Monday , 14 September 2026

Watford FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2026-27
Watford FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Preston North End FC
Tue 8 Sep 2026 · 18:45 UTC Vicarage Road HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 5' Callum Lang
Edo Kayembe 69' 1–1
Mamadou Doumbia 76' 2–1
Y 62' Andrija Vukcevic
Y 67' Lewis Gibson

Overview

Match Preview

Watford FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at Vicarage Road.

Match Details

  • Referee Farai Hallam (England)
  • Assistant 1
  • Assistant 2 Rob Smith
5 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 10.2 goals/game

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

4
5
2
Watford FC 11 games · Avg 2.5 goals Preston North End FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-09-08 Watford FC 2–1 Preston North End FC 2026-02-14 Preston North End FC 2–2 Watford FC 2025-11-25 Watford FC 1–1 Preston North End FC 2025-01-21 Watford FC 1–2 Preston North End FC 2024-10-02 Preston North End FC 3–0 Watford FC

Recent Form

Watford FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Sep Preston North End FC H 2–1 W
05 Sep West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–1 L
01 Sep Swansea City AFC A 0–2 L
29 Aug West Ham United FC H 1–1 D
22 Aug Wrexham AFC A 1–1 D
16 Aug Southampton FC H 2–1 W
Preston North End FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Sep Watford FC A 1–2 L
05 Sep Blackburn Rovers FC H 2–1 W
01 Sep Bristol City FC H 1–3 L
29 Aug Charlton Athletic FC A 0–1 L
22 Aug Wolverhampton Wanderers FC H 1–3 L
15 Aug Bolton Wanderers FC A 1–2 L

Season Stats

Watford FC Preston North End FC
#17 Position #23
8 Points 3
7 Played 7
2 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 6
7 Scored 6
9 Conceded 13
-2 GD -7
1.14 PPG 0.43
29% Win % 14%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

Watford FC are 17th (8 pts). Preston North End FC are 23rd (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Watford FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
2/2
31-45
–/2
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/–
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Preston North End FC
0-15
2/3
16-30
1/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/1
61-75
–/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Watford FC
Amin Nabizada 3 G
Iker Bravo 1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard 1 G
Preston North End FC
Callum Lang 3 G
Jordan Thompson 1 G
Jusef Erabi 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Watford FC and Preston North End FC has kicked off!
  • 5' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Callum Lang makes it 0-1.
  • 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Preston North End FC that had 384 games and scored 421 goals.
  • 15' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 5-3-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Watford FC and Preston North End FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 25' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Watford FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 35' The energy levels are beginning to show. Alessio Dionisi might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 40' France international Leo Leroy has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 46' Time for substitution for Watford FC. Rocco Vata is replaced by Othmane Maamma.
  • 51' Delano Burgzorg needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Watford FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 61' Watford FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jordan Zemura is hanging Haktab Traore on the field on 61 minute.
  • 62' The referee calls foul for Andrija Vukcevic. He receives a card.
  • 66' The Preston North End FC manager makes a substitution. Johnny Kenny departs to be replaced by Delano Burgzorg.
  • 67' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a card on 67.
  • 69' GOAL! Edo Kayembe fires home to make it 1-1!
  • 74' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 75' A tactical swap from Preston North End FC — Jusef Erabi on, Callum Lang off on 75 minutes.
  • 76' Mamadou Doumbia is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
  • 81' It’s high time Paul Heckingbottom made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 82' The supporters are chanting for Thierry Small. He replaces Alfie Devine on 82 minute.
  • 87' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Watford FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 88' Mamadou Doumbia makes way for Luca Kjerrumgaard at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Watford FC.
  • It finishes all square. Watford FC and Preston North End FC share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alessio Dionisi

Preston North End FC Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Paul Heckingbottom

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Milutin Osmajic 4
Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2
Joao Pedro 2
Edo Kayembe 2
Matheus Martins 1
Ismael Kone 1
Alistair McCann 1
Tom Barkhuizen 1

Head to Head

2026-09-08 Watford FC 2–1 Preston North End FC 2026-02-14 Preston North End FC 2–2 Watford FC 2025-11-25 Watford FC 1–1 Preston North End FC 2025-01-21 Watford FC 1–2 Preston North End FC 2024-10-02 Preston North End FC 3–0 Watford FC

Watford FC Form

2026-09-08 Watford FC 2–1 Preston North End FC W 2026-09-05 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Watford FC L 2026-09-01 Swansea City AFC 2–0 Watford FC L 2026-08-29 Watford FC 1–1 West Ham United FC D 2026-08-22 Wrexham AFC 1–1 Watford FC D 2026-08-16 Watford FC 2–1 Southampton FC W

Preston North End FC Form

2026-09-08 Watford FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L 2026-09-05 Preston North End FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2026-09-01 Preston North End FC 1–3 Bristol City FC L 2026-08-29 Charlton Athletic FC 1–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-08-22 Preston North End FC 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC L 2026-08-15 Bolton Wanderers FC 2–1 Preston North End FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.53 Watford FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1 Preston North End FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Watford FC50% Draw27% Preston North End FC23%
Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes50% 0% No50%
Avg goals/match: 2.53
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 46%
54%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Watford FC or Draw
77%
Draw or Preston North End FC
50%
Watford FC or Preston North End FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Watford FC34% Draw48% Preston North End FC18%
Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.1%
1 – 0
11.2%
0 – 0
10%
2 – 0
9.1%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
6.9%
1 – 2
5.9%
3 – 1
4.6%
2 – 2
4.6%
3 – 0
4.5%
0 – 2
3.9%
3 – 2
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Watford FC

Handicap Watford FC covers Push Preston North End FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 23% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Watford FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓
Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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