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Wednesday, 25/11/2026 at 20:45

34d 23h to kick-off
Match preview · Championship

Watford – Blackburn Rovers

Watford 20th in Championship Home 1.36 projected goals by the model
Blackburn Rovers 10th in Championship Away 1.17 projected goals by the model

Model updated 21 October, 21:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.36 1.17
Watford Blackburn Rovers
Watford
39%
Draw
31%
Blackburn Rovers
30%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Watford Draw Blackburn Rovers
Fair odds 2.55 3.20 3.38
Total goals
2.54
Over 2.5 goals
48%
Both teams to score
57%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Watford

39% Watford to win

Attack
19th vs 18th
Watford attack v Blackburn Rovers defence
Defence
24th vs 22nd
Watford defence v Blackburn Rovers attack
Recent xG form
-0.84 vs -0.62
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.36 – 1.17
Watford v Blackburn Rovers
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Watford and Blackburn Rovers compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Watford Blackburn Rovers
xG / match (better) 1.13 · 18th 0.98 · 22nd
xGA / match 1.88 · 24th (better) 1.72 · 23rd
xGD / match -0.75 · 23rd (better) -0.74 · 22nd
xPts / match 0.88 · 24th (better) 0.89 · 23rd
Last 6 xGD / match -0.84 (better) -0.62

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

Watford clean sheet
28%
Watford 2+ goals
41%
Under 2.5 goals
52%
Both teams to score: no
43%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.0%
2:1
10.1%
1:2
8.5%
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Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Watford sample
20 matches
Blackburn Rovers sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Watford
6 matches
Away xG sample · Blackburn Rovers
6 matches
Computed
Wednesday, 21/10/2026 at 21:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.