Match Centre: Watford vs Blackburn Rovers
Player of the match Edo Kayembe 7.9
GolVolt rating 2.5GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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9 → 7
Watford climb 2 places in the table. Blackburn Rovers stay in place 6.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Few chances, settled by 82′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 82′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Kayembe scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 2.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 0.4 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 2.5more watchable than 25% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
1 goal9 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 36' Francisco Sierraltayellow card
- Half-time · 0:0
- 49' Giorgi Chakvetadzeyellow card
- 51' Edo Kayembeyellow card
- 55' Kwadwo Baahyellow card
- 56' SubstitutionBayo for Ince
- 59' SubstitutionOhashi for Gueye
- 66' 2 substitutionsSema for LarouciVata for Pollock
- 68' Todd Cantwellyellow card
- 69' Danny Batthyellow card
- 71' Goal: Edo KayembeWatford1:0
- 77' SubstitutionSigurdsson for Weimann
- 78' 2 substitutionsRankin-Costello for HedgesBuckley for Travis
- 84' SubstitutionAndrews for Baah
- 84' SubstitutionDolan for Tronstad
- 88' Festy Eboseleyellow card
- 90' Callum Brittainyellow card
- 90+4' Dominic Hyamyellow card
- Full-time · 1:0
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Blackburn Rovers
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 15 Antonio Tikvic DEF —
- 22 James Morris DEF —
- 45 Ryan Andrews DEF on
- 10 Imrân Louza MID —
- 12 Ken Sema MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT on
- 19 Vakoun Bayo ATT on
- 20 Mamadou Doumbia ATT —
Blackburn Rovers
- 12 Balázs Tóth GK —
- 3 Harry Pickering DEF —
- 4 Kyle McFadzean DEF —
- 7 Arnór Sigurdsson MID on
- 10 Tyrhys Dolan MID on
- 11 Joe Rankin-Costello MID on
- 21 John Buckley MID on
- 42 Lewis Baker MID —
- 23 Yuki Ohashi ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Watford Edo Kayembe
- 2. place · Watford Ryan Porteous
- 3. place · Watford Moussa Sissoko
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