Championship

Championship | Gameweek 22

Dec 16, 2023 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
1 - 5
Watford

Keane (27')
Millar (41'), Whiteman (45+1'), Osmajic (90+1')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Issouf Bayo (42', 71'), Martins (46'), Kayembe (53'), Kone (77')
Lewis (85')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Watford, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Last Game: Huddersfield 1-3 Preston
Tuesday, December 12 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Watford

All competitions

Last Game: Watford 1-2 Ipswich
Tuesday, December 12 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Preston North End 2-1 Watford

Despite their inconsistences of late, both clubs will be confident of delivering maximum points in the North West. However, in what should prove to be an entertaining fixture, we are backing Preston to edge this one by the odd goal in three. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Preston North End win with a probability of 42.36%. A win for Watford had a probability of 29.83% and a draw had a probability of 27.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.45%) and 2-0 (8.12%). The likeliest Watford win was 0-1 (10.05%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.03%). The actual scoreline of 1-5 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Watford
42.36% ( 0.17)	27.81% ( 0.01)	29.83% ( -0.18)

Both teams to score 46.99% (

-0.11)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

41.38% (

-0.1)

58.62% (

0.1)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20.83% (

-0.08)

79.17% (

0.08)

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.66% (

0.04)

27.34% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.2% (

0.06)

62.79% (

-0.06)

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

64.68% (

-0.19)

35.32% (

0.19)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.92% (

-0.2)

72.08% (

0.2)

Score Analysis

Preston North End 42.36%

Watford 29.83%

Draw 27.8%

Preston North End	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 12.52% ( 0.06) 2-1 @ 8.45% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 8.12% ( 0.05) 3-1 @ 3.65% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 3.51% ( 0.03) 3-2 @ 1.9% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.18% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.14% ( 0.01) Other @ 1.88% Total : 42.36%	1-1 @ 13.03% 0-0 @ 9.66% ( 0.04) 2-2 @ 4.4% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.72% Total : 27.8%	0-1 @ 10.05% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 6.78% ( -0.04) 0-2 @ 5.23% ( -0.03) 1-3 @ 2.35% ( -0.02) 0-3 @ 1.81% ( -0.02) 2-3 @ 1.53% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.08% Total : 29.83%