Watford 2-1 Preston North End: Final score, stats and lineups
English League Championship
Watford
2-2-2
- Edo Kayembe 69'
- Mamadou Doumbia 76'
2-1
FT
Preston North End
1-0-5
- Callum Lang 5'
Key events
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5'
Callum Lang
- Halftime 45'+2'
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Othmane MaammaOff: Rocco Vata45'
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Stephy MavididiOff: Amin Nabizada45'
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Iker BravoOff: Martín Payero45'
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Jordan ZemuraOff: Omar-Haktab Traoré61'
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62'
Andrija Vukcevic
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66'
Delano BurgzorgOff: Johnny Kenny
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66'
Stanley MillsOff: Andrija Vukcevic
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67'
Lewis Gibson
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Edo Kayembe69'
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75'
Jusef ErabiOff: Callum Lang
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75'
Liam GibbsOff: Leo Leroy
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Mamadou DoumbiaAssist: Iker Bravo76'
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82'
Thierry SmallOff: Alfie Devine
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Luca KjerrumgaardOff: Mamadou Doumbia88'
- End Regular Time 90'+5'
Team stats
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2Corner Kicks4
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61.1Possession38.9
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15SHOTS18
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5ON GOAL6
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3Blocked Shots6
Match info
- Competition
- English League Championship
- Kickoff
- Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 2:45 PM ET
- Venue
- Vicarage Road, Watford, England
- Attendance
- 14,987
- Series
- PNE leads series 2-0-3
Team stats
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7Fouls10
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0Yellow Cards2
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0Red Cards0
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2Offsides1
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2Corner Kicks4
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5Saves3
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61.1Possession38.9
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15SHOTS18
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5ON GOAL6
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0.3On Target %0.3
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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436Accurate Passes243
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526Passes319
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0.8Pass Completion %0.8
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4Accurate Crosses4
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15Crosses18
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0.3Cross %0.2
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65Long Balls57
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19Accurate Long Balls17
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0.3Long Balls %0.3
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3Blocked Shots6
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6Effective Tackles8
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8Tackles16
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0.8Tackle %0.5
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7Interceptions12
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30Effective Clearances42
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30Clearances42
Lineups
Watford4-2-3-1- 1Federico RavagliaG
- 4Kévin KebenRB
- 23Omar-Haktab Traoré↓LB
- 5Hector KyprianouLM
- 6Matthew PollockCD-R
- 3Soumaila CoulibalyCD-L
- 21Amin Nabizada↓AM-R
- 39Edo KayembeRM
- 20Mamadou Doumbia↓F
- 22Martín Payero↓AM
- 11Rocco Vata↓AM-L
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard↑
- 17Iker Bravo↑
- 26Daniel Bachmann
- 33Jordan Zemura↑
- 45Stephy Mavididi↑
- 7Othmane Maamma↑
- 24Sam Walker
- 56Albert Eames
Preston North End5-3-2- 1Daniel IversenG
- 4Harrison ClarkeRB
- 3Andrija Vukcevic↓LB
- 19Lewis GibsonCD-L
- 14Jordan StoreyCD
- 24Odeluga OffiahCD-R
- 27Leo Leroy↓CM-R
- 15Jordan ThompsonCM
- 38Johnny Kenny↓CF-L
- 10Callum Lang↓CF-R
- 7Alfie Devine↓CM-L
- 23Andy Moran
- 17Stanley Mills↑
- 37Delano Burgzorg↑
- 6Liam Lindsay
- 12Caleb Wiley
- 21Lee Nicholls
- 9Jusef Erabi↑
- 11Thierry Small↑
- 20Liam Gibbs↑
English League Championship Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 | West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 | Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 | Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 | Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 | Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 | Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 | Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 | Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
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