Watford - Preston

Logo Watford
Watford
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Championship Season 2026 - Round 6
2 - 1
Finished
Referee: Farai Hallam
Logo Preston
Preston
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Result

Ball possession

61%
39%

Timeline

5'
0-1
Callum Lang
Amin Nabizada (out)
Stephy Alvaro Mavididi (in)
46'
Martín Ismael Payero (out)
Iker Bravo Solanilla (in)
46'
Rocco Vata (out)
Othmane Maamma (in)
46'
Omar Haktab Traorè (out)
Jordan Zemura (in)
61'
62'
Andrija Vukčević
66'
Andrija Vukčević (out)
Stanley Mills (in)
66'
Johnny Kenny (out)
Delano Burgzorg (in)
67'
Lewis Jack Gibson
Edo Kayembe
1-1
69'
75'
Leo Leroy (out)
Liam Gibbs (in)
75'
Callum Lang (out)
Jusef Erabi (in)
Mamadou Doumbia
2-1
76'
82'
Alfie Devine (out)
Thierr Small (in)
Mamadou Doumbia (out)
Luca Kjerrumgaard (in)
88'

Odds

1X2 10Bet 1xBet Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Superbet Unibet William Hill
1 Watford 2.20 2.03 2.05 2.07 2.10 2.05 2.10 2.01 2.12 2.08 2.10 2.02 2.05
X Draw 3.35 3.52 3.40 3.40 3.40 3.50 3.50 3.52 3.51 3.15 3.45 3.40 3.30
2 Preston 3.20 3.44 3.50 3.65 3.50 3.50 3.55 3.45 3.62 3.23 3.50 3.55 3.40

Previous confrontations (H2H)

3 Watford
5 Draw
3 Preston
45% Over 2.5 goals
45% Both teams scored
2.3 Goals per match
Logo Watford 4 | Logo Preston 5 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Preston 1-5 Watford (2023)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Watford
1.27
Logo Preston
1.00
Goals in home matches
Logo Watford
1.20
Logo Preston
1.17
Goals in away matches
Logo Watford
1.33
Logo Preston
0.80
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Watford and Preston →

Stats

Watford
Preston
5
Shots on goal
6
7
Shots off goal
6
15
Total shots
18
3
Blocked shots
6
11
Shots inside box
10
4
Shots outside box
8
7
Fouls
10
2
Corners
4
2
Offsides
1
5
Goalkeeper saved
3
526
Total passes
319
436
Passes success
243
83%
Passes %
76%
1.26
Expected goals (xG)
2.44
-0.98
Goals prevented
-0.98

Stadion

Stadion name

Vicarage Road

Capacity

21577

Address

Vicarage Road
Watford

table 2026

Championship
Team Pts
Swansea Swansea 20
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 18
West Ham United West Ham United 16
Stoke City Stoke City 16
Wolves Wolves 14
QPR QPR 14
Birmingham Birmingham 14
Millwall Millwall 14
West Brom West Brom 14
Bristol City Bristol City 14
Charlton Charlton 13
Blackburn Blackburn 12
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 12
Wrexham Wrexham 11
Lincoln Lincoln 11
Southampton Southampton 10
Bolton Bolton 10
Norwich Norwich 9
Portsmouth Portsmouth 8
Watford Watford 8
Cardiff Cardiff 7
Burnley Burnley 7
Derby Derby 6
Preston Preston 4
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo Watford Watford — Formation: 4-2-3-1
Coach: Alessio Dionisi
1
Federico Ravaglia
4
Kévin Keben
6
Matthew Pollock
3
Soumaïla Coulibaly
23
Omar Haktab Traorè
39
Edo Kayembe
5
Hector Kyprianou
21
Amin Nabizada
22
Martín Ismael Payero
11
Rocco Vata
20
Mamadou Doumbia
38
Johnny Kenny
10
Callum Lang
7
Alfie Devine
15
Jordan Thompson
27
Leo Leroy
3
Andrija Vukčević
19
Lewis Jack Gibson
14
Jordan Storey
24
Odeluga Offiah
4
Harrison Clarke
1
Daniel Iversen
Preston — Formation: 5-3-2 Logo Preston
Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

Substitutes

Substitutes Watford

Name Age Position
Sam Walker 35 Goalkeeper
Daniel Bachmann 32 Goalkeeper
Jordan Zemura - Defender
Stephy Alvaro Mavididi 28 Attacker
Luca Kjerrumgaard 23 Attacker
Iker Bravo Solanilla 21 Attacker
Othmane Maamma 21 Attacker

