Preston North End 3-0 Watford: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 2 October 2024

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Watford

Championship · Wednesday 2 October 2024, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Preston North End · Watford · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-0 Watford: match report

Preston North End won against Watford 3-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 2 October 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.

Milutin Osmajic opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Preston North End's goals came from Milutin Osmajic (53'), Milutin Osmajic (65') and Alistair Edward McCann (75'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Watford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 22nd on 5 points from 7 and Watford 8th on 13 points from 7. Preston North End went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Watford 14th with 57.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Watford in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Freddie Woodman of Preston North End (8.4), ahead of Ben Whiteman (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 5 draws and 3 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 53'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 1-0
  • 65'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Ben WhitemanPreston North End
  • 75'Goal · Alistair Edward McCannPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 5, Watford 3.

Team news

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Preston North End line-up (3-5-1-1)

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Robbie Brady, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Milutin Osmajic

Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jonathan Bond, Mattie Pollock, Angelo Ogbonna, James Morris, Festy Ebosele, Moussa Sissoko, Imrân Louza, Yasser Larouci, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Kwadwo Baah