Watford 1–2 Preston – England Championship, 21 Jan 2025

Match facts

Watford Preston

10 Shots 15

4 Shots on target 8

4 Corners 2

8 Fouls 14

0 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✓ BTTS correct Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (323 league matches this season so far).

Result Watford to win

Goals Under 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.99

Expected goals 1.64 – 0.98

Home / Draw / Away

53% 25% 23%

WatfordDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

51% 49%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

50% 50%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

7% 0

19% 1

25% 2

22% 3

14% 4

13% 5+

Most likely scores

1–0 11.9% 1–1 11.7% 2–0 9.8%

Statistics 2024/2025, before this match

Watford before this match, all matches

1.52points / match

1.41scored / match

1.37conceded / match

12 5 10

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 38:37

Preston before this match, all matches

1.15points / match

1.04scored / match

1.26conceded / match

6 13 8

WonDrawnLost 27 played · 28:34

Watford all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.41 Goals scored 1.04

1.37 Goals conceded 1.26

2.78 Total goals 2.30

11.56 Shots 10.26

3.93 Shots on target 3.44

13.07 Shots faced 11.48

5.22 Corners 4.15

5.22 Corners against 5.00

12.52 Fouls 13.96

2.26 Yellow cards 2.63

0.41 1st-half goals scored 0.44

0.67 1st-half goals conceded 0.59

How often Full Time

44% Wins 22%

19% Draws 48%

37% Losses 30%

96% Over 0.5 goals 81%

78% Over 1.5 goals 70%

63% Over 2.5 goals 41%

19% Over 3.5 goals 30%

11% Over 4.5 goals 4%

4% Over 5.5 goals 4%

63% Both teams scored 56%

22% Clean sheets 37%

19% Failed to score 26%

How often Half Time

19% Wins 26%

44% Draws 44%

37% Losses 30%

67% Over 0.5 goals 67%

30% Over 1.5 goals 30%

11% Over 2.5 goals 7%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Watford all matches

D

1

D

2

1

W

1

2

L

2

1

W

1

2

L

1

3

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

W

Preston all matches

1

D

1

D

2

W

1

D

1

2

L

1

W

3

1

W

1

3

L

1

D

Watford before this match, at home

2.23points / match

1.46scored / match

0.77conceded / match

9 2 2

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 19:10

Preston before this match, away

0.69points / match

0.92scored / match

1.69conceded / match

1 6 6

WonDrawnLost 13 played · 12:22

Watford at home away Preston

Per match

1.46 Goals scored 0.92

0.77 Goals conceded 1.69

2.23 Total goals 2.62

13.00 Shots 8.69

4.62 Shots on target 3.38

11.38 Shots faced 12.77

5.62 Corners 3.77

4.38 Corners against 5.08

11.92 Fouls 15.38

2.46 Yellow cards 2.54

0.38 1st-half goals scored 0.46

0.46 1st-half goals conceded 0.77

How often Full Time

69% Wins 8%

15% Draws 46%

15% Losses 46%

92% Over 0.5 goals 77%

69% Over 1.5 goals 77%

62% Over 2.5 goals 54%

0% Over 3.5 goals 38%

0% Over 4.5 goals 8%

0% Over 5.5 goals 8%

62% Both teams scored 62%

38% Clean sheets 31%

8% Failed to score 31%

How often Half Time

15% Wins 23%

62% Draws 46%

23% Losses 31%

54% Over 0.5 goals 69%

23% Over 1.5 goals 46%

8% Over 2.5 goals 8%

Goals in the last 10 matches (scored up, conceded down; oldest left)

