Preston North End vs Watford · Championship
Preston North End
12-12-8
2 – 2
FT
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Watford
11-12-9
Deepdale · Preston · England
Preston North End and Watford finished level at 2-2 at Deepdale (crowd 14,611). Lewis Dobbin scored first for Preston at the 19-minute mark and the equaliser came from Othmane Maamma after 55 minutes; a Odeluga Offiah own goal just two minutes after that gave Watford a 2-1 lead and the equaliser came from Milutin Osmajic after 70 minutes. Preston kept the ball 51% of the time and shot 8 times, Watford 20. From 20 shots, Watford found the target 5 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Deepdale · Preston · England
- Crowd
- 14,611
- Referee
- Dean Whitestone
- Preston form
- DLLLD
- Watford form
- LLLWD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Watford | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
8Fouls6
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
1Offsides1
9Corner Kicks7
4Saves1
51%Possession49%
8Shots20
3On Goal5
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
270Accurate Passes260
376Passes363
70%Pass Completion %70%
4Accurate Crosses10
27Crosses25
10%Cross %40%
70Long Balls56
19Accurate Long Balls21
30%Long Balls %40%
2Blocked Shots9
21Effective Tackles11
28Tackles19
80%Tackle %60%
5Interceptions6
41Effective Clearances31
41Clearances31
Timeline
Full time · 2-2
89'
🟨Jeremy Petris
86'
🔁Edoardo Bovereplacing Imran Louza
🟨Lewis Gibson
81'
🔁Andrew Hughesreplacing Lewis Dobbin
79'
79'
🔁Jeremy Petrisreplacing Matthew Pollock
78'
🔁Mamadou Doumbiareplacing Luca Kjerrumgaard
⚽Milutin OsmajicAssist: Callum Lang
70'2 - 2
🔁Thierry Smallreplacing Andrija Vukcevic
63'
🔁Callum Langreplacing Pol Valentín
63'
🔁Milutin Osmajicreplacing Daniel Jebbison
63'
61'
🔁Formose Mendyreplacing Saba Goglichidze
57'1 - 2
⚽Odeluga OffiahOwn goal
55'1 - 1
⚽Othmane MaammaAssist: Imran Louza
45'
🔁Kwadwo Baahreplacing Giorgi Chakvetadze
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Lewis DobbinAssist: Benjamin Whiteman
19'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Preston North End3-5-2
9↓Jebbison
17⚽↓Dobbin
3↓Vukcevic
21Devine
2↓Valentín
8McCann
4Whiteman
19🟨Gibson
14Storey
42Offiah
13Cornell
Bench
- 18Jamal Lewis
- 23Andy Moran
- 28Milutin Osmajicon for Daniel Jebbison, 63' ⚽
- 10Callum Langon for Pol Valentín, 63'
- 12Jack Walton
- 16Andrew Hugheson for Lewis Dobbin, 79'
- 15Jordan Thompson
- 24Michael Smith
- 26Thierry Smallon for Andrija Vukcevic, 63'
Watford4-2-3-1
9↓Kjerrumgaard
42⚽Maamma
10↓Louza
8↓Chakvetadze
39Kayembe
23Mendy
21Mfuni
6↓Pollock
25Abankwah
3↓Goglichidze
1Selvik
Bench
- 16Marc Bola
- 27Formose Mendyon for Saba Goglichidze, 61'
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 7Tom Ince
- 15Edoardo Boveon for Imran Louza, 86'
- 34Kwadwo Baahon for Giorgi Chakvetadze, 45'
- 50Joshua Mullins
- 20Mamadou Doumbiaon for Luca Kjerrumgaard, 78'
- 29Jeremy Petrison for Matthew Pollock, 79' 🟨
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
2Preston wins
2Level
1Watford wins
Last times they met
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Watford
1–1
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Watford
1–2
Preston · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Preston
3–0
Watford · 2024-25 English League Championship
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Watford
0–0
Preston · 2023-24 English League Championship
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Preston
1–5
Watford · 2023-24 English League Championship
Form
Last games: Preston
L1-0L3-0L4-0D1-1W1-0
Last games: Watford
D1-1D1-1L2-0D0-0L1-0
