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

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

Preston North End and Watford take on one another at the Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, with both Paul Heckingbottom and Javier Gracia Carlos hoping for success in the Championship. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds across 17 markets are covered in this in-depth preview. It's all designed to help you make a smart bet.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Preston 38%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Watford 34%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Preston 1-0 11%	-	-
Watford 1-0 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 9%	-	-
Preston 2-1 8%	-	-
Watford 2-1 8%	-	-
Preston 2-0 7%	-	-
Watford 2-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Preston 3-1 3%	-	-
Watford 3-1 3%	-	-
Preston 3-0 3%	-	-
Watford 3-0 2%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	-	-
BTTS - No 50%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	-	-
Home/draw 66%	-	-
Away/draw 62%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 70%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 30%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 23%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 77%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Home DNB 57%	-	-
Away DNB 53%	-	-
Preston win to nil 22%	-	-
Watford win to nil 20%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Preston have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Preston have conceded 19 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Preston have played 15 games at home, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 19 goals, conceded 16 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 8th place on 44 points in the Championship league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 23 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 14 away games, winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

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	30	16	6	8	8	54	l 0-3A	d 2-2F	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0
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	Watford	30	11	11	8	4	44	Feb 14	d 1-1F	-	-
9	Preston	30	11	11	8	3	44	-	-	d 1-1A	Feb 14
10	QPR	31	12	8	11	-1	44	Apr 6	d 1-1A	w 2-1F	Apr 3
11	Bristol C	30	12	7	11	4	43	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	d 1-1F	Feb 27
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	Sheff Utd	30	12	3	15	0	39	w 3-2A	Apr 25	Apr 18	l 1-0A
16	Swansea	30	11	6	13	-3	39	w 2-1F	Feb 24	l 0-2A	d 1-1F
17	Charlton	30	9	9	12	-9	36	w 2-0F	Apr 11	Apr 6	l 1-0A
18	Norwich	30	9	6	15	-5	33	d 1-1A	Mar 14	w 3-2A	w 0-1F
19	Portsmouth	28	8	9	11	-10	33	Feb 7	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
20	Leicester	30	10	8	12	-5	32	w 2-1F	Apr 3	Mar 21	w 1-2A
21	Blackburn	30	8	8	14	-11	32	l 1-2A	Feb 20	l 0-1A	d 1-1F
22	West Brom	30	9	5	16	-15	32	Apr 18	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	Apr 21
23	Oxford Utd	30	6	9	15	-13	27	Mar 7	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	Apr 11
24	Sheff Wed	30	1	8	21	-40	-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

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hull	0 - 0	Watford
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	0 - 0	Hull
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

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

Goals have been difficult to come by for Watford of late. It has been 5 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Preston North End.

	Preston 7th	Watford 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% 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	-17 Watford have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

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PNE

WAT

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Games scored	23		23
Failed to score	7		7
Scored first	15		9
Goals scored	37		39
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	15		13
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+6%

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PNE

WAT

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Games conceded	22		25
Clean sheets	8		5
Conceded first	13		20
Goals conceded	34		35
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	12%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+15%

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
26	8	6	8
I Louza	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	N Irankunda

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	28	8	1	1 -
J Ngakia DEF	26	2	4	2 -
M Bola DEF	26	1	3	2 -
I Louza MID	26	6	6	6 1
N Irankunda FWD	26	2	3	7 1
H Kyprianou MID	25		1	8 -
E Selvik GLK	24			1 -
E Kayembe MID	24	3		3 -
K Keben DEF	22		1	3 -
M Pollock DEF	22	1	1	5 -
V Semedo FWD	21	3	1	2 -
M Sissoko MID	20			-
M. Doumbia FWD	20	3	1	3 -
K Baah FWD	20	1	1	4 -
T Ince FWD	19	4		-
J Abankwah DEF	17			1 1
O. Maamma FWD	17	3	1	1 -
M. Alleyne DEF	16			2 -
G Chakvetadze MID	14		1	3 -
R Vata FWD	12	2	2	-
N Mendy MID	9			-
J Petris DEF	8			2 -
N Baxter GLK	7			-
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	13
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	13
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
J Ngakia DEF	2	4	4	5
N Irankunda FWD	2	10	3	6
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		3	1	4
J Petris DEF				2
C Wiley DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1640	91	158
I Louza	J Ngakia	J Ngakia

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
I Louza MID	1640	37	109
M Pollock DEF	1183	20	121
K Keben DEF	1029	19	80
J Ngakia DEF	1028	91	158
M Bola DEF	986	26	95
H Kyprianou MID	872	28	112
E Selvik GLK	722	1	13
M. Alleyne DEF	713	28	72
E Kayembe MID	695	14	65
J Abankwah DEF	671	21	80
O. Maamma FWD	339	32	91
G Chakvetadze MID	336	12	33
M. Doumbia FWD	314	8	61
N Irankunda FWD	309	18	102
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	308	9	105
T Ince FWD	288	11	32
N Mendy MID	197	9	17
M Sissoko MID	189	16	26
N Baxter GLK	189		1
R Vata FWD	152	9	28
K Baah FWD	138	4	33
J Petris DEF	125	5	31
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