Preston vs Watford

Championship · Feb 14, 2026 · 15:00

Final score: Preston 2–2 Watford

Standings

• Preston: #14 · 60 Pts · 46 P (15W 15D 16L)
• Watford: #16 · 57 Pts · 46 P (14W 15D 17L)

Recent form

Preston

• W Feb 7, 2026: Preston 1–0 Portsmouth
• D Jan 31, 2026: Ipswich 1–1 Preston
• L Jan 24, 2026: Middlesbrough 4–0 Preston
• L Jan 20, 2026: Preston 0–3 Hull City
• L Jan 17, 2026: Preston 0–1 Derby

Watford

• L Feb 7, 2026: Southampton 1–0 Watford
• D Feb 3, 2026: Hull City 0–0 Watford
• L Jan 31, 2026: Watford 0–2 Swansea
• D Jan 24, 2026: Blackburn 1–1 Watford
• D Jan 21, 2026: Watford 1–1 Portsmouth

Head-to-head

• 2026-02-14T15:00:00+00:00: Preston 2–2 Watford
• 2025-11-25T19:45:00+00:00: Watford 1–1 Preston
• 2025-01-21T19:45:00+00:00: Watford 1–2 Preston
• 2024-10-02T18:45:00+00:00: Preston 3–0 Watford
• 2024-04-06T14:00:00+00:00: Watford 0–0 Preston

Match events

• 19' Goal Normal Goal — L. Dobbin (Preston) (assists: B. Whiteman)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — G. Chakvetadze (Watford) (assists: K. Baah)
• 55' Goal Normal Goal — O. Maamma (Watford) (assists: I. Louza)
• 57' Goal Own Goal — O. Offiah (Watford)
• 61' subst Substitution 2 — S. Goglichidze (Watford) (assists: F. Mendy)
• 63' subst Substitution 1 — A. Vukcevic (Preston) (assists: T. Small)
• 63' subst Substitution 2 — P. Valentin (Preston) (assists: C. Lang)
• 63' subst Substitution 3 — D. Jebbison (Preston) (assists: M. Osmajic)
• 70' Goal Normal Goal — M. Osmajic (Preston) (assists: C. Lang)
• 78' subst Substitution 3 — L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford) (assists: M. Doumbia)
• 79' subst Substitution 4 — L. Dobbin (Preston) (assists: A. Hughes)
• 79' subst Substitution 4 — M. Pollock (Watford) (assists: J. Petris)
• 81' Card Yellow Card — Lewis Gibson (Preston)
• 86' subst Substitution 5 — I. Louza (Watford) (assists: E. Bove)
• 89' Card Yellow Card — Jeremy Petris (Watford)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 3 — 5
• Shots off Goal: 3 — 6
• Total Shots: 8 — 20
• Blocked Shots: 2 — 9
• Shots insidebox: 6 — 12
• Shots outsidebox: 2 — 8
• Fouls: 8 — 6
• Corner Kicks: 9 — 7
• Offsides: 1 — 1
• Ball Possession: 51% — 49%
• Yellow Cards: 1 — 1
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 4 — 1
• Total passes: 376 — 363
• Passes accurate: 270 — 260
• Passes %: 72% — 72%
• expected_goals: 0.82 — 0.85
• goals_prevented: -0.49 — -0.49

Injuries

Preston

• D. Iversen — Groin Injury (Missing Fixture)
• B. Potts — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• R. Brady — Calf Injury (Questionable)

Watford

• P. Ekwah — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• N. Irankunda — Red Card (Missing Fixture)
• H. Kyprianou — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• R. Vata — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)