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

Wed 2nd Oct, 19:45 BST, Deepdale, Preston

Watford are on the road on Wednesday evening, as manager Tom Cleverley takes his men to visit Preston North End and Paul Heckingbottom at the Deepdale in the Championship. This preview has odds from leading bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that updates as you go between markets. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall performance can be found, while there's also head to head (H2H) history towards the bottom of the page.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Preston
35%
--
Draw
25%
--
Watford
40%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Watford 1-0
9%
--
Watford 2-1
9%
--
Preston 1-0
8%
--
Preston 2-1
8%
--
Watford 2-0
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Preston 2-0
6%
--
Watford 3-1
4%
--
Preston 3-1
4%
--
Watford 3-0
3%
--
Watford 3-2
3%
--
Preston 3-2
3%
--
Preston 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
20%
--
Home/draw
60%
--
Away/draw
65%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
53%
--
Away DNB
57%
--
Preston win to nil
17%
--
Watford win to nil
20%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table
Preston
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Watford
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Nov 30
Jan 1
 West Brom5410713 
Dec 15
Apr 12
Nov 6
Mar 11
 Sunderland5401812 
Sep 28
Feb 8
Sep 22
Feb 1
 Blackburn5320611 
Oct 26
Apr 26
Feb 15
Oct 5
 Burnley5311810 
Apr 18
Dec 21
Oct 2
Jan 21
 Watford Away5311410 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
 Sheff Utd532059 
Jan 4
l
 
1-0A
Jan 4
l
 
3-1F
 Oxford Utd530239 
Nov 8
Mar 15
Nov 23
Mar 29
 Derby530229 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 18
Dec 14
Apr 12
 Leeds522138 
Feb 11
Oct 22
Jan 25
d
 
1-1A
 M'Boro522128 
Oct 5
Feb 15
Mar 1
l
 
3-0A
 Swansea521227 
Mar 12
Nov 5
Apr 18
Dec 21
 QPR5131-16 
Nov 30
Jan 1
Dec 26
Apr 21
 Hull6132-26 
Apr 8
Dec 11
Apr 5
Nov 26
 Stoke6204-56 
w
 
3-0F
Mar 1
Oct 19
Feb 22
 Coventry5122-15 
d
 
1-1A
Jan 25
Oct 22
Feb 11
 Norwich5122-25 
Feb 1
Sep 21
Apr 26
Oct 26
 Plymouth5122-45 
Mar 29
Nov 22
Nov 2
May 3
 Bristol C5122-55 
Nov 26
Apr 5
Feb 8
Sep 28
 Millwall511304 
Mar 8
w
 
