Preston North End FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2024-25

Preston North End FC

3 – 0

Full Time

Watford FC

Wed 2 Oct 2024 · 18:45 UTC Deepdale 13,602 HT 45' · FT 45'

Milutin Osmajic 53' 1–0

Milutin Osmajic 65' 2–0

Alistair McCann 75' 3–0

Robbie Brady 40' Y

Ben Whiteman 70' Y

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Watford FC — Championship at Deepdale.

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 8 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee
Assistant 1 Ian Cooper
Assistant 2 Hugh Gilroy (England)

4 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 6.3 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Preston North End FC 11 games · Avg 2.5 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-10-02 Preston North End FC 3–0 Watford FC 2024-04-06 Watford FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2023-12-16 Preston North End FC 1–5 Watford FC 2023-03-04 Watford FC 0–0 Preston North End FC 2022-08-20 Preston North End FC 0–0 Watford FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Watford FC	H	3–0	W
28 Sep	Millwall FC	A	1–3	L
22 Sep	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	0–0	D
14 Sep	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–1	D
31 Aug	Oxford United FC	A	1–3	L
24 Aug	Luton Town FC	H	1–0	W

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Preston North End FC	A	0–3	L
28 Sep	Sunderland AFC	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	Norwich City FC	A	1–4	L
14 Sep	Coventry City FC	H	1–1	D
01 Sep	Sheffield United FC	A	0–1	L
24 Aug	Derby County FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Watford FC
#23	Position	#20
4	Points	8
8	Played	8
1 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 4
8	Scored	7
15	Conceded	10
-7	GD	-3
0.50	PPG	1.00
13%	Win %	25%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts). Watford FC are 20th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Watford FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Watford FC

Amin Nabizada	3 G
Iker Bravo	1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Deepdale. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Preston North End FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' A quiet spell here at Deepdale. Preston North End FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
15' Preston North End FC have won 417 goals from 382 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Watford FC come into this ranked 8 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Alistair McCann, a Northern Ireland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
35' The travelling Watford FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
40' Robbie Brady catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 40.
45' It looks like no one’s ball. Watford FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Preston North End FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
53' Goal! Milutin Osmajic scores his 30 goal in 129 matches.
54' Time for substitution for Watford FC. Festy Ebosele is replaced by Ryan Andrews.
59' It is a cagey affair so far. Preston North End FC in their 3-5-1-1 trying to find a way past Watford FC's compact 3-4-2-1.
63' It is a substitution in Watford FC team. Yasser Larouci is replaced by Ken Sema on 63 minute.
65' Assisted by Jordan Storey with the perfectly-timed delivery and Milutin Osmajic makes no mistake. 2-0!
70' Ben Whiteman picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
73' Fresh legs for Preston North End FC! Ryan Ledson comes on to replace Stefan Teitur Thordarson.
74' Brad Potts gets the nod from Preston North End FC. He replaces Robbie Brady and will look to change the dynamic.
75' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alistair McCann makes it 3-0.
80' Watford FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
83' The crowd applauds Edo Kayembe as he leaves the pitch. Tom Ince steps in for Watford FC.
84' The crowd applauds Mads Frokjaer-Jensen as he leaves the pitch. Duane Holmes steps in for Preston North End FC.
88' Time for substitution for Preston North End FC. Milutin Osmajic is replaced by Emil Riis Jakobsen.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

3-5-1-1

Starting XI

11
Robbie Brady ↓ Brad Potts 74'
6
Liam Lindsay
16
Andrew Hughes
14
Jordan Storey
4
Ben Whiteman
8
Alistair McCann
28
Milutin Osmajic ↓ Emil Riis Jakobsen 88'
1
Freddie Woodman
29
Kaine Kesler ↓ Jeppe Okkels 84'
22
Stefan Teitur Thordarson ↓ Ryan Ledson 73'
10
Mads Frokjaer-Jensen ↓ Duane Holmes 84'

Bench

5
Jack Whatmough
25
Duane Holmes ↑ 84'
44
Brad Potts ↑ 74'
18
Ryan Ledson ↑ 73'
13
David Cornell
40
Josh Bowler
17
Layton Stewart
9
Emil Riis Jakobsen ↑ 88'
23
Jeppe Okkels ↑ 84'

Coach Paul Heckingbottom

Watford FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

23
Jonathan Bond
17
Moussa Sissoko
21
Angelo Ogbonna ↓ Vakoun Issouf Bayo 54'
39
Edo Kayembe ↓ Tom Ince 83'
8
Giorgi Chakvetadze
6
Matthew Pollock
10
Imran Louza
34
Kwadwo Baah ↓ Rocco Vata 83'
37
Yasser Larouci ↓ Ken Sema 63'
36
Festy Ebosele ↓ Ryan Andrews 54'
22
James Morris

Bench

12
Ken Sema ↑ 63'
7
Tom Ince ↑ 83'
5
Ryan Porteous
19
Vakoun Issouf Bayo ↑ 54'
14
Pierre Dwomoh
11
Rocco Vata ↑ 83'
45
Ryan Andrews ↑ 54'
15
Antonio Tikvic

Coach Tom Cleverley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Milutin Osmajic	4
Joao Pedro	2
Edo Kayembe	2
Vakoun Issouf Bayo	2
Nathaniel Chalobah	1
Rocco Vata	1
Troy Deeney	1
Callum Lang	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2024-10-02 Preston North End FC 3–0 Watford FC W 2024-09-28 Millwall FC 3–1 Preston North End FC L 2024-09-22 Preston North End FC 0–0 Blackburn Rovers FC D 2024-09-14 Middlesbrough FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2024-08-31 Oxford United FC 3–1 Preston North End FC L 2024-08-24 Preston North End FC 1–0 Luton Town FC W

Watford FC Form

2024-10-02 Preston North End FC 3–0 Watford FC L 2024-09-28 Watford FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC W 2024-09-21 Norwich City FC 4–1 Watford FC L 2024-09-14 Watford FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2024-09-01 Sheffield United FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2024-08-24 Watford FC 2–1 Derby County FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.36 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.79 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC50% Draw29% Watford FC21%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes42% 0% No58%

Avg goals/match: 2.15

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	63%	37%
± 2.5	36%	64%
± 3.5	18%	82%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Watford FC

50%

Preston North End FC or Watford FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Preston North End FC33% Draw52% Watford FC15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

14.7%

0 – 0

13.9%

1 – 1

13.4%

2 – 0

10.4%

2 – 1

8.3%

0 – 1

1 – 2

4.8%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

3.8%

0 – 2

3.5%

2 – 2

3.4%

3 – 2

1.6%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	15%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	25%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	14%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.