Watford 4-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 November 2020

Result

Watford 4-1 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 28 November 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 4-1 Preston North End: match report

Watford won against Preston North End 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 November 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

Domingos Quina opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Watford's goals came from Domingos Quina (9'), Troy Deeney (52', penalty), Nathaniel Chalobah (58') and João Pedro (74'). Preston North End scored through Tom Barkhuizen (55').

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

Going into the game Watford were 7th on 23 points from 13 and Preston North End 15th on 16 points from 13. Watford went on to finish that season 3rd with 91 points, and Preston North End 13th with 61.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ismaïla Sarr of Watford (8.4), ahead of Jeremy Ngakia (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 4 draws and 4 for Preston North End.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Domingos QuinaWatford · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · J. GarnerWatford
  • 52'Penalty goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 2-1
  • 58'Goal · Nathaniel ChalobahWatford · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · João PedroWatford · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 2, draws 4, Preston North End 4.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Jeremy Ngakia, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, Kiko Femenía, Ismaïla Sarr, Nathaniel Chalobah, James Garner, Domingos Quina, Andre Gray, Troy Deeney

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

Declan Rudd, Jordan Storey, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Ben Pearson, Scott Sinclair, Brad Potts, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Emil Riis, Sean Maguire