2-3F
w
 
1-0F
Jan 18
 Luton5113-44 
Feb 22
Oct 19
Dec 29
Dec 7
 Sheff Wed5113-54 
May 3
Nov 2
-
-
 Preston Home5113-64 
Jan 21
Oct 2
Mar 15
Nov 9
 Portsmouth5032-53 
Dec 26
Apr 21
Apr 8
Dec 11
 Cardiff5014-101 
Dec 29
Dec 7
Win / draw / win form
Preston 22ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preston1 - 0Luton
Preston0 - 2Sheff Utd
Preston0 - 3Leicester
Preston0 - 1Norwich
Preston4 - 1Huddersfield
Preston3 - 0Rotherham
Preston1 - 2Stoke
Preston0 - 0Hull
Preston2 - 2Blackburn
Preston2 - 1M'Boro
Preston3 - 2Ipswich
Preston2 - 0Bristol C
Preston0 - 1Sheff Wed
Preston2 - 1Leeds
Preston1 - 5Watford
Preston0 - 2QPR
Preston1 - 2Cardiff
Preston3 - 2Coventry
Preston2 - 2Southampton
Preston1 - 1Millwall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APreston1 - 1M'Boro
APreston1 - 3Oxford Utd
HPreston1 - 0Luton
APreston0 - 3Swansea
HPreston0 - 2Sheff Utd
APreston0 - 3West Brom
HPreston0 - 3Leicester
APreston0 - 1QPR
APreston0 - 3Southampton
HPreston0 - 1Norwich
HPreston4 - 1Huddersfield
APreston0 - 0Watford
APreston0 - 1Birmingham
HPreston3 - 0Rotherham
APreston1 - 0Plymouth
HPreston1 - 2Stoke
HPreston0 - 0Hull
APreston3 - 0Coventry
HPreston2 - 2Blackburn
HPreston2 - 1M'Boro
Watford 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Utd1 - 0Watford
Millwall2 - 3Watford
M'Boro3 - 1Watford
Southampton3 - 2Watford
Ipswich0 - 0Watford
West Brom2 - 2Watford
Birmingham0 - 1Watford
Millwall1 - 0Watford
Rotherham0 - 1Watford
Norwich4 - 2Watford
Sheff Wed0 - 0Watford
Bristol C1 - 1Watford
QPR1 - 2Watford
Plymouth3 - 3Watford
Blackburn1 - 2Watford
Preston1 - 5Watford
Hull1 - 2Watford
Leicester2 - 0Watford
Huddersfield0 - 0Watford
Swansea0 - 1Watford
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford1 - 1Coventry
AWatford0 - 1Sheff Utd
HWatford2 - 1Derby
HWatford3 - 0Stoke
AWatford3 - 2Millwall
AWatford1 - 3M'Boro
HWatford1 - 0Sunderland
HWatford0 - 0Hull
AWatford2 - 3Southampton
AWatford0 - 0Ipswich
HWatford0 - 0Preston
AWatford2 - 2West Brom
HWatford2 - 2Leeds
AWatford1 - 0Birmingham
HWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 1Swansea
AWatford0 - 1Millwall
HWatford1 - 2Huddersfield
AWatford1 - 0Rotherham
AWatford2 - 4Norwich
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Watford have not lost to Preston in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Preston since 2001
Preston
Watford
Goals: Scored
18
15
Games: Scored
11 / 13
10 / 13
Clean sheets
3 / 13
2 / 13
PNE
6
D
5
WAT
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
1 - 5Watford
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Watford
Preston3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Preston2 - 0
Preston1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Preston2 - 1
Preston2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Preston3 - 2
League games at Watford since 2000
Watford
Preston
Goals: Scored
16
13
Games: Scored
8 / 13
8 / 13
Clean sheets
5 / 13
5 / 13
PNE
4
D
5
WAT
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Watford4 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford2 - 0
Watford2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Preston
0 - 2Preston
Watford2 - 0
0 - 1Preston
Draw1 - 1Draw
2 - 3Preston
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Preston North End of late. It has been 10 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Wednesday evening against Watford.

Preston 22nd Watford 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Preston will score no more than 1 goal
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+1
Preston’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+12
Watford have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Preston
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.4
1.5
Attack rating
PNE
WAT
38%
better
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Games scored3
4
Failed to score2
1
Scored first2
2
Goals scored3
9
Avg. goals scored0.6
1.8
Avg. shots per game6
10
Avg. shots per goal10
6
Conversion rate for10
17
Avg. XG for0.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+38%
Defence rating
PNE
WAT
18%
better
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Games conceded4
4
Clean sheets1
1
Conceded first3
3
Goals conceded9
5
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
10
Conversion rate against18%
10%
Avg. XG against1.9
1.6
KickOff rating
+18%

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

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5112
F WoodmanE RiisB PottsS Greenwood
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Woodman GLK5
1
-
B Potts DEF51
1
-
A Hughes DEF5
1
-
S Greenwood MID5
2
-
B Whiteman MID5
2
-
E Riis FWD511
-
L Lindsay DEF4
2
-
J Storey DEF4
1
-
S Thórdarson MID4
-
R Brady MID4
2
-
D Holmes MID4
1
-
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID41
2
-
M Osmajic FWD4
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF3
1
-
R Ledson MID3
1
-
J Okkels FWD3
-
W Keane FWD31
-
J Whatmough DEF2
1
-
A McCann MID2
1
-
K. Best DEF1
-
J Bowler FWD1
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5323
D BachmannE KayembeG ChakvetadzeF Carvallo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Bachmann GLK5
-
M Pollock DEF51
1
-
R Andrews DEF51
-
F Carvallo DEF5
3
-
M Sissoko MID51
1
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID51
-
G Chakvetadze MID512
1
-
E Kayembe MID53
-
V Bayo FWD51
1
-
J Morris DEF4
-
Y Larouci DEF4
-
K Sema FWD4
-
R Porteous DEF3
1
-
M Rajovic FWD31
2
-
K Baah FWD3
-
J Ngakia DEF2
-
T Ince FWD2
-
D Jebbison FWD2
1
-
F Ebosele DEF1
-
I Louza  MID1
-
R Vata FWD1
-