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

Tue 8th Sep, 19:45 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Paul Heckingbottom takes his Preston North End team to the Vicarage Road in the Championship on Tuesday evening, with Alessio Dionisi's Watford the opponent. We provide predictions based on extensive statistical analysis of both teams, across seventeen of the main markets. The data 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 42%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Preston 32%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Watford 1-0 11%	-	-
Preston 1-0 9%	-	-
Watford 2-1 9%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Watford 2-0 7%	-	-
Preston 2-1 7%	-	-
Preston 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Watford 3-1 4%	-	-
Watford 3-0 3%	-	-
Preston 3-1 3%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 3-0 2%	-	-
Preston 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 46%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	-
BTTS - No 48%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	-	-
Home/draw 68%	-	-
Away/draw 58%	-	-
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 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 61%	-	-
Away DNB 50%	-	-
Watford win to nil 23%	-	-
Preston win to nil 17%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

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	Millwall	2	2	0	0	5	6	Dec 5	Mar 17	Oct 10	Feb 27
2	West Brom	2	2	0	0	3	6	Apr 10	Sep 5	Oct 24	Dec 29
3	Charlton	2	2	0	0	2	6	Oct 17	Jan 16	Apr 17	Aug 29
4	Wolves	2	1	1	0	2	4	Dec 29	Oct 24	l 1-3A	Mar 3
5	QPR	2	1	1	0	2	4	Jan 1	Dec 12	Feb 20	Sep 19
6	Blackburn	2	1	1	0	1	4	Nov 25	May 1	Sep 5	Apr 10
7	Watford	2	1	1	0	1	4	-	-	Apr 7	Sep 8
8	Swansea	2	1	1	0	1	4	Apr 21	Sep 1	Apr 3	Dec 19
9	Bolton	2	1	1	0	1	4	Dec 19	Apr 3	Mar 6	l 2-1A
10	Portsmouth	2	1	0	1	0	3	Mar 20	Dec 26	Dec 9	Apr 24
11	M'Boro	2	1	0	1	0	3	Nov 7	Jan 30	Dec 12	Jan 1
12	Cardiff	2	0	2	0	0	2	Feb 16	Oct 13	May 1	Nov 24
13	Birmingham	2	0	2	0	0	2	Apr 24	Dec 8	Feb 16	Oct 13
14	Wrexham	2	0	2	0	0	2	Mar 2	d 1-1F	Jan 16	Oct 17
15	Sheff Utd	2	0	2	0	0	2	Feb 6	Nov 21	Nov 3	Jan 26
16	Derby	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Mar 13	Nov 28	Dec 26	Mar 20
17	West Ham	2	0	1	1	-1	1	Aug 29	Apr 17	Feb 6	Nov 21
18	Burnley	2	0	1	1	-2	1	Oct 10	Feb 27	Mar 16	Dec 6
19	Bristol C	2	0	1	1	-2	1	Feb 20	Sep 18	Sep 1	Apr 21
20	Preston	2	0	0	2	-3	0	Sep 8	Apr 7	-	-
21	Stoke	2	0	0	2	-3	0	Sep 12	Feb 13	Jan 23	Oct 31
22	Lincoln	2	0	0	2	-3	0	Nov 3	Jan 26	Sep 12	Feb 13
23	Norwich	2	0	0	2	-4	0	Jan 23	Oct 31	Nov 28	Mar 13
24	Southampton	2	1	0	1	1	-1	w 2-1F	Mar 6	Nov 7	Jan 30

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	2 - 1	Southampton
Watford	0 - 4	Coventry
Watford	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 1	Charlton
Watford	0 - 0	Leicester
Watford	3 - 1	Wrexham
Watford	0 - 2	Ipswich
Watford	2 - 0	Derby
Watford	0 - 2	Swansea
Watford	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Watford	0 - 2	Millwall
Watford	3 - 0	Birmingham
Watford	1 - 0	Stoke
Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
Watford	3 - 2	Norwich
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Bristol C
Watford	3 - 0	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	2 - 1	Oxford Utd

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	1 - 1	Wrexham
H	Watford	2 - 1	Southampton
H	Watford	0 - 4	Coventry
A	Watford	1 - 5	M'Boro
A	Watford	0 - 3	West Brom
H	Watford	0 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Watford	0 - 2	Oxford Utd
H	Watford	1 - 1	Charlton
A	Watford	1 - 2	QPR
H	Watford	0 - 0	Leicester
H	Watford	3 - 1	Wrexham
A	Watford	1 - 3	Stoke
A	Watford	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Watford	2 - 1	Bristol C
H	Watford	0 - 2	Ipswich
H	Watford	2 - 0	Derby
A	Watford	2 - 2	Preston
A	Watford	0 - 1	Southampton
A	Watford	0 - 0	Hull
H	Watford	0 - 2	Swansea

