Blackburn5 matches	Season total	Watford1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 16, 2024					Latest figure on December 23, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Adam Wharton scores 1 goal vs Watford in his professional career

It's the first time Rhys Healey scores 1 goal vs Blackburn in his professional career

Blackburn keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored vs Watford at home running (since 17/09/1991). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/10/1989 (3 matches)

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

-4	12	Bristol City	32 pts	23 rd
-4	13	Preston North End	32 pts	23 rd
-2	14	Blackburn	31 pts	23 rd
+1	15	Coventry	30 pts	23 rd
-1	16	Swansea	28 pts	23 rd

General ranking

	5	West Bromwich Albion	36 pts	23 rd
	6	Hull City	36 pts	23 rd
+3	7	Watford	34 pts	23 rd
+3	8	Norwich City	34 pts	23 rd
-2	9	Sunderland	33 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 1-0 Cardiff City21/10/2023

LBlackburn 0-1 Swansea28/10/2023

LBlackburn 1-2 Preston North End10/11/2023

VBlackburn 4-2 Birmingham City29/11/2023

LBlackburn 0-2 Leeds United09/12/2023

VBlackburn 2-1 Bristol City12/12/2023

Overall

VStoke City 0-3 Blackburn25/11/2023

VBlackburn 4-2 Birmingham City29/11/2023

LSheffield Wednesday 3-1 Blackburn02/12/2023

LBlackburn 0-2 Leeds United09/12/2023

VBlackburn 2-1 Bristol City12/12/2023

LSouthampton 4-0 Blackburn16/12/2023

Current form

Away

DCardiff City 1-1 Watford07/10/2023

VSwansea 0-1 Watford24/10/2023

DHuddersfield Town 0-0 Watford04/11/2023

LLeicester 2-0 Watford25/11/2023

VHull City 1-2 Watford02/12/2023

VPreston North End 1-5 Watford16/12/2023

Overall

LLeicester 2-0 Watford25/11/2023

VWatford 3-2 Norwich City28/11/2023

VHull City 1-2 Watford02/12/2023

DWatford 1-1 Southampton09/12/2023

LWatford 1-2 Ipswich Town12/12/2023

VPreston North End 1-5 Watford16/12/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	13	23
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	3	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

12	General ranking (Competition total)	10
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	13

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
10	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	7
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	7
6	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
38	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.55	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.2
1.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.23
1.73	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

50	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
32	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	28
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Sammie Szmodics	14 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Mileta Rajovic
Sammie Szmodics	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Vakoun Bayo
Andrew Moran	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Ken Sema
Sammie Szmodics	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Vakoun Bayo
Sammie Szmodics	7 goals, 1 assist during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Vakoun Bayo

Historical head to head

Home

17 matches

8 v

4 d

5 l

29 gf

21 ga

Away

18 matches

5 v

5 d

8 l

24 gf

29 ga

Total

35 matches

13 v

9 d

13 l

53 gf

50 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

8 v

5 d

5 l

29 gf

24 ga

Away

17 matches

5 v

4 d

8 l

21 gf

29 ga

Total

35 matches

13 v

9 d

13 l

50 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 09, 1992
Home	6 - 1	December 09, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 20, 2013
Away	2 - 0	October 13, 1990

