Championship (England) WON 2–1
Tue, Sep 8 · 20:45 · Vicarage Road
Watford Home
VS
Preston Away
Watford vs Preston — Championship
Tipster's pick Watford or Draw
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.30 Odds via William Hill
Our estimate76%
This price needs77%
Expert analysis

Watford Aim to Capitalise on Preston Road Woes

Watford have shown better attacking returns at home this season than Preston manage away from their base. Matches between these sides often end without a Preston victory according to past encounters. Preston arrive with a run of results that leaves them vulnerable on the road against organised opponents. Injuries to key squad members on both teams may limit creative play and goal threats in midfield. Watford’s pattern of results suggests they can avoid defeat in this fixture while Preston search for consistency. The low rate of high scoring games for either side points toward a tight contest where one team might struggle to break through.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–1 WON

Our pick “Watford or Draw” at odds 1.30 won — final score 2–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Callum Lang 5'
  3. Iker Bravo ↓ Martin Payero 45'
  4. Stephy Mavididi ↓ Amin Nabizada 45'
  5. Othmane Maamma ↓ Rocco Vata 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Jordan Zemura ↓ Haktab Omar Traore 61'
  8. Andrija Vukčević 62'
  9. Delano Burgzorg ↓ Johnny Kenny 66'
  10. Stanley Mills ↓ Andrija Vukčević 66'
  11. Lewis Gibson 67'
  12. Edo Kayembe 69'
  13. Jusef Erabi ↓ Callum Lang 75'
  14. Liam Gibbs ↓ Leo Leroy 75'
  15. Mamadou Doumbia assist Iker Bravo 76'
  16. Thierry Small ↓ Alfie Devine 82'
  17. Luca Kjerrumgaard ↓ Mamadou Doumbia 88'
This season
Watford Preston
Over 2.5 goals 0% 0%
Clean sheet 0% 0%
Failed to score 40% 20%
Scored per game 0.8 1.0
Conceded per game 1.2 2.0
Scored home / away 1.5 / 0.3 1.3 / 0.5

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
16 BLA Blackburn 5 1 2 2 5
17 WAT Watford ▲ 5 1 2 2 5
18 LIN Lincoln 5 1 2 2 5
19 SOU Southampton 5 2 2 1 4
20 DER Derby 5 1 1 3 4
21 BOL Bolton 5 1 1 3 4
22 CAR Cardiff 5 0 3 2 3
23 PRE Preston ▲ 5 1 0 4 3
24 BUR Burnley 5 0 2 3 2
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Watford DLDLL
D @ Wrexham 1–1 Aug 22
L vs Peterborough 1–5 Aug 25
D vs West Ham 1–1 Aug 29
L @ Swansea 0–2 Sep 1
L @ West Brom 0–1 Sep 5
Preston LLLLW
L vs Wolves 1–3 Aug 22
L vs Everton 0–4 Aug 26
L @ Charlton 0–1 Aug 29
L vs Bristol City 1–3 Sep 1
W vs Blackburn 2–1 Sep 5
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Watford
Scored 0.6 avg
1 1 1 0 0
Conceded 2.0 avg
1 5 1 2 1
Preston
Scored 0.8 avg
1 0 0 1 2
Conceded 2.4 avg
3 4 1 3 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Watford
5 Draws
2 Preston
Feb 2026 Preston 2–2 Watford Draw
Nov 2025 Watford 1–1 Preston Draw
Jan 2025 Watford 1–2 Preston Preston
Oct 2024 Preston 3–0 Watford Preston
Apr 2024 Watford 0–0 Preston Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 5 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Watford 4-2-3-1
  • 1 F. Ravaglia G
  • 23 O. Traoré D
  • 6 M. Pollock D
  • 3 S. Coulibaly D
  • 4 K. Keben D
  • 39 E. Kayembe M
  • 5 H. Kyprianou M
  • 21 Amin Nabizada M
  • 22 M. Payero M
  • 11 R. Vata M
  • 20 M. Doumbia F
Bench D. Bachmann, Iker Bravo, L. Kjerrumgaard, O. Maamma, S. Mavididi, S. Walker, J. Zemura, Albert Eames

A. Dionisi

Preston 5-3-2
  • 1 D. Iversen G
  • 4 H. Clarke D
  • 14 J. Storey D
  • 24 O. Offiah D
  • 19 L. Gibson D
  • 3 A. Vukčević D
  • 27 L. Leroy M
  • 7 A. Devine M
  • 15 J. Thompson M
  • 10 C. Lang F
  • 38 J. Kenny F
Bench L. Lindsay, S. Mills, A. Moran, L. Nicholls, T. Small, C. Wiley, L. Gibbs, J. Erabi, D. Burgzorg

P. Heckingbottom

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Watford
  • OUT K. Baah Knock
  • OUT M. Boadu Injury
  • OUT M. Bola Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Grieves Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT O. H. Traore Injury
  • DOUBT T. Akomeah Lacking Match Fitness
  • DOUBT B. Mlacic Inactive
  • DOUBT J. Ngakia Thigh Injury
  • OUT K. Baah Knock
  • OUT M. Boadu Injury
  • OUT M. Bola Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Grieves Lacking Match Fitness
  • OUT O. H. Traore Injury
  • DOUBT T. Akomeah Lacking Match Fitness
  • DOUBT B. Mlacic Inactive
  • DOUBT J. Ngakia Thigh Injury
Preston
  • OUT B. Potts Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Carroll Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT A. Hughes Inactive
  • DOUBT A. McCann Injury
  • OUT B. Potts Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT T. Carroll Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT A. Hughes Inactive
  • DOUBT A. McCann Injury