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bolton	2 - 1	Preston
Sheff Utd	2 - 3	Preston
Birmingham	2 - 1	Preston
Charlton	1 - 2	Preston
Leicester	2 - 2	Preston
Norwich	2 - 0	Preston
Coventry	3 - 0	Preston
Swansea	1 - 1	Preston
Blackburn	1 - 0	Preston
Ipswich	1 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	4 - 0	Preston
Bristol C	0 - 2	Preston
Wrexham	2 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Oxford Utd	1 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	2 - 3	Preston
Watford	1 - 1	Preston
Millwall	1 - 1	Preston
Southampton	0 - 2	Preston
West Brom	2 - 1	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 3	Wolves
A	Preston	1 - 2	Bolton
H	Preston	1 - 3	Southampton
A	Preston	3 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Preston	1 - 2	Birmingham
H	Preston	0 - 2	West Brom
A	Preston	2 - 1	Charlton
H	Preston	1 - 1	QPR
A	Preston	2 - 2	Leicester
H	Preston	3 - 1	Stoke
A	Preston	0 - 2	Norwich
A	Preston	0 - 3	Coventry
H	Preston	1 - 3	Oxford Utd
H	Preston	0 - 2	Millwall
A	Preston	1 - 1	Swansea
A	Preston	0 - 1	Blackburn
H	Preston	2 - 2	Watford
H	Preston	1 - 0	Portsmouth
A	Preston	1 - 1	Ipswich
A	Preston	0 - 4	M'Boro

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 15

Clean sheets

5 / 15

WAT

PNE

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

Preston

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

13 / 15

11 / 15

Clean sheets

4 / 15

2 / 15

WAT

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
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 7th	Preston 20th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that Watford will score no more than 1 goal	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Watford have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	+10 Preston’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2026/2027 season

27%

better

WAT

PNE

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Games scored	2		2
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	2		0
Goals scored	3		2
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	17		14
Avg. XG for	0.9		0.9
KickOff rating		+27%

38%

better

WAT

PNE

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Games conceded	2		2
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		2
Goals conceded	2		5
Avg. goals conceded	1		2.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		14
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		6
Conversion rate against	11%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.8		1.2
KickOff rating		+38%

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Watford Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	1	1	1
F Ravaglia	A. Nabizada	O Traoré	M Pollock

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Ravaglia GLK	2			-
O Traoré DEF	2		1	-
K Keben DEF	2			-
M Pollock DEF	2			1 -
J Zemura DEF	2			-
M Payero MID	2			1 -
E Kayembe MID	2			-
H Kyprianou MID	2			1 -
E Bove MID	2			-
A. Nabizada FWD	2	1		1 -
I Bravo FWD	2	1		-
R Vata FWD	2			-
O. Maamma FWD	2			1 -
M. Doumbia FWD	2			1 -
M Bola DEF	1			-
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	1	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	1
A. Nabizada	A. Nabizada	O Traoré	O Traoré

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A. Nabizada FWD	1	2
I Bravo FWD	1	2
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	1	1
O Traoré DEF		1	1	1
M Pollock DEF		1
J Zemura DEF		1
M Payero MID		1
O. Maamma FWD		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
79	7	12
H Kyprianou	K Keben	K Keben

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
H Kyprianou MID	79	5	11
K Keben DEF	78	7	12
M Pollock DEF	73	5	11
J Zemura DEF	58	5	11
F Ravaglia GLK	56		4
E Bove MID	48	5	12
O. Maamma FWD	48		6
I Bravo FWD	37	1	10
O Traoré DEF	27	3	4
A. Nabizada FWD	26	2	2
M. Doumbia FWD	17		8
L Kjerrumgaard FWD	11		6
M Payero MID	10	2	3
E Kayembe MID	10		2
M Bola DEF	10
R Vata FWD	4		3

Preston Championship squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
2	1	1	2
D Iversen	J Thompson	D Burgzorg	A McCann

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Iversen GLK	2			-
L Lindsay DEF	2			-
A Hughes DEF	2			1 -
T Small DEF	2			-
J Storey DEF	2			-
L Leroy MID	2			1 -
A Devine MID	2			-
J Thompson MID	2	1		1 -
A McCann MID	2			2 -
D Burgzorg FWD	2		1	-
J Erabi FWD	2	1		-
C Lang FWD	2			-
P Valentín DEF	1			1 -
O Offiah DEF	1			-
A Vukcevic DEF	1		1	-
L Gibson DEF	1			-
H Clarke DEF	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	2	1	2
J Thompson	C Lang	D Burgzorg	A Devine

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Thompson MID	1	1
J Erabi FWD	1	1		1
L Leroy MID				1
A Devine MID				2
D Burgzorg FWD			1
C Lang FWD		2
A Vukcevic DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
105	5	13
J Storey	J Storey	A Hughes

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Storey DEF	105	5	12
A McCann MID	92	5	8
L Lindsay DEF	89		11
A Hughes DEF	72	2	13
D Iversen GLK	71
A Devine MID	62	3	7
L Leroy MID	49	2	7
J Thompson MID	41	1	5
D Burgzorg FWD	31	1	3
H Clarke DEF	26	3	5
C Lang FWD	17	3	8
J Erabi FWD	15		2
P Valentín DEF	13	2	2
L Gibson DEF	13		2
O Offiah DEF	11	2	3
T Small DEF	6	1	2
A Vukcevic DEF	6		1