Preston North End 0-1 Watford: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2021

Result

Preston North End 0-1 Watford

Championship · Tuesday 16 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Preston North End 0-1 Watford: match report

Preston North End were beaten by Watford 0-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 16 February 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from João Pedro of Watford in the 51st minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Preston North End received no yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 11th on 39 points from 29 and Watford 4th on 51 points from 29. Preston North End went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Watford 3rd with 91.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Cleverley of Watford (7.8), ahead of João Pedro (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 3 for Watford.

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Watford's W-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Penalty goal · João PedroWatford · 0-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Tom CleverleyWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 3, Watford 3.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Iversen, Alan Browne, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Ben Whiteman, Jayson Molumby, Scott Sinclair, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Ched Evans

Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Daniel Bachmann, Kiko Femenía, Craig Cathcart, Francisco Sierralta, Adam Masina, Tom Cleverley, Will Hughes, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema