Watford 2-1 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026

Result

Watford 2-1 Preston North End

Championship · Tuesday 8 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford · half-time 0-1

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Watford 2-1 Preston North End: match report

Watford defeated Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 8 September 2026 at Vicarage Road. The half-time score was 0-1.

Callum Lang opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goals came from Edo Kayembe (69') and Mamadou Doumbia (76'). Preston North End scored through Callum Lang (5').

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

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 5 points from 5 and Preston North End 23rd on 3 points from 5. In the current table Watford are 20th on 14 points and Preston North End are 24th on 5 points.

Watford lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Preston North End in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Edo Kayembe of Watford (7.9), ahead of Callum Lang (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Callum LangPreston North End · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Andrija VukcevicPreston North End
  • 67'Yellow card · Lewis GibsonPreston North End
  • 69'Goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Mamadou DoumbiaWatford · 2-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW
24Preston North End1412111230-185LLDLL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Federico Ravaglia, Kévin Keben, Mattie Pollock, Soumaïla Coulibaly, Omar Traoré, Hector Kyprianou, Amin Nabizada, Edo Kayembe, Martín Payero, Rocco Vata, Mamadou Doumbia

Preston North End line-up (5-3-2)

Daniel Iversen, Harry Clarke, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Andrija Vukcevic, Léo Leroy, Jordan Thompson, Alfie Devine, Callum Lang, Johnny Kenny

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