Watford at home

2

1

W

2

1

W

1

W

1

W

1

W

D

2

1

W

2

1

W

1

2

L

1

2

L

Preston away

1

3

L

D

3

D

1

3

L

D

1

D

2

W

1

2

L

1

3

L

D

Last 10 matches before this match

Watford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.01.25	Derby – Watford	0–2 (0–1)	2.20	3.40	3.20	2.10	1.73
14.01.25	Cardiff – Watford	1–1 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.10	1.73
04.01.25	Watford – Sheffield United	1–2 (1–1)	2.75	3.50	2.40	2.10	1.73
01.01.25	QPR – Watford	3–1 (2–0)	2.55	3.40	2.70	2.00	1.80
29.12.24	Watford – Cardiff	1–2 (1–2)	1.95	3.40	3.90	1.88	1.98
26.12.24	Watford – Portsmouth	2–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.60	4.33	1.85	2.00
21.12.24	Burnley – Watford	2–1 (1–0)	1.70	3.70	5.25	2.10	1.73
15.12.24	Watford – West Brom	2–1 (1–0)	2.75	3.25	2.55	2.10	1.73
11.12.24	Hull – Watford	1–1 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.00	1.90	1.95
30.11.24	Watford – QPR	0–0 (0–0)	1.85	3.60	4.00	1.93	1.93

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.01.25	Luton – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.50	2.20	1.67
04.01.25	Preston – Oxford	1–1 (0–1)	1.85	3.40	4.33	2.20	1.67
01.01.25	West Brom – Preston	3–1 (3–0)	1.83	3.50	4.33	2.30	1.62
29.12.24	Preston – Sheffield Weds	3–1 (1–0)	2.45	2.90	3.10	2.30	1.62
26.12.24	Preston – Hull	1–0 (0–0)	2.25	3.30	3.20	2.10	1.73
21.12.24	QPR – Preston	2–1 (0–1)	2.55	3.10	2.90	2.50	1.53
14.12.24	Preston – Leeds	1–1 (1–0)	4.75	4.00	1.67	2.10	1.73
11.12.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–0)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.67
07.12.24	Sheffield Weds – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.25	4.20	2.20	1.67
30.11.24	Preston – West Brom	1–1 (0–1)	2.80	3.50	2.40	2.30	1.62

Watford at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
04.01.25	Watford – Sheffield United	1–2 (1–1)	2.75	3.50	2.40	2.10	1.73
29.12.24	Watford – Cardiff	1–2 (1–2)	1.95	3.40	3.90	1.88	1.98
26.12.24	Watford – Portsmouth	2–1 (0–1)	1.80	3.60	4.33	1.85	2.00
15.12.24	Watford – West Brom	2–1 (1–0)	2.75	3.25	2.55	2.10	1.73
30.11.24	Watford – QPR	0–0 (0–0)	1.85	3.60	4.00	1.93	1.93
26.11.24	Watford – Bristol City	1–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.40	3.25	2.00	1.85
08.11.24	Watford – Oxford	1–0 (0–0)	1.67	3.70	5.00	1.93	1.93
26.10.24	Watford – Blackburn	1–0 (0–0)	2.40	3.40	2.80	1.85	2.00
05.10.24	Watford – Middlesbrough	2–1 (0–0)	3.50	3.80	1.95	1.67	2.20
28.09.24	Watford – Sunderland	2–1 (1–0)	2.75	3.60	2.35	2.00	1.85

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
18.01.25	Luton – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.20	3.10	3.50	2.20	1.67
01.01.25	West Brom – Preston	3–1 (3–0)	1.83	3.50	4.33	2.30	1.62
21.12.24	QPR – Preston	2–1 (0–1)	2.55	3.10	2.90	2.50	1.53
11.12.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–0)	2.25	3.20	3.20	2.20	1.67
07.12.24	Sheffield Weds – Preston	1–1 (0–1)	1.91	3.25	4.20	2.20	1.67
26.11.24	Stoke – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.00	3.50	3.60	2.10	1.73
09.11.24	Portsmouth – Preston	3–1 (2–0)	2.80	3.40	2.40	2.10	1.73
26.10.24	Plymouth – Preston	3–3 (0–2)	2.70	3.40	2.50	1.93	1.93
05.10.24	Burnley – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.67	3.80	5.00	2.05	1.80
28.09.24	Millwall – Preston	3–1 (2–0)	1.90	3.50	4.00	2.38	1.57

Score badge: green win, amber draw, red loss for the team named above. Half-time score in brackets. Bold odds = the outcome that happened. A league code next to the date means the match was played in another league.