Latest head to head

August 27, 2023 - Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024

Watford

0 - 1

Blackburn

February 11, 2023 - Sky Bet Championship 2022/2023

Watford

1 - 1

Blackburn

September 13, 2022 - Sky Bet Championship 2022/2023

Blackburn

2 - 0

Watford

February 24, 2021 - Sky Bet Championship 2020/2021

Blackburn

2 - 3

Watford

October 21, 2020 - Sky Bet Championship 2020/2021

Watford

3 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Watford

Alan Shearer	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Mike Newell	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Ben Brereton	2 goals	2020 - 2021
Jordan Rhodes	2 goals	2012 - 2013
Ryan Hedges	2 goals	2022 - 2023
Benni McCarthy	2 goals	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Troy Deeney	3 goals	2013 - 2014
João Pedro	2 goals	2020 - 2021
Almen Abdi	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Ken Sema	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Matthew Briggs	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Cristian Battocchio	1 goal	2014 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Corry Evans	6 matches	2013 - 2021
Jordan Rhodes	6 matches	2012 - 2015
Tyrhys Dolan	5 matches	2020 - 2023
Scott Wharton	4 matches	2020 - 2023
Grant Hanley	4 matches	2012 - 2015
Lewis Travis	4 matches	2021 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Ken Sema	5 matches	2020 - 2023
Troy Deeney	5 matches	2012 - 2015
Ikechi Anya	5 matches	2013 - 2015
Fernando Forestieri	4 matches	2012 - 2014
Marco Cassetti	4 matches	2012 - 2014
Ismaïla Sarr	4 matches	2020 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/12/1992. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Tim Sherwood

279 matches

16 matches

1987 - 1999

Lucas Neill

227 matches

1 match

2001 - 2014

Danny Graham

191 matches

98 matches

2009 - 2020

Martin Taylor

103 matches

94 matches

1998 - 2012

Lee Williamson

88 matches

77 matches

2007 - 2016

Keith Andrews

76 matches

11 matches

2008 - 2014

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/04/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Danny Graham

191 matches

98 matches

2009 - 2020

Martin Taylor

103 matches

94 matches

1998 - 2012

Lee Williamson

88 matches

77 matches

2007 - 2016

Tommie Hoban

16 matches

58 matches

2011 - 2017

Joshua King

74 matches

33 matches

2012 - 2022

Tim Sherwood

279 matches

16 matches

1987 - 1999

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/04/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 22, 2023

Bristol City

3 2

Hull City

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Swansea

2 1

Preston NE

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December 23, 2023

Leeds United

4 0

Ipswich Town

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 3

Coventry

Video availableLine-ups available

Middlesbrough

1 0

WBA

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leicester	58	23	19	1	3	47	16	+31
2	Ipswich Town	52	23	16	4	3	47	32	+15
3	Leeds United	45	23	13	6	4	41	22	+19
4	Southampton	45	23	13	6	4	38	29	+9
5	West Bromwich Albion	36	23	10	6	7	34	23	+11
6	Hull City	36	23	10	6	7	36	30	+6
+37	Watford	34	23	9	7	7	37	28	+9
+38	Norwich City	34	23	10	4	9	41	39	+2
-29	Sunderland	33	23	10	3	10	32	27	+5
+310	Cardiff City	33	23	10	3	10	30	28	+2
+311	Middlesbrough	33	23	10	3	10	35	34	+1
-412	Bristol City	32	23	9	5	9	26	26	0
-413	Preston North End	32	23	9	5	9	29	40	-11
-214	Blackburn	31	23	10	1	12	35	40	-5
+115	Coventry	30	23	7	9	7	31	25	+6
-116	Swansea	28	23	7	7	9	32	32	0
17	Plymouth	27	23	7	6	10	37	38	-1
18	Birmingham City	27	23	7	6	10	29	35	-6
19	Stoke City	24	23	6	6	11	21	30	-9
20	Millwall	23	23	5	8	10	24	31	-7
21	Huddersfield Town	22	23	4	10	9	21	38	-17
22	Queens Park Rangers	20	23	5	5	13	20	33	-13
23	Sheffield Wednesday	16	23	4	4	15	17	37	-20
24	Rotherham United	13	23	2	7	14	20	47	-27

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Blackburn 1-2 Watford - December 23, 2023 / Sky Bet Championship 2023/2024

Blackburn

1 - 2

Watford

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Tomasson vs Watford

Tomasson vs Ismaël

Manager

Ismaël vs Blackburn

Ismaël vs Tomasson

Referee

4th official

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Watford

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Players with most games played vs Watford

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking