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Preston North End v Watford : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Feb, 15:00 BST, Deepdale, Preston

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Paul Heckingbottom and his Preston North End side host Javier Gracia Carlos’s Watford at the Deepdale. Analysing both teams' last 20 Championship matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 39%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Watford 35%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Preston 1-0 10%	-	-
Watford 1-0 9%	-	-
Preston 2-1 8%	-	-
Watford 2-1 8%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Preston 2-0 7%	-	-
Watford 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Preston 3-1 4%	-	-
Watford 3-1 3%	-	-
Preston 3-0 3%	-	-
Watford 3-0 2%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	-	-
BTTS - No 47%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	-	-
Home/draw 65%	-	-
Away/draw 61%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 57%	-	-
Away DNB 54%	-	-
Preston win to nil 21%	-	-
Watford win to nil 19%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 39 goals to 37 goals.

Home League Performance

Preston have played 15 games at home winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Watford are in 10th position in the Championship on 43 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Watford have conceded 14 goals, scored 14, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Preston Watford
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	30	17	7	6	28	58	d 1-1A	Mar 11	May 2	l 3-1A
2	M'Boro	30	17	7	6	18	58	d 2-2F	l 4-0A	w 3-0F	Apr 25
3	Hull	29	16	5	8	8	53	l 0-3A	d 2-2F	w 2-1A	Feb 3
4	Ipswich	29	14	9	6	21	51	w 1-0F	d 1-1F	Feb 24	d 1-1F
5	Millwall	30	14	8	8	1	50	Feb 28	d 1-1F	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
6	Wrexham	30	12	11	7	7	47	d 1-1A	l 2-1A	Mar 7	d 2-2A
7	Derby	30	12	9	9	7	45	l 0-1A	w 0-1F	Feb 21	w 2-3A
8	Preston	30	11	11	8	3	44	-	-	d 1-1A	Feb 14
9	Bristol C	30	12	7	11	4	43	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	d 1-1F	Feb 27
10	Watford	29	11	10	8	4	43	Feb 14	d 1-1F	-	-
11	QPR	30	12	7	11	-1	43	Apr 6	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	Apr 3
12	Stoke	30	12	6	12	6	42	Mar 21	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	Mar 14
13	Birmingham	30	11	9	10	3	42	l 0-1A	Apr 22	w 3-0F	l 2-1A
14	Southampton	30	10	10	10	2	40	May 2	w 0-2F	d 2-2A	Feb 7
15	Swansea	30	11	6	13	-3	39	w 2-1F	Feb 24	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
16	Leicester	30	10	8	12	-5	38	w 2-1F	Apr 3	Mar 21	w 1-2A
17	Sheff Utd	29	11	3	15	-2	36	w 3-2A	Apr 25	Apr 18	l 1-0A
18	Charlton	29	9	8	12	-9	35	w 2-0F	Apr 11	Apr 6	l 1-0A
19	Norwich	30	9	6	15	-5	33	d 1-1A	Mar 14	w 3-2A	w 0-1F
20	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	-10	33	Feb 7	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
21	West Brom	30	9	5	16	-15	32	Apr 18	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	Apr 21
22	Blackburn	29	7	8	14	-12	29	l 1-2A	Feb 20	l 0-1A	d 1-1F
23	Oxford Utd	29	6	9	14	-11	27	Mar 7	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	Apr 11
24	Sheff Wed	29	1	8	20	-39	-7	w 3-0F	w 2-3A	d 1-1A	Mar 10

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston	0 - 3	Hull
Preston	0 - 1	Derby
Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
Preston	1 - 1	Norwich
Preston	1 - 1	Coventry
Preston	1 - 1	Wrexham
Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
Preston	2 - 1	Swansea
Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham
Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
Preston	1 - 2	QPR
Preston	2 - 2	Cardiff
Preston	1 - 1	Stoke
Preston	2 - 1	Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Preston	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Preston	0 - 4	M'Boro
H	Preston	0 - 3	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	2 - 0	Bristol C
H	Preston	3 - 0	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 2	Wrexham
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Preston	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	1 - 1	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 1	Wrexham
A	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Preston	1 - 1	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Preston	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Preston	2 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	2 - 0	Southampton
H	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Preston	0 - 1	Birmingham

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Blackburn	1 - 1	Watford
Norwich	0 - 1	Watford
Leicester	1 - 2	Watford
Wrexham	2 - 2	Watford
Birmingham	2 - 1	Watford
Derby	2 - 3	Watford
Ipswich	1 - 1	Watford
Coventry	3 - 1	Watford
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Portsmouth	2 - 2	Watford
Millwall	1 - 0	Watford
Swansea	1 - 1	Watford
Charlton	1 - 0	Watford
Blackburn	2 - 1	Watford
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Watford
West Brom	2 - 1	Watford
Bristol C	2 - 1	Watford
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Watford
Stoke	0 - 0	Watford
M'Boro	0 - 1	Watford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	0 - 2	Swansea
A	Watford	1 - 1	Blackburn
H	Watford	1 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Watford	0 - 2	Millwall
H	Watford	3 - 0	Birmingham
A	Watford	1 - 0	Norwich
A	Watford	2 - 1	Leicester
H	Watford	1 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	2 - 2	Wrexham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
A	Watford	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Watford	1 - 1	Preston
A	Watford	3 - 2	Derby
H	Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
A	Watford	1 - 1	Ipswich
H	Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
A	Watford	1 - 3	Coventry
H	Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Preston

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

2 / 14

PNE

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Preston	3 - 0
	1 - 5	Watford
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Watford
Preston	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	2 - 0
Preston	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	2 - 1
Preston	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Preston	3 - 2

Watford

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 15

Clean sheets

5 / 15

PNE

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Preston
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Watford	4 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Watford	2 - 0
Watford	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Preston
	0 - 2	Preston
Watford	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Preston
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	2 - 3	Preston

Goal Statistics

	Preston 7th	Watford 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal	0 28% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-1 Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-13 Watford have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

PNE

WAT

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Games scored	22		23
Failed to score	7		5
Scored first	14		9
Goals scored	36		39
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		14
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+1%

16%

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PNE

WAT

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Games conceded	21		24
Clean sheets	8		4
Conceded first	13		19
Goals conceded	33		33
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	12%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.1
KickOff rating		+16%

Preston v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	6	5	8
J Storey	L Dobbin	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Storey DEF	29	2	2	6 1
T Small DEF	29	3	2	4 -
A Devine MID	29	5	2	3 -
B Whiteman MID	29	1	3	8 -
O Offiah DEF	28			4 -
M Smith FWD	28	3	1	2 -
D Iversen GLK	26		1	1 -
A Hughes DEF	24			8 -
L Dobbin FWD	23	6	5	1 -
D Jebbison FWD	23	5	2	2 -
P Valentín DEF	21		2	2 -
A McCann MID	20	1	1	3 -
L Lindsay DEF	18			4 1
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	18	2		-
H. Armstrong MID	17	1	1	3 -
L Gibson DEF	16	1		-
A Vukcevic DEF	15		1	-
S Thórdarson MID	15		1	3 -
M Osmajic FWD	15	5		3 1
J Thompson MID	11		2	3 -
B Potts DEF	5		1	-
J Walton GLK	3			-
W Keane FWD	2	1		-
D Cornell GLK	1			-
N Mawene MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	16	5	7
L Dobbin	T Small	L Dobbin	B Whiteman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Dobbin FWD	6	13	5	2
A Devine MID	5	14	2	6
D Jebbison FWD	5	10	2	2
M Osmajic FWD	5	12		1
T Small DEF	3	16	2	3
M Smith FWD	3	7	1
J Storey DEF	2	8	2	2
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	3
B Whiteman MID	1	7	3	7
A McCann MID	1	4	1	2
H. Armstrong MID	1	2	1	1
L Gibson DEF	1	5		1
W Keane FWD	1	1
D Iversen GLK			1	1
A Hughes DEF		3		1
P Valentín DEF			2	2
L Lindsay DEF		2		1
A Vukcevic DEF			1	1
S Thórdarson MID		2	1	2
J Thompson MID		2	2	1
B Potts DEF		2	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1337	66	201
B Whiteman	O Offiah	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	1337	54	100
J Storey DEF	1042	37	201
A Hughes DEF	985	38	142
D Iversen GLK	891		9
A Devine MID	780	38	81
L Gibson DEF	737	19	73
O Offiah DEF	595	66	125
A McCann MID	464	56	90
H. Armstrong MID	426	19	67
L Lindsay DEF	410	16	81
T Small DEF	338	27	68
P Valentín DEF	327	48	90
M Smith FWD	299	13	117
L Dobbin FWD	283	12	48
J Thompson MID	225	5	26
D Jebbison FWD	194	16	82
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	182	11	30
S Thórdarson MID	163	4	18
M Osmajic FWD	129	8	40
A Vukcevic DEF	123	8	23
J Walton GLK	72
B Potts DEF	60	3	15
D Cornell GLK	35		2
W Keane FWD	5		1

