Preston North End 1-5 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Preston North End 1-5 Watford

Championship · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Watford · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-5 Watford: match report

Preston North End lost to Watford 1-5 in the Championship on Saturday 16 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Will Keane opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Preston North End's goal came from Will Keane (27'). Watford scored through Vakoun Issouf Bayo (42'), Matheus Martins (46'), Edo Kayembe (53'), Vakoun Issouf Bayo (71') and Ismaël Koné (77').

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 8th on 32 points from 21 and Watford 12th on 28 points from 21. Preston North End went on to finish that season 10th with 63 points, and Watford 15th with 56.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Watford in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Hamer of Watford (9.4), ahead of Ismaël Koné (9.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Will KeanePreston North End · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Liam MillarPreston North End
  • 42'Goal · Vakoun Issouf BayoWatford · 1-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 46'Goal · Matheus MartinsWatford · 1-2
  • 53'Goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 1-3
  • 71'Goal · Vakoun Issouf BayoWatford · 1-4
  • 77'Goal · Ismaël KonéWatford · 1-5
  • 85'Yellow card · Jamal LewisWatford
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Milutin OsmajićPreston North End

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Jack Whatmough, Liam Lindsay, Brad Potts, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Liam Millar, Alan Browne, Milutin Osmajic, Will Keane

Watford line-up (4-1-4-1)

Ben Hamer, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Francisco Sierralta, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Jake Livermore, Matheus Martins, Edo Kayembe, Ismaël Koné, Ken Sema, Vakoun Bayo