Blackburn vs Watford 2022-23 English League Championship, Regular Season

38': Ryan Hedges
82': Dominic Hyam

FT
2 - 0

Introduction

Blackburn Rovers are hosting Watford at Ewood Park, Blackburn, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
24': Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
30': Substitution, Watford. Keinan Davis replaces Ismaïla Sarr because of an injury.
38': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Watford 0. Ryan Hedges (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan with a cross.
45': Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Francisco Sierralta.
45': Second Half begins Blackburn Rovers 1, Watford 0.
73': Substitution, Watford. Mario Gaspar replaces Jeremy Ngakia because of an injury.
73': Substitution, Watford. Yáser Asprilla replaces Hamza Choudhury.
78': Ryan Hedges (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Goal! Blackburn Rovers 2, Watford 0. Dominic Hyam (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Daniel Ayala following a corner.
90'+2': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. George Hirst replaces Ryan Hedges.
90'+3': Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Clinton Mola replaces Ben Brereton.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Ewood Park
Location: Blackburn, England
Attendance: 11,803

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+47	Leicester City	44	94	10
+43	Leeds United	44	90	8
+32	Ipswich Town	43	89	6
+24	Southampton	44	84	10

Full Table

Statistics

WAT		BLK
12	Fouls	9
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	3
5	Corner Kicks	9
4	Saves	2
53.1	Possession	46.9
6	SHOTS	15
2	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
363	Accurate Passes	293
442	Passes	387
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	6
14	Crosses	16
0.4	Cross %	0.4
45	Long Balls	52
16	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.4	Long Balls %	0.3
3	Blocked Shots	2
14	Effective Tackles	13
18	Tackles	21
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	12
15	Effective Clearances	14
15	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Blackburn Rovers (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Thomas Kaminski (GK)
4	Daniel Ayala
16	Scott Wharton
5	Dominic Hyam
6	Tyler Morton
27	Lewis Travis
3	Harry Pickering
17	Hayden Carter
19	Ryan Hedges
22	Ben Brereton Díaz
10	Tyrhys Dolan

Substitutes:

Adam Wharton, Clinton Mola, John Buckley, Ashley Phillips, George Hirst, Bradley Dack, Joe Hilton.

Watford (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Daniel Bachmann (GK)
31	Francisco Sierralta
15	Craig Cathcart
27	Christian Kabasele
4	Hamza Choudhury
39	Edo Kayembe
10	João Pedro
12	Ken Sema
2	Jeremy Ngakia
19	Bayo Youssouf
23	Ismaïla Sarr

Substitutes:

Dan Gosling, William Troost-Ekong, Mario, Joseph Hungbo, Keinan Davis, Maduka Okoye, Yaser Asprilla.

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