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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 6 (setup 1, season 31)
Blackburn Rovers
v.
Watford
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
Home form:
Alexander SCHWOLOW71Matthieu VALVERDE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Kevin DIKS27Timothy FOSU-MENSAH
Scott MALONE837Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Victor WANYAMA47Valon BEHRAMI
Ahmed HEGAZY5Timmy SIMONS
Lamine KONÉ76Matthijs DE LIGT
Kemar ROOFE776Grant LEADBITTER
Will HUGHES786Stephen QUINN
Jonathan KODJIA97Dieumerci MBOKANI BEZUA
Nicolò BARELLA10Chris BAIRD
Scott ARFIELD7116Nicolas de Roussel DE PRÉVILLE
Scott SmillieManager
Ashley RICHARDS12Corry EVANS
Danny WARD13Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS
Marten DE ROON146Josh MEEKINGS
Adam FORSHAW15Jamie ALLEN
Liam BOYCE16TIAGO ALVES Sales

Blackburn Rovers 2 Watford 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 20,560, Stadium: Ewood Park (construction in progress), Referee: Paul TAYLOR 6½)
55 Arfield, 80p KodjiaScorers
Substitutions55 Oviedo <=> Allen, 74 Behrami <=> Meekings
Sendings off
Bookings68 De Préville
5Corners7
10Fouls7
7Offsides3
5Shots on6
8Shots off7
13Total shots13
3Shots saved6
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Victor WANYAMA
3The bemused SCHWOLOW was all agog as a backpass from BARELLA fell just over.
12ARFIELD whacked a left foot shot just wide from thirty yards out.
16A pin-point pass found LEADBITTER and his left foot shot floated narrowly wide.
18A corner found ARFIELD who flicked the ball just beyond the near post.
23BEHRAMI worked the ball to DE PRÉVILLE, QUINN latched onto his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of SCHWOLOW.
28BARELLA beat two Watford players and slammed an effort over.
33BAIRD scuffed a simple chance.
35A shot from FOSU-MENSAH was headed off the line by MALONE.
36A shot from BARELLA seemed a certain goal but the Watford 'keeper managed to force the ball clear.
40BEHRAMI made space on the left and pulled the ball to QUINN who clipped the ball over.
43A penalty box meleé resulted in ARFIELD tapping the ball wide.
45The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful effort.
 
55GOAL!! A cross from HEGAZY was headed away by FOSU-MENSAH only for WANYAMA to fire the ball back into the box for ARFIELD to force over the line. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
60WANYAMA played the ball to ROOFE who turned it over.
68DE PRÉVILLE given a yellow card for a high tackle.
69KODJIA shot wide.
74ROOFE was put clear by WANYAMA and he stepped inside the Watford 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
80GOAL!! A penalty was awarded to Blackburn Rovers, after BAIRD had fouled HUGHES, which KODJIA comfortably converted.
85A good ball from QUINN on the right bobbled toward LEADBITTER who scuffed his effort inches over.
88A header by BAIRD at the near post was comfortably collected by SCHWOLOW.
89A poor strike from BARELLA bounced agonisingly wide.
90+2SCHWOLOW was able to block a tame shot from QUINN.