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	8	6	8
I Louza	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	N Irankunda

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	27	8	1	1 -
N Irankunda FWD	26	2	3	7 1
M Bola DEF	25	1	3	2 -
J Ngakia DEF	25	2	4	1 -
H Kyprianou MID	25		1	8 -
I Louza MID	25	6	6	6 1
E Selvik GLK	23			1 -
E Kayembe MID	23	3		3 -
M Pollock DEF	22	1	1	5 -
K Keben DEF	21		1	3 -
V Semedo FWD	21	3	1	2 -
M Sissoko MID	20			-
M. Doumbia FWD	19	3	1	2 -
K Baah FWD	19	1	1	4 -
T Ince FWD	18	4		-
M. Alleyne DEF	16			2 -
J Abankwah DEF	16			1 1
O. Maamma FWD	16	3	1	1 -
G Chakvetadze MID	13		1	3 -
R Vata FWD	12	2	2	-
N Mendy MID	8			-
N Baxter GLK	7			-
J Petris DEF	7			2 -
C Wiley DEF	5			-
J Morris DEF	2			1 -
F Mendy DEF	2			-
P Dwomoh MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	23	6	12
L Kjerrumgaard	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	I Louza

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	8	23	1	1
I Louza MID	6	14	6	12
T Ince FWD	4	13		2
E Kayembe MID	3	8		4
V Semedo FWD	3	13	1
M. Doumbia FWD	3	9	1	3
O. Maamma FWD	3	11	1	2
N Irankunda FWD	2	10	3	6
J Ngakia DEF	2	4	4	5
R Vata FWD	2	8	2	2
M Bola DEF	1	8	3	4
M Pollock DEF	1	3	1
K Baah FWD	1	7	1	1
H Kyprianou MID		3	1	1
K Keben DEF		1	1	1
M Sissoko MID		1
M. Alleyne DEF				1
G Chakvetadze MID		1	1	4
J Petris DEF				1
C Wiley DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1575	91	155
I Louza	J Ngakia	J Ngakia

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
I Louza MID	1575	37	108
M Pollock DEF	1183	20	121
K Keben DEF	1010	19	78
J Ngakia DEF	984	91	155
M Bola DEF	929	22	84
H Kyprianou MID	872	28	112
M. Alleyne DEF	713	28	72
E Selvik GLK	693	1	12
E Kayembe MID	651	13	59
J Abankwah DEF	631	20	70
N Irankunda FWD	309	18	102
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	302	9	105
O. Maamma FWD	301	30	83
M. Doumbia FWD	300	7	56
G Chakvetadze MID	293	11	27
T Ince FWD	288	11	32
M Sissoko MID	189	16	26
N Baxter GLK	189		1
R Vata FWD	152	9	28
N Mendy MID	142	7	15
K Baah FWD	135	4	31
J Petris DEF	114	4	29
V Semedo FWD	111	5	31
C Wiley DEF	92	7	11
F Mendy DEF	40	6	10
P Dwomoh MID	2
J Morris DEF	1	1	1