Watford 1-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 25 November 2025

Result

Watford 1-1 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 25 November 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 1-1 Preston North End: match report

Watford drew with Preston North End 1-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 25 November 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Daniel Jebbison opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Watford's goal came from Mamadou Doumbia (45+1'). Preston North End scored through Daniel Jebbison (22').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 11th on 23 points from 16 and Preston North End 5th on 26 points from 16. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Preston North End 14th with 60.

Watford lined up in a 4-4-2 and Preston North End in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Imrân Louza of Watford (8.0), ahead of Mamadou Doumbia (7.6).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Daniel JebbisonPreston North End · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Alfie DevinePreston North End
  • 45+1'Goal · Mamadou DoumbiaWatford · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Hector KyprianouWatford
  • 84'Yellow card · Andrew HughesPreston North End
  • 87'Yellow card · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonPreston North End
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Liam LindsayPreston North End
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Nestory IrankundaWatford

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-4-2)

Nathan Baxter, Jeremy Ngakia, Kévin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Marc Bola, Edo Kayembe, Imrân Louza, Hector Kyprianou, Othmane Maamma, Mamadou Doumbia, Luca Kjerrumgaard

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

Daniel Iversen, Jordan Storey, Liam Lindsay, Andrew Hughes, O. Offiah, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Jordan Thompson, Jamal Lewis, Lewis Dobbin, Alfie Devine, Daniel Jebbison