Watford FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Watford FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship .
- Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2026/27)
- Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)
Match Details
- Referee James Bell
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 25 Nov Preston North End FC H 1–1 D 22 Nov Derby County FC A 3–2 W 07 Nov Bristol City FC H 1–1 D 04 Nov Ipswich Town FC A 1–1 D 01 Nov Middlesbrough FC H 3–0 W 25 Oct Coventry City FC A 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Nov Watford FC A 1–1 D 21 Nov Blackburn Rovers FC H 1–2 L 08 Nov Millwall FC A 1–1 D 05 Nov Swansea City AFC H 2–1 W 01 Nov Southampton FC A 2–0 W 24 Oct Sheffield United FC H 3–2 W Season Stats
Watford FC Preston North End FC #16 Position #14 57 Points 60 46 Played 46 14 / 15 / 17 W / D / L 15 / 15 / 16 53 Scored 55 65 Conceded 62 -12 GD -7 1.24 PPG 1.30 30% Win % 33% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H historyWatford FC are 16th (57 pts). Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts).
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Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Watford FC and Preston North End FC is underway.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Watford FC Lineups
Preston North End FC Lineups
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Milutin Osmajic 4 Joao Pedro 2 Vakoun Issouf Bayo 2 Tom Barkhuizen 1 Nathaniel Chalobah 1 Rocco Vata 1 Troy Deeney 1 Quina 1 Head to Head
Watford FC Form
Preston North End FC Form
2025-11-25 Watford FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2025-11-21 Preston North End FC 1–2 Blackburn Rovers FC L 2025-11-08 Millwall FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2025-11-05 Preston North End FC 2–1 Swansea City AFC W 2025-11-01 Southampton FC 0–2 Preston North End FC W 2025-10-24 Preston North End FC 3–2 Sheffield United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.33 Watford FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.22 Preston North End FC xGI would bet for: Watford FC or Preston North End FC 71%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.55Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Watford FC or Draw 68%Draw or Preston North End FC 61%Watford FC or Preston North End FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 9.9%1 – 0 9.3%0 – 1 8.5%2 – 1 8.1%1 – 2 7.5%2 – 0 6.7%0 – 2 5.7%2 – 2 5%3 – 1 3.6%1 – 3 3.1%3 – 0 2.9%Asian Handicap — Watford FC
Handicap Watford FC covers Push Preston North End FC covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 20% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 67% — 33% +1 67% 18% 14% +1.5 86% — 14% +2 86% 10% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Watford FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet 27% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.