Championship · ENG · Round 17

Watford
1 - 1 Full time
Preston North End

Vicarage Road · Watford

Lineups

Watford4-4-2
NB12Baxter
JN2Ngakia
KK4Keben
MP6Pollock
MB16Bola
EK39↓85'Kayembe
IL10Louza
HK5Kyprianou
OM42↓74'Maamma
MD20⚽↓86'Doumbia
LK9↓74'Kjerrumgaard
DI1Iversen
JS14Storey
LL6Lindsay
AH16Hughes
OO42↓81'Offiah
ST22Thordarson
JT15↓62'Thompson
AD21Devine
JL18Lewis
LD17↓72'Dobbin
DJ9⚽↓81'Jebbison
Preston North End3-5-2

Watford substitutes

8 Giorgi Chakvetadze 6.1 ↑74'
66 Nestory Irankunda 6.5 ↑74'
7 Thomas Ince ↑85'
18 Vivaldo Semedo ↑86'
41 Alfie Marriott
25 James Abankwah
3 Max Alleyne
17 Moussa Sissoko
23 Nampalys Mendy

Coach: Javi Gracia · Unavailable: Caleb Wiley (injury), Kwadwo Baah (injury), Nikoloz Chikovani (injury), Rocco Vata (injury)

Preston North End substitutes

26 Thierry Small 6.0 ↑62'
10 Mads Frøkjær-Jensen 6.6 ↑72'
2 Pol Valentin ↑81'
24 Michael Smith ↑81'
13 David Cornell
12 Jack Walton
35 Noah Mawene
7 Will Keane

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom · Unavailable: Milutin Osmajic (suspension), Alistair McCann (injury), Lewis Gibson (injury), Robert Brady (injury)

Match events

22'Daniel Jebbison assist: Lewis Dobbin 0 - 1⚽
37'Alfie Devine
45+1'Mamadou Doumbia assist: Jeremy Ngakia 1 - 1⚽
Second half
62'↑ Thierry Small ↓ Jordan Thompson⇄
71'Hector Kyprianou
72'↑ Mads Frøkjær-Jensen ↓ Lewis Dobbin⇄
74'↑ Giorgi Chakvetadze ↓ Othmane Maamma⇄
74'↑ Nestory Irankunda ↓ Luca Kjerrumgaard⇄
81'↑ Pol Valentin ↓ Odel Offiah⇄
81'↑ Michael Smith ↓ Daniel Jebbison⇄
84'Andrew Hughes
85'↑ Thomas Ince ↓ Edo Kayembe⇄
86'↑ Vivaldo Semedo ↓ Mamadou Doumbia⇄
87'Stefan Thordarson
90+1'Liam Lindsay
90+6'Nestory Irankunda

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 19:45 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Watford wins4Draws4Preston North End wins

11 past meetings on record. Biggest Watford win: Preston North End 3–0 Watford (2024). Biggest Preston North End win: Preston North End 1–5 Watford (2023).

21 Jan 2025Watford 1 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship
2 Oct 2024Preston North End 3 - 0 WatfordChampionship
6 Apr 2024Watford 0 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
16 Dec 2023Preston North End 1 - 5 WatfordChampionship
4 Mar 2023Watford 0 - 0 Preston North EndChampionship
20 Aug 2022Preston North End 0 - 0 WatfordChampionship
16 Feb 2021Preston North End 0 - 1 WatfordChampionship
28 Nov 2020Watford 4 - 1 Preston North EndChampionship
25 Aug 2015Preston North End 1 - 0 WatfordLeague Cup
7 May 2011Preston North End 3 - 1 WatfordChampionship
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15 Feb 2011Watford 2 - 2 Preston North EndChampionship