Head-to-head since 2021/2022, before this match

1 3 1

Watford winsDrawsPreston wins

5matches

1.80goals / match

40%over 2.5

20%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
02.10.24E1	Preston – Watford	3–0 (0–0)	2.45	3.30	2.75	2.00	1.80
06.04.24E1	Watford – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	2.05	3.40	3.75	2.10	1.73
16.12.23E1	Preston – Watford	1–5 (1–1)	2.80	3.30	2.55	2.25	1.62
04.03.23E1	Watford – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.83	3.50	4.50	2.20	1.67
20.08.22E1	Preston – Watford	0–0 (0–0)	2.62	3.10	2.80	2.30	1.61

England Championship table 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	27	17	6	4	38	17	+21	57
2	Leeds	27	16	8	3	51	19	+32	56
3	Burnley	27	14	11	2	31	9	+22	53
4	Sunderland	27	14	9	4	39	22	+17	51
5	Blackburn	27	12	6	9	31	24	+7	42
6	West Brom	27	9	14	4	33	22	+11	41
7	Middlesbrough	27	11	8	8	44	34	+10	41
8	Watford	27	12	5	10	38	37	+1	41
9	Bristol City	27	9	10	8	33	31	+2	37
10	Sheffield Weds	27	10	7	10	38	43	-5	37
11	Norwich	27	9	9	9	43	39	+4	36
12	QPR	27	8	11	8	30	34	-4	35
13	Swansea	27	9	7	11	30	33	-3	34
14	Coventry	27	8	8	11	35	37	-2	32
15	Oxford	27	8	8	11	30	41	-11	32
16	Preston	27	6	13	8	28	34	-6	31
17	Millwall	26	7	9	10	24	24	0	30
18	Stoke	27	6	10	11	25	33	-8	28
19	Derby	27	7	6	14	31	37	-6	27
20	Cardiff	27	6	9	12	29	41	-12	27
21	Hull	27	6	8	13	26	36	-10	26
22	Portsmouth	26	6	8	12	32	45	-13	26
23	Luton	27	7	5	15	27	44	-17	26
24	Plymouth	27	4	9	14	25	55	-30	21

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	14	11	2	1	33	7	+26	35
2	Sheffield United	13	10	2	1	19	5	+14	32
3	Sunderland	13	9	4	0	22	8	+14	31
4	Watford	13	9	2	2	19	10	+9	29
5	Blackburn	14	8	2	4	20	11	+9	26
6	Burnley	13	6	7	0	15	4	+11	25
7	Oxford	14	7	4	3	20	17	+3	25
8	Norwich	13	6	5	2	31	18	+13	23
9	Bristol City	13	6	5	2	19	10	+9	23
10	Middlesbrough	14	6	5	3	20	15	+5	23
11	West Brom	13	5	7	1	14	7	+7	22
12	Preston	14	5	7	2	16	12	+4	22
13	Luton	14	6	4	4	18	16	+2	22
14	Coventry	13	6	3	4	23	16	+7	21
15	Swansea	13	5	5	3	20	14	+6	20
16	Derby	13	6	2	5	19	13	+6	20
17	Millwall	14	6	2	6	14	11	+3	20
18	Sheffield Weds	14	5	5	4	22	20	+2	20
19	QPR	14	5	5	4	20	19	+1	20
20	Portsmouth	12	5	4	3	19	12	+7	19
21	Plymouth	13	4	6	3	22	20	+2	18
22	Stoke	14	4	6	4	18	17	+1	18
23	Cardiff	14	5	2	7	16	18	-2	17
24	Hull	14	2	6	6	14	18	-4	12

