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

Tue 21st Jan, 19:45 BST, Vicarage Road (Watford), Watford

It's an away trip for Paul Heckingbottom's Preston North End side on Tuesday evening, as they make their way to the Vicarage Road (Watford) for a Championship meeting with Tom Cleverley's Watford. In this preview you'll find odds from leading bookmakers for seventeen different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go between markets. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall records can be found, while there's also head-to-head history a little further down the page.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 49%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Preston 24%	-	-
Watford 1-0 14%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Watford 2-0 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Watford 2-1 9%	-	-
Preston 1-0 9%	-	-
Preston 2-1 6%	-	-
Watford 3-0 5%	-	-
Watford 3-1 4%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Preston 2-0 4%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Preston 3-1 2%	-	-
Watford 4-0 2%	-	-
Watford 4-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 42%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 58%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	-	-
BTTS - No 54%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 76%	-	-
Away/draw 51%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 67%	-	-
Away DNB 43%	-	-
Watford win to nil 30%	-	-
Preston win to nil 15%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 4 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Watford have outscored their opponents by 35 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 13 games at home winning 9, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Preston are in 15th position in the Championship on 30 points having played 26 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 8 and won 2. Preston have conceded 23 goals, scored 16, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

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	Leeds	26	15	8	3	29	53	Feb 11	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	Apr 12
2	Burnley	26	14	10	2	22	52	Apr 18	l 2-1A	Feb 15	d 0-00-0
3	Sheff Utd	26	16	6	4	19	52	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	Mar 8
4	Sunderland	26	14	8	4	17	50	w 2-1F	Feb 8	d 0-00-0	Mar 11
5	M'Boro	26	11	8	7	11	41	w 2-1A	Feb 15	Jan 25	d 1-1A
6	West Brom	26	9	13	4	11	40	w 2-1F	Apr 12	d 1-1A	l 3-1A
7	Blackburn	25	11	6	8	5	39	w 1-0F	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	Jan 31
8	Bristol C	26	9	10	7	3	37	w 1-0F	Apr 5	l 1-3A	May 3
9	Watford Home	25	11	4	10	-1	37	-	-	w 3-0F	Jan 21
10	Sheff Wed	26	10	7	9	-2	37	May 3	w 2-6F	w 3-1F	d 1-1F
11	Norwich	26	9	9	8	6	36	Feb 1	l 4-1A	d 2-2F	Feb 11
12	Swansea	26	9	7	10	0	34	Mar 12	l 1-0A	Mar 1	l 3-0A
13	QPR	26	7	11	8	-5	32	d 0-00-0	l 3-1A	Apr 18	l 2-1F
14	Millwall	25	7	9	9	1	30	Mar 8	w 2-3F	Feb 8	l 3-1A
15	Preston Away	26	6	12	8	-6	30	Jan 21	l 3-0A	-	-
16	Coventry	26	7	8	11	-3	29	d 1-1A	Jan 25	w 1-0F	Feb 22
17	Oxford Utd	25	7	7	11	-12	28	w 1-0F	Mar 15	d 1-1A	l 3-1F
18	Derby	26	7	6	13	-4	27	w 2-1A	Jan 18	d 1-1F	Mar 29
19	Stoke	26	6	9	11	-8	27	w 3-0F	Mar 1	Apr 5	d 0-00-0
20	Luton	26	7	4	15	-17	25	Feb 23	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	Jan 18
21	Portsmouth	24	5	8	11	-11	23	w 2-1A	Apr 21	Mar 15	l 3-1A
22	Hull	26	5	8	13	-11	23	Apr 8	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	Apr 21
23	Cardiff	25	5	8	12	-15	23	l 1-2A	Jan 14	Apr 8	w 0-2F
24	Plymouth	25	4	8	13	-29	20	Mar 29	d 2-2F	Apr 26	d 3-3F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
Watford	2 - 1	Portsmouth
Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
Watford	0 - 0	QPR
Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
Watford	2 - 1	Derby
Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland
Watford	0 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Watford	2 - 2	Leeds
Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Huddersfield

