Preston North End FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Preston North End FC vs Watford FC — Championship .
- Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee Dean Whitestone
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Feb Watford FC H 2–2 D 07 Feb Portsmouth FC H 1–0 W 31 Jan Ipswich Town FC A 1–1 D 24 Jan Middlesbrough FC A 0–4 L 20 Jan Hull City AFC H 0–3 L 17 Jan Derby County FC H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Feb Preston North End FC A 2–2 D 07 Feb Southampton FC A 0–1 L 03 Feb Hull City AFC A 0–0 D 31 Jan Swansea City AFC H 0–2 L 24 Jan Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–1 D 21 Jan Portsmouth FC H 1–1 D Season Stats
Preston North End FC Watford FC #14 Position #16 60 Points 57 46 Played 46 15 / 15 / 16 W / D / L 14 / 15 / 17 55 Scored 53 62 Conceded 65 -7 GD -12 1.30 PPG 1.24 33% Win % 30% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyPreston North End FC are 14th (60 pts). Watford FC are 16th (57 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Preston North End FC gets underway.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Milutin Osmajic 4 Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2 Joao Pedro 2 Edo Kayembe 1 Matheus Martins 1 Ismael Kone 1 Alistair McCann 1 Tom Barkhuizen 1 Head to Head
Preston North End FC Form
2026-02-14 Preston North End FC 2–2 Watford FC D 2026-02-07 Preston North End FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC W 2026-01-31 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2026-01-24 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-01-20 Preston North End FC 0–3 Hull City AFC L 2026-01-17 Preston North End FC 0–1 Derby County FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.4 Preston North End FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.09 Watford FC xGI would bet for: Preston North End FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 55%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.49Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 71% 29% ± 2.5 45% 55% ± 3.5 24% 76% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Preston North End FC or Draw 73%Draw or Watford FC 55%Preston North End FC or Watford FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Preston North End FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.6%1 – 0 10.5%0 – 0 10.4%2 – 1 8.5%0 – 1 7.9%2 – 0 7.9%1 – 2 6.6%0 – 2 4.8%2 – 2 Actual3 – 1 4%3 – 0 3.6%1 – 3 2.4%Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC
Handicap Preston North End FC covers Push Watford FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 79% -1.5 21% — 79% -1 21% 22% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 17% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✓Watford FC keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.