Watford vs Preston — Full Time Result & Match Report | September 8, 2026
Championship · 2026 
Watford
2 – 1
Full Time
Preston
✅ Full Time
🔄 Head to Head — Last 5
2–1
Sep 8, 2026
2–2
Feb 14, 2026
1–1
Nov 25, 2025
1–2
Jan 21, 2025
3–0
Oct 2, 2024
🏆 League Position
#TeamPGDPts
11
Watford
6
-1
8
Watford
6
-1
8
24
Preston
6
-6
3
Preston
6
-6
3
📊 Statistics
Ball Possession61% – 39%
Shots on Goal5 – 6
Total Shots15 – 18
Passes Accurate- – -
Corner Kicks2 – 4
Fouls7 – 10
Yellow Cards0 – 2
Red Cards0 – 0
⚽ Match Events
5'
Preston
⚽ Callum Lang
45'
Watford
🔄 Rocco Vata → Othmane Maamma
45'
Watford
🔄 Amin Nabizada → Stephy Mavididi
45'
Watford
🔄 Martin Payero → Iker Bravo
61'
Watford
🔄 Haktab Omar Traore → Jordan Zemura
62'
Preston
🟨 Andrija Vukčević
66'
Preston
🔄 Johnny Kenny → Delano Burgzorg
66'
Preston
🔄 Andrija Vukčević → Stanley Mills
67'
Preston
🟨 Lewis Gibson
69'
Watford
⚽ Edo Kayembe
75'
Preston
🔄 Callum Lang → Jusef Erabi
75'
Preston
🔄 Leo Leroy → Liam Gibbs
76'
Watford
⚽ Mamadou Doumbia (assist: Iker Bravo)
82'
Preston
🔄 Alfie Devine → Thierry Small
88'
Watford
🔄 Mamadou Doumbia → Luca Kjerrumgaard
🔴 Starting XI — Watford
1F. RavagliaG
4K. KebenD
6M. PollockD
3S. CoulibalyD
23O. TraoréD
39E. KayembeM
5H. KyprianouM
21Amin NabizadaM
22M. PayeroM
11R. VataM
20M. DoumbiaF
🔵 Starting XI — Preston
1D. IversenG
4H. ClarkeD
24O. OffiahD
14J. StoreyD
19L. GibsonD
3A. VukčevićD
27L. LeroyM
15J. ThompsonM
7A. DevineM
10C. LangF
38J. KennyF
🎯
Match Prediction
⚽ Predicted Score
Watford
1-0
Preston
MIT Model Pick: Watford or Draw
Match Result: Watford
80.6% model confidence
OVER 2.5
No
BTTS
No
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