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Watford	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
A	Watford	1 - 3	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 2	Cardiff
H	Watford	2 - 1	Portsmouth
A	Watford	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Watford	2 - 1	West Brom
A	Watford	1 - 1	Hull
H	Watford	0 - 0	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Watford	2 - 2	Plymouth
H	Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Watford	6 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Watford	1 - 2	Leeds
A	Watford	0 - 3	Luton
H	Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Watford	0 - 3	Preston
H	Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
A	Watford	1 - 4	Norwich

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
West Brom	3 - 1	Preston
QPR	2 - 1	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston
Sheff Wed	1 - 1	Preston
Stoke	0 - 0	Preston
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
Plymouth	3 - 3	Preston
Burnley	0 - 0	Preston
Millwall	3 - 1	Preston
M'Boro	1 - 1	Preston
Oxford Utd	3 - 1	Preston
Swansea	3 - 0	Preston
West Brom	3 - 0	Preston
QPR	1 - 0	Preston
Southampton	3 - 0	Preston
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Birmingham	1 - 0	Preston
Plymouth	0 - 1	Preston
Coventry	0 - 3	Preston
Cardiff	0 - 2	Preston

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Preston	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Preston	1 - 3	West Brom
H	Preston	3 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 0	Hull
A	Preston	1 - 2	QPR
H	Preston	1 - 1	Leeds
A	Preston	2 - 0	Cardiff
A	Preston	1 - 1	Sheff Wed
H	Preston	1 - 1	West Brom
A	Preston	0 - 0	Stoke
H	Preston	1 - 1	Derby
A	Preston	1 - 3	Portsmouth
H	Preston	0 - 0	Sunderland
H	Preston	1 - 3	Bristol C
A	Preston	3 - 3	Plymouth
H	Preston	2 - 2	Norwich
H	Preston	1 - 0	Coventry
A	Preston	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Preston	3 - 0	Watford
A	Preston	1 - 3	Millwall

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford have not lost to Preston in 7 consecutive home league meetings

Watford

Preston

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

WAT

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
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

12 / 14

10 / 14

Clean sheets

4 / 14

2 / 14

WAT

PNE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Preston
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 9th	Preston 15th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals	0 40% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 77% probability of Preston scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-12 Watford have scored 12% fewer goals at home than predicted	-17 Preston have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.3 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	0.9 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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WAT

PNE

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Games scored	20		20
Failed to score	5		6
Scored first	9		13
Goals scored	35		28
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.1
Avg. shots per game	9		7
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		14
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.2
KickOff rating		+8%

WAT

PNE

14%

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Games conceded	20		17
Clean sheets	5		9
Conceded first	15		9
Goals conceded	36		34
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		6
Conversion rate against	15%		17%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.3
KickOff rating		+14%

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Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	9	5	7
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	R Porteous

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	25		3	4 -
G Chakvetadze MID	25	2	5	4 -
E Kayembe MID	24	6		3 -
V Bayo FWD	24	9		4 -
Y Larouci DEF	23		2	-
D Bachmann GLK	22			1 -
M Sissoko MID	22	1		2 -
R Andrews DEF	21	3	2	1 -
K Baah FWD	21	4	2	5 1
R Porteous DEF	20	2		7 -
F Carvallo DEF	19			7 -
T Ince FWD	17	1		-
F Ebosele DEF	16	1	1	7 -
K Sema FWD	14		1	-
R Vata FWD	14	2	3	-
J Morris DEF	13			1 -
I Louza MID	13			4 -
D Jebbison FWD	13			2 -
J Ngakia DEF	9	1		2 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	9	2		-
A Ogbonna DEF	5			-
J Bond GLK	4			-
P Dwomoh MID	4			-
M Rajovic FWD	3	1		2 -
M. Doumbia FWD	3			-
K Keben DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	18	5	31
V Bayo	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	9	18		8
E Kayembe MID	6	10		7
K Baah FWD	4	9	2	7
R Andrews DEF	3	8	2	8
T Dele-Bashiru MID	2	3		2
R Vata FWD	2	5	3	7
G Chakvetadze MID	2	15	5	31
R Porteous DEF	2	2		5
M Sissoko MID	1	4		7
J Ngakia DEF	1	2		4
T Ince FWD	1	2		5
F Ebosele DEF	1	1	1	13
M Rajovic FWD	1	1
P Dwomoh MID				1
M. Doumbia FWD				1
M Pollock DEF		5	3	7
K Sema FWD		1	1	3
D Jebbison FWD		3		5
I Louza MID		5		12
J Morris DEF				2
F Carvallo DEF		1		3
Y Larouci DEF		2	2	16