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	14	8	4	2	16	5	+11	28
2	Sheffield United	14	7	4	3	19	12	+7	25
3	Leeds	13	5	6	2	18	12	+6	21
4	Sunderland	14	5	5	4	17	14	+3	20
5	West Brom	14	4	7	3	19	15	+4	19
6	Middlesbrough	13	5	3	5	24	19	+5	18
7	Sheffield Weds	13	5	2	6	16	23	-7	17
8	Blackburn	13	4	4	5	11	13	-2	16
9	QPR	13	3	6	4	10	15	-5	15
10	Hull	13	4	2	7	12	18	-6	14
11	Bristol City	14	3	5	6	14	21	-7	14
12	Swansea	14	4	2	8	10	19	-9	14
13	Norwich	14	3	4	7	12	21	-9	13
14	Watford	14	3	3	8	19	27	-8	12
15	Coventry	14	2	5	7	12	21	-9	11
16	Millwall	12	1	7	4	10	13	-3	10
17	Stoke	13	2	4	7	7	16	-9	10
18	Cardiff	13	1	7	5	13	23	-10	10
19	Preston	13	1	6	6	12	22	-10	9
20	Derby	14	1	4	9	12	24	-12	7
21	Oxford	13	1	4	8	10	24	-14	7
22	Portsmouth	14	1	4	9	13	33	-20	7
23	Luton	13	1	1	11	9	28	-19	4
24	Plymouth	14	0	3	11	3	35	-32	3

Watford Preston

Under / Over goals 2024/2025, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	22	Portsmouth	26	8	18	1.2	1.7	6	8	12	32	45	26
2	8	Watford	27	10	17	1.4	1.4	12	5	10	38	37	41
3	10	Sheffield Weds	27	12	15	1.4	1.6	10	7	10	38	43	37
4	11	Norwich	27	12	15	1.6	1.4	9	9	9	43	39	36
5	14	Coventry	27	12	15	1.3	1.4	8	8	11	35	37	32
6	23	Luton	27	12	15	1.0	1.6	7	5	15	27	44	26
7	24	Plymouth	27	13	14	0.9	2.0	4	9	14	25	55	21
8	13	Swansea	27	14	13	1.1	1.2	9	7	11	30	33	34
9	4	Sunderland	27	15	12	1.4	0.8	14	9	4	39	22	51
10	7	Middlesbrough	27	15	12	1.6	1.3	11	8	8	44	34	41
11	19	Derby	27	15	12	1.1	1.4	7	6	14	31	37	27
12	2	Leeds	27	16	11	1.9	0.7	16	8	3	51	19	56
13	9	Bristol City	27	16	11	1.2	1.1	9	10	8	33	31	37
14	12	QPR	27	16	11	1.1	1.3	8	11	8	30	34	35
15	15	Oxford	27	16	11	1.1	1.5	8	8	11	30	41	32
16	16	Preston	27	16	11	1.0	1.3	6	13	8	28	34	31
17	6	West Brom	27	17	10	1.2	0.8	9	14	4	33	22	41
18	20	Cardiff	27	17	10	1.1	1.5	6	9	12	29	41	27
19	5	Blackburn	27	18	9	1.1	0.9	12	6	9	31	24	42
20	18	Stoke	27	18	9	0.9	1.2	6	10	11	25	33	28
21	21	Hull	27	18	9	1.0	1.3	6	8	13	26	36	26
22	1	Sheffield United	27	20	7	1.4	0.6	17	6	4	38	17	57
23	17	Millwall	26	20	6	0.9	0.9	7	9	10	24	24	30
24	3	Burnley	27	22	5	1.1	0.3	14	11	2	31	9	53

