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Watford vs Preston North End
25 Nov 2025, 19:45 · Championship · 2025/2026
Referee
James BellChampionship 2025/2026 · 12 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
WatfordMin
Preston North End- 22′⚽
Daniel Jebbison 0-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Lewis Dobbin
Left foot shot
- 37′
Alfie Devine
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- ⚽
Mamadou Doumbia 1-1
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Jeremy Ngakia
Left foot shot
45+1′ - 62′⇄
Thierry Small
Substitution
Off: Jordan Andrew Thompson
Hector Kyprianou
Yellowcard
Foul
71′- 72′⇄
Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen
Substitution
Off: Lewis Dobbin
- ⇄
Giorgi Chakvetadze
Substitution
Off: Othmane Maamma
74′ - ⇄
Nestory Irankunda
Substitution
Off: Luca Kjerrumgaard
74′ - 81′⇄
Michael Smith
Substitution
Off: Daniel Jebbison
- 81′⇄
Pol Valentín
Substitution
Off: Odeluga Offiah
- 84′
Andrew Hughes
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- ⇄
Tom Ince
Substitution
Off: Edo Kayembe
85′ - ⇄
Vivaldo Semedo
Substitution
Off: Mamadou Doumbia
86′ - 87′
Stefán Teitur Thórdarson
Yellowcard
Foul
- 90+1′
Liam Lindsay
Yellowcard
Foul
Nestory Irankunda
Yellowcard
Simulation
90+6′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6.58 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 7.24 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.37 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.89 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.84 | |
| 85 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 6.63 | |
| 90 | — | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 8.03 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6.74 | |
| 74 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 7.63 | |
| 86 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 7.64 | |
| 74 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 6.54 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.70 | |
| 16 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 6.65 | |
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| 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.79 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Watford
Latest: Bristol City · 1–1
Match stats
7 Nov 2025, 20:00 · Home vs Bristol City · 2025/2026
Preston North End
Latest: Millwall · 1–1
Match stats
8 Nov 2025, 12:30 · Away vs Millwall · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Watford’s ground: 7 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Watford’s home games with Preston North End’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Watford
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Preston North End
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Watford
Preston North End
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Watford
Preston North End
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Watford
Preston North End
Previous meetings
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