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

Tue 25th Nov, 19:45 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Home advantage can be vital in the Championship, and Javier Gracia Carlos’s Watford will have the blessing of it on Tuesday evening. Paul Heckingbottom’s Preston North End are their visitors to the Vicarage Road. The predictions shown are based on complex statistical analysis of both teams, across 17 major markets. Data shown and the odds change with each market, and head-to-head statistics are included across them all.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 43%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Preston 30%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Watford 1-0 12%	-	-
Preston 1-0 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 9%	-	-
Watford 2-1 9%	-	-
Watford 2-0 8%	-	-
Preston 2-1 7%	-	-
Preston 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Watford 3-1 4%	-	-
Watford 3-0 4%	-	-
Preston 3-1 3%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 3-0 2%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 44%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 56%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	-	-
BTTS - No 51%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 18%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 70%	-	-
Away/draw 57%	-	-
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 62%	-	-
Away DNB 49%	-	-
Watford win to nil 25%	-	-
Preston win to nil 17%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 15 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Watford have conceded 9 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Watford have played 8 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Preston lay in 4th place on 26 points in the Championship league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 7, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored 18 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Preston have conceded 12 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Preston have played 7 away games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 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	Watford Preston
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Coventry	15	10	4	1	27	34	May 2	l 3-1A	Dec 9	Mar 11
2	M'Boro	15	8	5	2	6	29	w 3-0F	Apr 25	d 2-2F	Jan 24
3	Stoke	15	8	3	4	11	27	Dec 20	Mar 14	Mar 21	Dec 26
4	Preston	15	7	5	3	6	26	Nov 25	Feb 14	-	-
5	Hull	15	7	4	4	2	25	w 2-1A	Jan 4	Jan 20	d 2-2F
6	Millwall	15	7	4	4	-3	25	Jan 17	l 1-0A	Feb 28	d 1-1F
7	Ipswich	14	6	5	3	10	23	Feb 24	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	Jan 31
8	Bristol C	15	6	5	4	4	23	d 1-1F	Feb 27	d 0-00-0	Jan 4
9	Charlton	15	6	5	4	4	23	Apr 6	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 11
10	Derby	15	6	5	4	1	23	Feb 21	Nov 22	Jan 17	w 0-1F
11	Birmingham	15	6	3	6	3	21	Jan 1	Dec 1	l 0-1A	Apr 22
12	Leicester	15	5	6	4	2	21	Mar 21	Dec 26	w 2-1F	Apr 3
13	Wrexham	15	5	6	4	1	21	Mar 7	Dec 13	Dec 6	Dec 29
14	West Brom	15	6	3	6	-2	21	w 2-1A	Apr 21	Apr 18	l 2-1A
15	Watford	15	5	5	5	1	20	-	-	Feb 14	Nov 25
16	QPR	15	5	4	6	-6	19	w 2-1F	Apr 3	Apr 6	d 1-1A
17	Southampton	15	4	6	5	-3	18	d 2-2A	Feb 7	May 2	w 0-2F
18	Swansea	15	4	5	6	-4	17	Jan 31	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	Feb 24
19	Blackburn	14	5	1	8	-5	16	l 0-1A	Jan 24	Nov 21	Feb 20
20	Portsmouth	15	3	5	7	-8	14	Jan 21	d 2-2A	Feb 7	l 1-0A
21	Oxford Utd	15	3	4	8	-6	13	w 2-1A	Apr 11	Mar 7	Dec 13
22	Sheff Utd	15	3	1	11	-15	10	Apr 18	l 1-0A	w 3-2A	Apr 25
23	Norwich	15	2	3	10	-9	9	Dec 6	Dec 29	Dec 20	Mar 14
24	Sheff Wed	15	1	5	9	-17	-4	Dec 9	Mar 10	Jan 1	Nov 29

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Win / draw / win form

Watford have not lost in 5 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
Watford	2 - 1	Hull
Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 2	Southampton
Watford	2 - 1	QPR
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
Watford	1 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Plymouth
Watford	1 - 0	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Millwall
Watford	2 - 0	Luton
Watford	0 - 4	Leeds
Watford	0 - 1	Norwich
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	2 - 2	Portsmouth
H	Watford	2 - 1	Hull
A	Watford	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Watford	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Watford	2 - 2	Southampton
A	Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
H	Watford	2 - 1	QPR
A	Watford	0 - 1	Charlton
H	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Watford	1 - 2	Blackburn
A	Watford	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
A	Watford	1 - 2	West Brom