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	14	Coventry	13	3	10	1.8	1.2	6	3	4	23	16	21
2	11	Norwich	13	4	9	2.4	1.4	6	5	2	31	18	23
3	2	Leeds	14	6	8	2.4	0.5	11	2	1	33	7	35
4	8	Watford	13	5	8	1.5	0.8	9	2	2	19	10	29
5	12	QPR	14	6	8	1.4	1.4	5	5	4	20	19	20
6	22	Portsmouth	12	4	8	1.6	1.0	5	4	3	19	12	19
7	23	Luton	14	6	8	1.3	1.1	6	4	4	18	16	22
8	24	Plymouth	13	5	8	1.7	1.5	4	6	3	22	20	18
9	4	Sunderland	13	7	6	1.7	0.6	9	4	0	22	8	31
10	13	Swansea	13	7	6	1.5	1.1	5	5	3	20	14	20
11	18	Stoke	14	8	6	1.3	1.2	4	6	4	18	17	18
12	19	Derby	13	7	6	1.5	1.0	6	2	5	19	13	20
13	5	Blackburn	14	9	5	1.4	0.8	8	2	4	20	11	26
14	7	Middlesbrough	14	9	5	1.4	1.1	6	5	3	20	15	23
15	9	Bristol City	13	8	5	1.5	0.8	6	5	2	19	10	23
16	10	Sheffield Weds	14	9	5	1.6	1.4	5	5	4	22	20	20
17	15	Oxford	14	9	5	1.4	1.2	7	4	3	20	17	25
18	16	Preston	14	10	4	1.1	0.9	5	7	2	16	12	22
19	20	Cardiff	14	10	4	1.1	1.3	5	2	7	16	18	17
20	21	Hull	14	10	4	1.0	1.3	2	6	6	14	18	12
21	3	Burnley	13	10	3	1.2	0.3	6	7	0	15	4	25
22	6	West Brom	13	10	3	1.1	0.5	5	7	1	14	7	22
23	17	Millwall	14	11	3	1.0	0.8	6	2	6	14	11	20
24	1	Sheffield United	13	11	2	1.5	0.4	10	2	1	19	5	32

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	10	Sheffield Weds	13	3	10	1.2	1.8	5	2	6	16	23	17
2	22	Portsmouth	14	4	10	0.9	2.4	1	4	9	13	33	7
3	8	Watford	14	5	9	1.4	1.9	3	3	8	19	27	12
4	6	West Brom	14	7	7	1.4	1.1	4	7	3	19	15	19
5	7	Middlesbrough	13	6	7	1.8	1.5	5	3	5	24	19	18
6	13	Swansea	14	7	7	0.7	1.4	4	2	8	10	19	14
7	16	Preston	13	6	7	0.9	1.7	1	6	6	12	22	9
8	23	Luton	13	6	7	0.7	2.2	1	1	11	9	28	4
9	4	Sunderland	14	8	6	1.2	1.0	5	5	4	17	14	20
10	9	Bristol City	14	8	6	1.0	1.5	3	5	6	14	21	14
11	11	Norwich	14	8	6	0.9	1.5	3	4	7	12	21	13
12	15	Oxford	13	7	6	0.8	1.8	1	4	8	10	24	7
13	19	Derby	14	8	6	0.9	1.7	1	4	9	12	24	7
14	20	Cardiff	13	7	6	1.0	1.8	1	7	5	13	23	10
15	24	Plymouth	14	8	6	0.2	2.5	0	3	11	3	35	3
16	1	Sheffield United	14	9	5	1.4	0.9	7	4	3	19	12	25
17	14	Coventry	14	9	5	0.9	1.5	2	5	7	12	21	11
18	21	Hull	13	8	5	0.9	1.4	4	2	7	12	18	14
19	5	Blackburn	13	9	4	0.8	1.0	4	4	5	11	13	16
20	2	Leeds	13	10	3	1.4	0.9	5	6	2	18	12	21
21	12	QPR	13	10	3	0.8	1.2	3	6	4	10	15	15
22	17	Millwall	12	9	3	0.8	1.1	1	7	4	10	13	10
23	18	Stoke	13	10	3	0.5	1.2	2	4	7	7	16	10
24	3	Burnley	14	12	2	1.1	0.4	8	4	2	16	5	28

U / O = matches with fewer / more goals than the line (both teams' goals). BTTS = both teams to score: Yes when both teams scored, No when at least one didn't. Pos = position in the league table. Click a column heading to sort; click again to reverse.