Watford vs Preston

Championship · Nov 25, 2025 · 19:45

Final score: Watford 1–1 Preston

Standings

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

Recent form

Watford

• W Nov 22, 2025: Derby 2–3 Watford
• D Nov 7, 2025: Watford 1–1 Bristol City
• D Nov 4, 2025: Ipswich 1–1 Watford
• W Nov 1, 2025: Watford 3–0 Middlesbrough
• L Oct 25, 2025: Coventry 3–1 Watford

Preston

• L Nov 21, 2025: Preston 1–2 Blackburn
• D Nov 8, 2025: Millwall 1–1 Preston
• W Nov 5, 2025: Preston 2–1 Swansea
• W Nov 1, 2025: Southampton 0–2 Preston
• W Oct 24, 2025: Preston 3–2 Sheffield Utd

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

• 22' Goal Normal Goal — D. Jebbison (Preston) (assists: L. Dobbin)
• 37' Card Yellow Card — Alfie Devine (Preston)
• 45' Goal Normal Goal — M. Doumbia (Watford) (assists: J. Ngakia)
• 62' subst Substitution 1 — J. Thompson (Preston) (assists: T. Small)
• 71' Card Yellow Card — Hector Kyprianou (Watford)
• 72' subst Substitution 2 — L. Dobbin (Preston) (assists: M. Frokjaer-Jensen)
• 74' subst Substitution 1 — O. Maamma (Watford) (assists: G. Chakvetadze)
• 74' subst Substitution 2 — L. Kjerrumgaard (Watford) (assists: N. Irankunda)
• 81' subst Substitution 3 — O. Offiah (Preston) (assists: P. Valentin)
• 81' subst Substitution 4 — D. Jebbison (Preston) (assists: M. Smith)
• 84' Card Yellow Card — Andrew Hughes (Preston)
• 85' subst Substitution 3 — E. Kayembe (Watford) (assists: T. Ince)
• 86' subst Substitution 4 — M. Doumbia (Watford) (assists: V. Semedo)
• 87' Card Yellow Card — Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (Preston)
• 90'+6 Card Yellow Card — Nestory Irankunda (Watford)
• 90'+1 Card Yellow Card — Liam Lindsay (Preston)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 5 — 3
• Shots off Goal: 10 — 5
• Total Shots: 24 — 10
• Blocked Shots: 9 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 13 — 6
• Shots outsidebox: 11 — 4
• Fouls: 11 — 10
• Corner Kicks: 6 — 2
• Offsides: 1 — 1
• Ball Possession: 59% — 41%
• Yellow Cards: 2 — 4
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 2 — 4
• Total passes: 532 — 378
• Passes accurate: 459 — 303
• Passes %: 86% — 80%
• expected_goals: 1.70 — 0.98
• goals_prevented: -0.36 — -0.36

Injuries

Watford

• J. Grieves — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• K. Baah — Injury (Questionable)
• E. Selvik — Inactive (Questionable)
• C. Wiley — Muscle Injury (Questionable)

Preston

• R. Brady — Calf Injury (Missing Fixture)
• T. Carroll — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• L. Gibson — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. McCann — Broken Hand (Missing Fixture)
• M. Osmajic — Suspended (Missing Fixture)
• B. Potts — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Vukcevic — Muscle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• B. Whiteman — Yellow Cards (Missing Fixture)
• H. Armstrong — Inactive (Questionable)