The Championship league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Watford and Blackburn Rovers are placed 5th and 9th respectively.
Blackburn Rovers could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.
Watford form and stats
Perfect Championship season at home so far for Watford 2 wins from 2 appearances. Two home wins in a row for Watford bring valid hopes of a third.
A good away victory last time out for Watford, who won 1-0 against Derby County (placed 21st). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Reading (0-1).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as AFC Bournemouth are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Watford's 2 home games: 2 goals, 0 conceded.
Blackburn Rovers form and stats
Things could have gone better for Blackburn Rovers in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
A. Armstrong was the last player to score for the away team. Blackburn haven't scored a league goal in the last 192 minutes.
Blackburn Rovers failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Nottingham Forest (placed 20th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A draw for Blackburn before that, at their own venue hosting Cardiff City (0-0).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Coventry City.
It's early days yet, but Blackburn Rovers has scored 6 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings between the teams: Watford won three, Blackburn Rovers won three and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Armstrong 5 goals |  B. Johnson 3 goals |   J. Junqueira de Jesus 2 goals |
Watford missing players
Blackburn Rovers missing players
| Watford | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 0.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | 24 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 39 | 80 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 13 | 36 |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 46% | 31% |
- All of Blackburn Rovers's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals (11) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers has the the best goal difference (+7) in Championship
- Blackburn Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Blackburn Rovers have scored more than double the goals of Watford.
- Watford has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Championship
- Watford have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Watford have won all their matches at home so far.
| Watford | Last season | Blackburn Rovers | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 7 | Lost | L | 13 | 17 | ||
| 36 | 22 | Scored | S | 33 | 66 | ||
| 64 | 27 | Conceded | C | 39 | 63 | ||
| 89% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 78% | ||
| 55% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 52% | ||
| 21% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 30% | ||
| 8% | 5% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 45% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 26% | ||
| 42% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 22% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 428 | 247 | Total Shots | T S | 212 | 497 | ||
| 122 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 77 | 172 | ||
| 30% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
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