1. 13'
   João Pedro

   Assist: Kiko Femenía

   
   ⚽
2. 17'
   T. Cleverley

   
   ⚽
3. 22'
   Christian Kabasele

   Foul

   
   🟨
4. 28'
   ⚽
   

   B. Brereton

   Assist: A. Armstrong
5. 49'
   D. Lenihan (OG)

   
   🔴
6. 61'
   E. Capoue ↑

   T. Cleverley ↓

   
   🔁
7. 66'
   🔁
   

   S. Wharton ↑

   Daniel Ayala ↓
8. 70'
   🔁
   

   T. Trybull ↑

   C. Evans ↓
9. 71'
   J. Ngakia ↑

   Kiko Femenía ↓

   
   🔁
10. 75'
    Jeremy Ngakia

    Foul

    
    🟨
11. 77'
    🔁
    

    T. Dolan ↑

    B. Brereton ↓
12. 84'
    João Pedro

    Time wasting

    
    🟨
13. 89'
    Domingos Quina ↑

    I. Sarr ↓

    
    🔁

Match stats

• 34%Possession66%
• 10Shots19
• 4Shots on target7
• 4Shots off target5
• 2Blocked shots7
• 9Shots inside box13
• 1Shots outside box6
• 315Passes601
• 218Accurate passes498
• 69%Pass accuracy83%
• 1Corners8
• 0Offsides4
• 24Fouls12
• 3Yellow cards0
• 6Saves2

Lineups

Watford

Formation: 3-5-2

Starting XI

Goalkeeper

• 1B. Foster

Defenders

• 15C. Cathcart
• 27C. Kabasele
• 6B. Wilmot

Midfielders

• 21Kiko Femenía
• 8T. Cleverley
• 14N. Chalobah
• 12K. Sema
• 16J. Garner

Forwards

• 23I. Sarr
• 10João Pedro

Substitutes

• 29E. Capoue
• 3J. Ngakia
• 20Domingos Quina
• 17G. Murray
• 25S. Perica
• 5W. Troost-Ekong
• 26D. Bachmann

Coach: V. Ivić

Blackburn

Formation: 4-3-3

Starting XI

Goalkeeper

• 1T. Kaminski

Defenders

• 5Daniel Ayala
• 26D. Lenihan
• 17A. Bell
• 2R. Nyambe

Midfielders

• 4B. Johnson
• 10L. Holtby
• 29C. Evans

Forwards

• 16H. Elliott
• 7A. Armstrong
• 20B. Brereton

Substitutes

• 28S. Wharton
• 19T. Trybull
• 39T. Dolan
• 15B. Douglas
• 24J. Rankin-Costello
• 13A. Pears
• 21J. Buckley

Coach: T. Mowbray

Top performers

Watford

• Ben Foster90'8.0
• James Garner90'7.3
• Étienne Capoue29'7.3
• Ken Sema90'7.2
• Tom Cleverley1G61'7.0

Blackburn

• Lewis Holtby90'7.9
• Ben Brereton1G77'7.7
• Harvey Elliott90'7.5
• Ryan Nyambe90'7.0
• Bradley Johnson90'7.0