Watford 2-1 Preston: result, scorers and form

Championship · Regular Season - 6 Match result

Watford

2 - 1

Preston

8 Sep 2026 · Vicarage Road

League position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
20	Watford	8	2	2	4	8
23	Preston	8	1	1	6	4

Full table

Form (last 5 matches)

WatfordLLWLL

Goalscorers

Watford

Edo Kayembe 69'
Mamadou Doumbia 76' (assist: Iker Bravo)

Preston

Callum Lang 5'

Lineups

Watford

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach: Alessio Dionisi

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

Bench

S. Walker, D. Bachmann, J. Zemura, A. Eames, S. Mavididi, L. Kjerrumgaard, I. Bravo, O. Maamma

Preston

Formation 5-3-2 · Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

1D. Iversen
4H. Clarke
24O. Offiah
14J. Storey
19L. Gibson
3A. Vukcevic
27L. Leroy
15J. Thompson
7A. Devine
10C. Lang
38J. Kenny

Bench

L. Nicholls, C. Wiley, L. Lindsay, T. Small, A. Moran, L. Gibbs, S. Mills, D. Burgzorg, J. Erabi

Substitutions

Watford

46'▲ S. Mavididi ▼ A. Nabizada
46'▲ I. Bravo ▼ M. Payero
46'▲ O. Maamma ▼ R. Vata
61'▲ J. Zemura ▼ O. H. Traore
88'▲ L. Kjerrumgaard ▼ M. Doumbia

Preston

66'▲ S. Mills ▼ A. Vukcevic
66'▲ D. Burgzorg ▼ J. Kenny
75'▲ L. Gibbs ▼ L. Leroy
75'▲ J. Erabi ▼ C. Lang
82'▲ T. Small ▼ A. Devine

Cards

Watford

Preston

62' Andrija Vukčević
67' Lewis Gibson

Match statistics

	Watford	Preston
Possession	61%	39%
Shots	15	18
Shots on goal	5	6
Corners	2	4
Fouls	7	10
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	0	2
Saves	5	3
Expected goals (xG)	1.26	2.44

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