Substitutes Preston

Name Age Position
Lee Nicholls 34 Goalkeeper
Caleb Wiley 21 Defender
Liam Lindsay 31 Defender
Thierr Small - Defender
Andrew Moran 22 Defender
Liam Gibbs 23 Midfielder
Stanley Mills - Midfielder
Delano Burgzorg 27 Attacker
Jusef Erabi 23 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
39 Logo Watford Edo Kayembe 8.2 90 Midfielder 1 0 4 2 47 2 37 1 - - 10 4 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Watford Soumaïla Coulibaly 7.5 90 Defender - 0 - - 75 - 70 - 2 - 8 4 - - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Watford Federico Ravaglia 7.3 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 32 - 23 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 5 1 0 0 0
7 Logo Watford Othmane Maamma (sub) 7.3 45 Attacker - 0 - - 21 - 17 1 - 1 10 7 6 4 - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Preston Andrija Vukčević 7.3 66 Defender - 0 - - 5 1 5 3 1 1 8 4 - - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Watford Iker Bravo Solanilla (sub) 7.2 45 Attacker - 1 1 1 30 1 27 - - 1 8 3 2 - 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
33 Logo Watford Jordan Zemura (sub) 7.2 29 Defender - 0 - - 19 1 16 - - - 3 2 1 - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
19 Logo Preston Lewis Jack Gibson ©️ 7.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 43 - 32 1 - 4 9 6 2 1 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo Preston Callum Lang 7.2 75 Attacker 1 0 3 2 11 3 9 1 - - 8 4 2 2 3 - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
45 Logo Watford Stephy Alvaro Mavididi (sub) 7.0 45 Attacker - 0 - - 22 - 20 - - - 4 1 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Preston Harrison Clarke 7.0 90 Defender - 0 2 1 35 1 28 2 - 2 16 8 2 2 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Watford Matthew Pollock ©️ 6.9 90 Defender - 0 1 - 66 - 56 1 2 1 7 4 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Watford Rocco Vata 6.9 45 Midfielder - 0 2 1 16 - 14 - - - 5 1 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Watford Mamadou Doumbia 6.9 88 Attacker 1 0 2 1 19 3 13 - - 1 13 2 2 - 2 - 0 0 2 - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Preston Jordan Storey 6.9 90 Defender - 0 - - 35 - 26 1 1 1 12 10 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Preston Stanley Mills (sub) 6.9 24 Midfielder - 0 - - 6 1 5 - - - 2 2 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Preston Odeluga Offiah 6.7 90 Defender - 0 - - 31 1 27 4 1 2 9 6 2 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo Preston Jordan Thompson 6.7 90 Midfielder - 0 1 1 34 1 27 2 - - 9 5 1 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo Preston Thierr Small (sub) 6.7 8 Defender - 0 - - 4 - 3 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Watford Martín Ismael Payero 6.5 45 Midfielder - 0 - - 21 1 16 1 - - 2 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Preston Leo Leroy 6.5 75 Midfielder - 0 1 - 16 1 15 1 - 1 6 2 - - 2 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Preston Liam Gibbs (sub) 6.5 15 Midfielder - 0 - - 5 - 4 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
9 Logo Preston Jusef Erabi (sub) 6.5 15 Attacker - 0 - - 7 - 5 - - - 4 2 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
5 Logo Watford Hector Kyprianou 6.3 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 44 1 35 2 - 2 8 4 1 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Watford Amin Nabizada 6.3 45 Midfielder - 0 - - 26 - 26 1 - - 2 1 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
38 Logo Preston Johnny Kenny 6.3 66 Attacker - 0 2 - 7 1 4 1 - - 7 3 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
37 Logo Preston Delano Burgzorg (sub) 6.3 24 Attacker - 0 1 1 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Watford Kévin Keben 6.2 90 Defender - 0 1 - 54 - 43 - 1 - 2 1 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Watford Omar Haktab Traorè 6.2 61 Defender - 0 1 - 31 1 20 1 - 1 8 4 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Preston Alfie Devine 5.9 82 Midfielder - 0 2 1 39 4 32 - - 1 - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
1 Logo Preston Daniel Iversen 5.6 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 37 - 17 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 3 2 0 0 0
9 Logo Watford Luca Kjerrumgaard (sub) - 2 Attacker - 0 - - 3 1 3 - 1 - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
26 Logo Watford Daniel Bachmann (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Watford Sam Walker (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
56 Logo Watford Albert Eames (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
21 Logo Preston Lee Nicholls (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Preston Caleb Wiley (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Preston Liam Lindsay (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
23 Logo Preston Andrew Moran (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -