Championship statistics and guide: Watford moderate expected to get the better of Preston North End

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vicarage Road (22200 seats)

The table shows that 4 points separate the pair of opponents in this Championship game. Watford have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.

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Watford form and stats

8 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Watford have to build on here at Vicarage Road in the Championship.

No payout for Watford in their previous match, an away game at Sheffield United that ended in defeat 0-1. The first loss after going unbeaten in four league rounds. Choudhury (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Choudhury hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against West Bromwich Albion.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Watford have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.

Not much happening? In this club's last 16 league games, 13 have produced two goals or less.

The Watford fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 16 league matches.

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Preston North End form and stats

The visitors are W8-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

There were no winners in Preston North End's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Coventry City (placed 10th). Ledson got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Ledson hit two key passes.

Before that, Preston North End secured a home win against Wigan Athletic with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Preston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 0 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Preston North End are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties face each other this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Preston North End - Watford 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Watford victories, three draws and three Preston North End wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

WatfordJ. Junqueira de Jesus
J. Junqueira de Jesus
9 goals
WatfordI. Sarr
I. Sarr
9 goals
Preston North EndC. Evans
C. Evans
7 goals

Watford missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Watford Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 16 6 Played P 4 16 34
13 8 2 Won W 3 8 12
11 4 2 Drew D 0 4 10
10 4 2 Lost L 1 4 12
41 24 8 Scored S 8 18 30
38 16 7 Conceded C 6 16 38
91% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 76%
74% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 53%
38% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 44% 38%
24% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 19% 15%
6% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 12%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 38%
35% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 41%
29% 19% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 44%
 
4.9 5 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.9 3.9
5.4 4.9 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.2 5.6
2.1 2.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.2
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.7 12.8 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.2 10.5
4 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.3
30% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 33% 27%
 
12.3 11.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 14.5 13.4
4.1 3.8 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Preston North End have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Preston North End have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Championship
  • Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 34 22 10 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 40 76
2 Sheffield United 33 19 7 7 55 30 17 11 3 3 35 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 25 64
3 Middlesbrough 34 17 6 11 56 40 16 9 5 2 26 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 16 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 17 4 13 38 38 16 11 1 4 22 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 0 55
5 Millwall 34 15 9 10 43 35 16 9 5 2 25 12 18 6 4 8 18 23 8 54
6 Luton Town 34 14 12 8 42 34 17 5 8 4 22 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 8 54
7 Norwich City 34 15 7 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 11 52
8 Watford 34 13 11 10 41 38 16 8 4 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 50
9 Sunderland 34 13 10 11 49 38 16 6 5 5 21 17 18 7 5 6 28 21 11 49
10 Coventry City 34 13 10 11 37 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 16 4 5 7 14 18 3 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 13 9 11 44 36 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 8 48
12 Preston North End 34 12 10 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 16 8 4 4 18 16 -8 46
13 Bristol City 33 11 11 11 43 41 18 7 5 6 22 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 2 44
14 Reading 33 13 5 15 38 48 16 10 3 3 27 18 17 3 2 12 11 30 -10 44
15 Swansea City 34 11 10 13 47 51 17 7 3 7 27 25 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 43
16 Hull City 34 11 9 14 38 48 17 6 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -10 42
17 Stoke City 34 11 7 16 39 41 17 5 4 8 20 19 17 6 3 8 19 22 -2 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 34 10 9 15 35 49 17 5 4 8 19 26 17 5 5 7 16 23 -14 39
19 Birmingham City 34 10 8 16 38 46 18 5 5 8 20 21 16 5 3 8 18 25 -8 38
20 Rotherham United 34 8 13 13 37 46 16 6 5 5 26 20 18 2 8 8 11 26 -9 37
21 Cardiff City 34 9 8 17 25 38 17 5 5 7 13 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -13 35
22 Huddersfield Town 33 8 7 18 30 47 16 6 3 7 16 16 17 2 4 11 14 31 -17 31
23 Blackpool 34 7 10 17 33 51 16 4 5 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 31
24 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 30 52 17 3 4 10 12 30 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 31

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 34 22 10 2 68 28 18 13 5 0 40 13 16 9 5 2 28 15 40 76
2 Sheffield United 33 19 7 7 55 30 17 11 3 3 35 16 16 8 4 4 20 14 25 64
3 Middlesbrough 34 17 6 11 56 40 16 9 5 2 26 13 18 8 1 9 30 27 16 57
4 Blackburn Rovers 34 17 4 13 38 38 16 11 1 4 22 13 18 6 3 9 16 25 0 55
5 Millwall 34 15 9 10 43 35 16 9 5 2 25 12 18 6 4 8 18 23 8 54
6 Luton Town 34 14 12 8 42 34 17 5 8 4 22 19 17 9 4 4 20 15 8 54
7 Norwich City 34 15 7 12 48 37 18 8 4 6 27 21 16 7 3 6 21 16 11 52
8 Watford 34 13 11 10 41 38 16 8 4 4 24 16 18 5 7 6 17 22 3 50
9 Sunderland 34 13 10 11 49 38 16 6 5 5 21 17 18 7 5 6 28 21 11 49
10 Coventry City 34 13 10 11 37 34 18 9 5 4 23 16 16 4 5 7 14 18 3 49
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 13 9 11 44 36 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 20 21 8 48
12 Preston North End 34 12 10 12 30 38 18 4 6 8 12 22 16 8 4 4 18 16 -8 46
13 Bristol City 33 11 11 11 43 41 18 7 5 6 22 18 15 4 6 5 21 23 2 44
14 Reading 33 13 5 15 38 48 16 10 3 3 27 18 17 3 2 12 11 30 -10 44
15 Swansea City 34 11 10 13 47 51 17 7 3 7 27 25 17 4 7 6 20 26 -4 43
16 Hull City 34 11 9 14 38 48 17 6 4 7 18 23 17 5 5 7 20 25 -10 42
17 Stoke City 34 11 7 16 39 41 17 5 4 8 20 19 17 6 3 8 19 22 -2 40
18 Queens Park Rangers 34 10 9 15 35 49 17 5 4 8 19 26 17 5 5 7 16 23 -14 39
19 Birmingham City 34 10 8 16 38 46 18 5 5 8 20 21 16 5 3 8 18 25 -8 38
20 Rotherham United 34 8 13 13 37 46 16 6 5 5 26 20 18 2 8 8 11 26 -9 37
21 Cardiff City 34 9 8 17 25 38 17 5 5 7 13 16 17 4 3 10 12 22 -13 35
22 Huddersfield Town 33 8 7 18 30 47 16 6 3 7 16 16 17 2 4 11 14 31 -17 31
23 Blackpool 34 7 10 17 33 51 16 4 5 7 17 21 18 3 5 10 16 30 -18 31
24 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 30 52 17 3 4 10 12 30 16 4 6 6 18 22 -22 31

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.