Watford vs Preston stats and head-to-head

2024-25. Tue, 21 Jan 2025

WatfordHome

12Full time, half-time 0–1

PrestonAway

Preston won by 1 goal.

LLLLDLeague form, oldest to newestLLLLD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Vicarage Road. Photo: Jbb503, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Watford have 13 scored home results and Preston 13 scored away results stored in 2024-25. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Watford at home: 2.23 points per match (13 measured matches); Preston away: 0.69 points per match (13 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Watford scored 1.46 per home match (13 measured matches); Preston scored 0.92 away (13). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.22 per club appearance across 646 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 16 of 26 pooled club appearances (61.5%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 7. Watford: 3 wins; Preston: 1 wins; draws: 3.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01

Second half11

The match in numbers

WatfordPreston

10Shots15
4Shots on target8
4Corners2
8Fouls14
0Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Watford

Shots10
On target4
Goals1

40% of shots on target, 25% of those scored.

Preston

Shots15
On target8
Goals2

53% of shots on target, 25% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

7 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Watford wins

Draws

Preston wins

Goals / meeting

2.14

15 goals in 7 meetings

Both scored

29%

2 of 7 meetings

Over 1.5

43%

3 of 7 meetings

Over 2.5

43%

3 of 7 meetings

Over 3.5

29%

2 of 7 meetings

Watford clean sheets

57%

4 of 7 meetings

Preston clean sheets

57%

4 of 7 meetings

Corners / meeting

12.00

7 with corner data

Cards / meeting

2.86

7 with card data

Preston v WatfordWed, 2 Oct 2024 · EFL Championship 2024-253–0HT 0–0
Watford v PrestonSat, 6 Apr 2024 · EFL Championship 2023-240–0HT 0–0
Preston v WatfordSat, 16 Dec 2023 · EFL Championship 2023-241–5HT 1–1
Watford v PrestonSat, 4 Mar 2023 · EFL Championship 2022-230–0HT 0–0
Preston v WatfordSat, 20 Aug 2022 · EFL Championship 2022-230–0HT 0–0
Preston v WatfordTue, 16 Feb 2021 · EFL Championship 2020-210–1HT 0–0
Watford v PrestonSat, 28 Nov 2020 · EFL Championship 2020-214–1HT 1–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Watford at homeWLDWLL

Sat, 10 Octv Burnley0–4C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Septv Stoke1–2C 5–8 · Y 2–2
Tue, 8 Septv Preston2–1C 2–4 · Y 0–2
Sat, 29 Augv West Ham1–1C 3–11 · Y 3–1
Tue, 25 Augv Peterboro1–5C ––– · Y –––
Sun, 16 Augv Southampton2–1C 4–8 · Y 6–3

Preston awayLWLLLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ QPR2–2C 3–9 · Y 2–3
Tue, 8 Sept@ Watford1–2C 4–2 · Y 2–0
Sat, 29 Aug@ Charlton0–1C 4–7 · Y 1–1
Sat, 15 Aug@ Bolton1–2C 2–5 · Y 3–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Sheffield United3–2C 5–10 · Y 3–0
Wed, 22 Apr@ Birmingham1–2C 3–3 · Y 2–0

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Watford at home, Preston away

59%
Both teams scored
League 50%
23 + 23 matches
89%
Over 0.5 goals
League 92%
23 + 23 matches
72%
Over 1.5 goals
League 71%
23 + 23 matches
54%
Over 2.5 goals
League 44%
23 + 23 matches
15%
Over 3.5 goals
League 22%
23 + 23 matches
2%
Over 4.5 goals
League 9%
23 + 23 matches
2.3
Avg total goals
League 2.45
23 + 23 matches
67%
1st half over 0.5
League 67%
23 + 23 matches
33%
1st half over 1.5
League 30%
23 + 23 matches
9.9
Corners per match
League 10.19
23 + 23 matches
65%
Corners over 8.5
League 66%
23 + 23 matches
52%
Corners over 9.5
League 55%
23 + 23 matches
39%
Corners over 10.5
League 43%
23 + 23 matches
4.1
Cards per match
League 3.82
23 + 23 matches
63%
Cards over 3.5
League 54%
23 + 23 matches
41%
Cards over 4.5
League 34%
23 + 23 matches

Stored season context, 2024-25

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2024-25

Home and away Overall

Watford at home, Preston away

Watford (home)		Preston (away)
14	Position	20
WDWLD	Last 5, oldest to newest	DLLLD
23	Played	23
1.74	Points per match	0.74
52%	Win %	13%
1.17	Scored / match	0.96
0.96	Conceded / match	1.61
2.13	Avg total goals	2.57
52%	Both scored	65%
39%	Clean sheets	22%
17%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

WatfordPreston

0.481st half scored / match0.48
0.571st half conceded / match0.65
0.702nd half scored / match0.48
0.392nd half conceded / match0.96
22%Leading at half-time30%
65%1st half over 0.570%
30%1st half over 1.535%
70%2nd half over 0.574%
30%2nd half over 1.557%
13%Scored in both halves13%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Watford at home, Preston away, this season.

Goals

WatfordPreston

1.17Scored / match0.96
0.96Conceded / match1.61
2.13Match total / match2.57
83%Scored 1+74%
30%Scored 2+17%
61%Conceded 1+78%
26%Conceded 2+57%
65%Match over 1.578%
52%Match over 2.557%
4%Match over 3.526%

Shots and xG

WatfordPreston

12.26Shots for9.52
12.09Shots against13.43
4.00On target for3.17
4.00On target against4.22
10%Shot conversion10%

Corners

WatfordPreston

5.96Corners for3.61
4.30Corners against5.91
10.26Match total9.52
70%Over 7.570%
70%Over 8.561%
57%Over 9.548%
35%Over 10.544%
35%Over 11.517%

Cards

WatfordPreston

2.22Cards for2.57
2.09Cards against1.35
4.30Match total3.91
83%Over 2.574%
70%Over 3.557%
39%Over 4.544%
17%Over 5.517%
11.96Fouls committed13.04

Referee this season

T Nield

Matches

Cards / match

3.86

21 matches

Over 3.5 cards

52%

21 matches

Over 4.5 cards

43%

21 matches

Fouls / match

24.43

21 matches

The table, 2024-25

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
12	Sheffield Weds	46	-9	58
13	Norwich	46	3	57
14	Watford	46	-8	57
15	QPR	46	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	-13	54
18	Stoke	46	-17	51
19	Derby	46	-8	50
20	Preston	46	-11	50
21	Hull	46	-10	49
22	Luton	46	-24	49

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