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1596	36	172
M Pollock	R Porteous	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	1596	31	172
G Chakvetadze MID	881	22	112
R Porteous DEF	881	36	100
F Carvallo DEF	838	21	72
M Sissoko MID	700	34	80
I Louza MID	662	16	42
E Kayembe MID	657	21	62
D Bachmann GLK	587		14
J Morris DEF	585	20	30
Y Larouci DEF	503	15	54
R Andrews DEF	495	25	62
T Dele-Bashiru MID	436	11	41
V Bayo FWD	259	11	73
F Ebosele DEF	253	31	82
A Ogbonna DEF	223	6	14
J Ngakia DEF	198	36	52
T Ince FWD	188	6	17
K Baah FWD	183	15	78
K Sema FWD	162	17	45
R Vata FWD	120	9	26
J Bond GLK	109		2
P Dwomoh MID	86	5	15
D Jebbison FWD	43	4	17
M. Doumbia FWD	10	1	5
K Keben DEF	7
M Rajovic FWD	5		1

Preston Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	7	3	10
F Woodman	E Riis	K Kesler-Hayden	B Whiteman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
E Riis FWD	26	7	2	2 -
F Woodman GLK	25			4 1
J Storey DEF	25	1	1	4 -
D Holmes MID	25	1	1	3 -
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	24		3	4 -
B Whiteman MID	24		1	10 -
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	23	2	1	5 -
A Hughes DEF	22		1	4 -
S Greenwood MID	22	5	2	5 1
A McCann MID	22	1		8 -
B Potts DEF	21	3	1	4 -
S Thórdarson MID	21			2 -
L Lindsay DEF	18		1	6 2
M Osmajic FWD	18	4	2	3 -
J Whatmough DEF	15		1	3 -
R Brady MID	13		1	3 -
W Keane FWD	13	2		-
R Ledson MID	10	1	1	3 -
J Bowler FWD	10			-
J Okkels FWD	7			-
D Cornell GLK	2			-
K. Best DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	3	20
E Riis	E Riis	K Kesler-Hayden	S Greenwood

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Riis FWD	7	21	2	12
S Greenwood MID	5	20	2	20
M Osmajic FWD	4	10	2	2
B Potts DEF	3	8	1	11
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	2	2	1	14
W Keane FWD	2	2		1
J Storey DEF	1	2	1	7
D Holmes MID	1	2	1	7
A McCann MID	1	2		12
R Ledson MID	1	1	1	2
R Brady MID		2	1	8
J Bowler FWD		5		2
S Thórdarson MID		3		7
J Whatmough DEF			1	3
L Lindsay DEF		1	1	2
A Hughes DEF		2	1	10
B Whiteman MID		4	1	13
K Kesler-Hayden DEF		6	3	12

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1109	69	139
J Storey	A McCann	J Storey

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Storey DEF	1109	39	139
A Hughes DEF	1105	33	131
B Whiteman MID	912	40	63
F Woodman GLK	877		15
L Lindsay DEF	831	23	112
A McCann MID	754	69	124
K Kesler-Hayden DEF	680	29	125
J Whatmough DEF	599	27	76
B Potts DEF	572	43	119
M Frökjaer-Jensen MID	543	28	55
S Thórdarson MID	425	6	43
S Greenwood MID	394	22	69
R Brady MID	297	19	45
D Holmes MID	257	16	51
E Riis FWD	246	14	65
W Keane FWD	155	2	19
J Bowler FWD	151	12	32
R Ledson MID	125	6	15
M Osmajic FWD	73	2	18
J Okkels FWD	47	1	2
D Cornell GLK	23
K. Best DEF	2	1	3

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

Watford have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Preston are in 15th position in the Championship on 30 points having played 26 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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