ChampionshipEngland

Watford vs Preston

Watford
2–1 Full time
Preston

Regular Season - 6Tuesday, 8 September 2026Vicarage Road, Watford

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Watford 2–1 Preston — Championship, Tuesday, 8 September 2026. Full-time result, kick-off time and match details on FutToday.

Match statistics

5 Shots on goal 6
15 Total shots 18
61% Possession 39%
526 Total passes 319
83% Pass accuracy 76%
2 Corner kicks 4
7 Fouls 10
0 Yellow cards 2

Timeline

  1. 5' C. Lang Preston
  2. 46' S. Mavididi off A. Nabizada Watford
  3. 46' I. Bravo off M. Payero Watford
  4. 46' O. Maamma off R. Vata Watford
  5. 61' J. Zemura off O. H. Traore Watford
  6. 62' Andrija Vukčević Yellow Card Preston
  7. 66' S. Mills off A. Vukcevic Preston
  8. 66' D. Burgzorg off J. Kenny Preston
  9. 67' Lewis Gibson Yellow Card Preston
  10. 69' E. Kayembe Watford
  11. 75' L. Gibbs off L. Leroy Preston
  12. 75' J. Erabi off C. Lang Preston
  13. 76' M. Doumbia Assist I. Bravo Watford
  14. 82' T. Small off A. Devine Preston
  15. 88' L. Kjerrumgaard off M. Doumbia Watford

Line-ups

Watford

4-2-3-1 Alessio Dionisi

Starting XI

  1. 1 F. Ravaglia G
  2. 4 K. Keben D
  3. 6 M. Pollock D
  4. 3 S. Coulibaly D
  5. 23 O. H. Traore D
  6. 39 E. Kayembe M
  7. 5 H. Kyprianou M
  8. 21 A. Nabizada M
  9. 22 M. Payero M
  10. 11 R. Vata M
  11. 20 M. Doumbia F

Substitutes

  1. 24 S. Walker G
  2. 26 D. Bachmann G
  3. 33 J. Zemura D
  4. 56 A. Eames
  5. 45 S. Mavididi F
  6. 9 L. Kjerrumgaard F
  7. 17 I. Bravo F
  8. 7 O. Maamma F

Preston

5-3-2 Paul Heckingbottom

Starting XI

  1. 1 D. Iversen G
  2. 4 H. Clarke D
  3. 24 O. Offiah D
  4. 14 J. Storey D
  5. 19 L. Gibson D
  6. 3 A. Vukcevic D
  7. 27 L. Leroy M
  8. 15 J. Thompson M
  9. 7 A. Devine M
  10. 10 C. Lang F
  11. 38 J. Kenny F

Substitutes

  1. 21 L. Nicholls G
  2. 12 C. Wiley D
  3. 6 L. Lindsay D
  4. 11 T. Small D
  5. 23 A. Moran M
  6. 20 L. Gibbs M
  7. 17 S. Mills M
  8. 37 D. Burgzorg F
  9. 9 J. Erabi F