FM Preview: Watford v Blackburn Rovers 20 Apr 2013

Last updated : 19 April 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Watford v Blackburn Rovers fixture

Watford play host to Blackburn Rovers at Vicarage Road on Saturday afternoon,

The last time the two teams met at Watford was back in January 2007, over five years ago, the Hornets carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sat 27 Oct Blackburn R. 1 - 0 Watford Championship
2006/2007 Wed 18 Apr Blackburn R. 3 - 1 Watford Premiership
2006/2007 Tue 23 Jan Watford 2-1 Blackburn R. Premiership
2000/2001 Tue 20 Feb Watford 0 - 1 Blackburn R. League Division One
2000/2001 Tue 12 Sep Blackburn R. 3 - 4 Watford League Division One
1995/1996 Tue 24 Oct Watford 1 - 2 Blackburn R. League Cup
1992/1993 Wed 09 Dec Blackburn R. 6 - 1 Watford League Cup

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Recent respective form guides

Watford have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.

The away form of Blackburn Rovers is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Rovers have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Watford are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 71 points from 43 games.

Blackburn Rovers are currently lying in 19th place in npower Championship having mustered a points tally of 53 from their 42 matches played.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Watford 6 1 2 3 6 8 5
Blackburn Rovers 6 2 2 2 7 8 8

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Its a close one to call, but we think that Hornets's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Blackburn Rovers. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Watford Drawn last 2 games at home.
Failed to win in previous 3 home matches.
Latest 2 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Blackburn Rovers Lost each of the previous 5 away matches.
Not won in previous 5 away matches.
Last drawn game 5 outings ago.

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