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Southampton	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 1	Preston
Hull	2 - 2	Preston
Derby	0 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 1	Preston
Bristol C	2 - 2	Preston
Hull	2 - 1	Preston
Leeds	2 - 1	Preston
Derby	2 - 0	Preston
Sunderland	1 - 1	Preston
Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Preston
Coventry	2 - 1	Preston
Norwich	0 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 2	Preston
Luton	0 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 1	Preston
QPR	2 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Preston	1 - 2	West Brom
H	Preston	2 - 0	Charlton
A	Preston	2 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	0 - 0	Bristol C
A	Preston	1 - 0	Derby
H	Preston	2 - 2	M'Boro
A	Preston	0 - 1	Portsmouth
H	Preston	1 - 0	Ipswich
H	Preston	2 - 1	Leicester
A	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Bristol C
H	Preston	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Preston	1 - 2	Hull
H	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
A	Preston	1 - 2	Leeds

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 14

Clean sheets

5 / 14

WAT

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
	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

Preston

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

2 / 14

WAT

PNE

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

Goal Statistics

	Watford 15th	Preston 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 26% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+1 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season

WAT

PNE

16%

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Games scored	11		12
Failed to score	4		3
Scored first	5		9
Goals scored	19		20
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.3
Avg. shots per game	10		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		6
Conversion rate for	12		16
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+16%

WAT

PNE

32%

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Games conceded	14		10
Clean sheets	1		5
Conceded first	10		5
Goals conceded	18		14
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		9
Conversion rate against	13%		11%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+32%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	6	3	4
E Selvik	I Louza	I Louza	K Baah

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Irankunda FWD	15	2	1	3 -
E Selvik GLK	14			1 -
E Kayembe MID	14			1 -
K Baah FWD	14	1	1	4 -
J Ngakia DEF	13	2	1	1 -
H Kyprianou MID	13			2 -
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	13	4		1 -
K Keben DEF	12		1	3 -
I Louza MID	12	6	3	2 1
M Sissoko MID	12			-
M Bola DEF	11	1		1 -
M Pollock DEF	10			2 -
V Semedo FWD	10	1	1	1 -
R Vata FWD	10	2	2	-
M. Doumbia FWD	10		1	1 -
M. Alleyne DEF	9			1 -
J Abankwah DEF	9			1 1
J Petris DEF	7			2 -
T Ince FWD	7			-
C Wiley DEF	5			-
N Mendy MID	4			-
N Baxter GLK	2			-
F Mendy DEF	2			-
O. Maamma FWD	2			-
J Morris DEF	1			1 -
P Dwomoh MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	11	3	6
I Louza	L Kjerrumgaard	I Louza	I Louza

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
736	39	72
I Louza	J Ngakia	N Irankunda

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
I Louza MID	736	16	45
K Keben DEF	637	11	52
M Pollock DEF	541	10	53
H Kyprianou MID	443	15	60
J Abankwah DEF	423	11	44
J Ngakia DEF	422	39	70
M. Alleyne DEF	402	22	58
E Selvik GLK	395	1	5
M Bola DEF	346	10	34
E Kayembe MID	314	5	25
N Irankunda FWD	205	15	72
M Sissoko MID	166	10	18
R Vata FWD	130	7	25
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	119	5	49
J Petris DEF	114	4	29
N Mendy MID	113	2	10
K Baah FWD	109	4	29
M. Doumbia FWD	100	3	30
C Wiley DEF	92	7	11
T Ince FWD	87	4	6
V Semedo FWD	72	5	19
N Baxter GLK	47
F Mendy DEF	40	6	10
O. Maamma FWD	9	4	7
P Dwomoh MID	2
J Morris DEF	1

Preston Championship squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	4	2	6
D Iversen	M Osmajic	B Whiteman	A Hughes

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Iversen GLK	15		1	1 -
T Small DEF	15	3	1	4 -
J Storey DEF	15	1	1	4 -
B Whiteman MID	15		2	4 -
M Smith FWD	15	3		2 -
A Hughes DEF	14			6 -
A Devine MID	14	2	1	1 -
O Offiah DEF	13			2 -
L Gibson DEF	12			-
A Vukcevic DEF	11		1	-
A McCann MID	11			1 -
H. Armstrong MID	11		1	3 -
L Dobbin FWD	11	3	2	-
M Osmajic FWD	11	4		2 -
L Lindsay DEF	9			3 -
S Thórdarson MID	9		1	2 -
D Jebbison FWD	9	2	2	-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	8	1		-
P Valentín DEF	7		1	1 -
N Mawene MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	10	2	4
M Osmajic	M Osmajic	B Whiteman	B Whiteman

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
682	27	98
B Whiteman	B Whiteman	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Whiteman MID	682	27	50
A Hughes DEF	571	19	90
L Gibson DEF	550	15	56
J Storey DEF	549	17	98
D Iversen GLK	545		3
A Devine MID	304	24	42
A McCann MID	289	27	49
H. Armstrong MID	273	14	45
T Small DEF	197	16	44
O Offiah DEF	164	21	38
M Smith FWD	160	5	59
L Dobbin FWD	131	5	26
L Lindsay DEF	127	9	41
A Vukcevic DEF	118	7	21
P Valentín DEF	108	19	31
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	92	7	17
M Osmajic FWD	87	5	29
D Jebbison FWD	82	6	33
S Thórdarson MID	67	3	11