Watford 0–0 Preston – England Championship, 6 Apr 2024

Match facts

Watford Preston

11 Shots 9

2 Shots on target 1

7 Corners 5

6 Fouls 13

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

Our pre-match prediction

✗ Result missed ✗ Goals missed ✗ BTTS missed Calculated after the match, using only matches played before kick-off (479 league matches this season so far).

Result Watford to win

Goals Over 2.5

Both teams score Yes fair 1.74

Expected goals 1.57 – 1.29

Home / Draw / Away

44% 25% 32%

WatfordDrawPreston

Under / Over 2.5 goals

46% 55%

Under 2.5Over 2.5

Both teams to score

43% 57%

NoYes

Total goals in the match

6% 0

16% 1

23% 2

22% 3

16% 4

16% 5+

Most likely scores

1–1 11.6% 2–1 9.1% 1–0 9%

Statistics 2023/2024, before this match

Watford before this match, all matches

1.25points / match

1.43scored / match

1.38conceded / match

12 14 14

WonDrawnLost 40 played · 57:55

Preston before this match, all matches

1.51points / match

1.33scored / match

1.41conceded / match

17 8 14

WonDrawnLost 39 played · 52:55

Watford all matches all matches Preston

Per match

1.43 Goals scored 1.33

1.38 Goals conceded 1.41

2.80 Total goals 2.74

13.50 Shots 9.67

4.25 Shots on target 3.41

12.55 Shots faced 13.08

5.43 Corners 4.15

4.83 Corners against 5.36

12.73 Fouls 12.56

2.20 Yellow cards 2.26

0.63 1st-half goals scored 0.74

0.73 1st-half goals conceded 0.56

How often Full Time

30% Wins 44%

35% Draws 21%

35% Losses 36%

93% Over 0.5 goals 95%

73% Over 1.5 goals 82%

53% Over 2.5 goals 59%

33% Over 3.5 goals 23%

20% Over 4.5 goals 10%

10% Over 5.5 goals 5%

57% Both teams scored 56%

25% Clean sheets 23%

25% Failed to score 26%

How often Half Time

10% Wins 26%

63% Draws 56%

28% Losses 18%

63% Over 0.5 goals 62%

43% Over 1.5 goals 46%

18% Over 2.5 goals 18%

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

Watford all matches

1

2

L

2

4

L

1

W

1

2

L

1

L

1

D

1

2

L

1

W

2

D

2

D

Preston all matches

3

2

W

2

W

2

1

W

2

D

3

W

D

1

2

L

1

W

3

W

1

L

Watford before this match, at home

1.10points / match

1.55scored / match

1.40conceded / match

5 7 8

WonDrawnLost 20 played · 31:28

Preston before this match, away

1.32points / match

1.11scored / match

1.26conceded / match

7 4 8

WonDrawnLost 19 played · 21:24

Watford at home away Preston

Per match

1.55 Goals scored 1.11

1.40 Goals conceded 1.26

2.95 Total goals 2.37

15.60 Shots 8.42

5.05 Shots on target 2.84

9.55 Shots faced 12.42

7.00 Corners 3.11

3.30 Corners against 5.05

12.35 Fouls 12.32

1.95 Yellow cards 2.21

0.85 1st-half goals scored 0.68

0.80 1st-half goals conceded 0.58

How often Full Time

25% Wins 37%

35% Draws 21%

40% Losses 42%

95% Over 0.5 goals 95%

80% Over 1.5 goals 74%

60% Over 2.5 goals 42%

40% Over 3.5 goals 16%

20% Over 4.5 goals 5%

0% Over 5.5 goals 5%

65% Both teams scored 42%

25% Clean sheets 32%

15% Failed to score 32%

How often Half Time

15% Wins 26%

60% Draws 58%

25% Losses 16%

70% Over 0.5 goals 58%

55% Over 1.5 goals 47%

25% Over 2.5 goals 16%

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

Watford at home

1

D

1

2

L

1

4

L

1

D

1

L

1

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

1

2

L

2

D

Preston away

D

3

1

W

1

2

L

2

L

1

2

L

1

D

2

W

3

W

1

W

1

L

Last 10 matches before this match

Watford all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.04.24	West Brom – Watford	2–2 (0–0)	1.85	3.50	4.33	2.08	1.73
29.03.24	Watford – Leeds	2–2 (2–1)	6.00	4.33	1.55	1.70	2.10
16.03.24	Birmingham – Watford	0–1 (0–1)	2.45	3.25	3.00	1.93	1.93
09.03.24	Watford – Coventry	1–2 (1–1)	2.88	3.40	2.40	1.85	2.00
06.03.24	Watford – Swansea	1–1 (0–1)	2.20	3.50	3.25	1.93	1.93
02.03.24	Millwall – Watford	1–0 (1–0)	2.38	3.30	3.00	2.10	1.70
24.02.24	Watford – Huddersfield	1–2 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	4.00	1.98	1.88
17.02.24	Rotherham – Watford	0–1 (0–0)	4.33	3.50	1.85	2.05	1.75
13.02.24	Norwich – Watford	4–2 (2–1)	2.10	3.40	3.40	1.93	1.93
10.02.24	Watford – Leicester	1–2 (0–1)	4.50	4.00	1.70	1.75	2.05

Preston all matches

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.04.24	Birmingham – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.08	1.73
29.03.24	Preston – Rotherham	3–0 (3–0)	1.53	4.20	6.00	2.05	1.75
16.03.24	Plymouth – Preston	0–1 (0–1)	2.50	3.25	2.88	1.98	1.88
09.03.24	Preston – Stoke	1–2 (0–0)	2.40	3.30	3.00	2.08	1.73
02.03.24	Preston – Hull	0–0 (0–0)	2.80	3.25	2.55	2.05	1.75
23.02.24	Coventry – Preston	0–3 (0–3)	1.73	3.50	4.75	2.00	1.85
17.02.24	Preston – Blackburn	2–2 (2–2)	2.45	3.25	3.00	1.93	1.93
14.02.24	Preston – Middlesbrough	2–1 (1–0)	3.25	3.40	2.20	2.05	1.75
10.02.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.35	1.57
03.02.24	Preston – Ipswich	3–2 (3–0)	3.60	3.60	2.00	2.03	1.83

Watford at home

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
29.03.24	Watford – Leeds	2–2 (2–1)	6.00	4.33	1.55	1.70	2.10
09.03.24	Watford – Coventry	1–2 (1–1)	2.88	3.40	2.40	1.85	2.00
06.03.24	Watford – Swansea	1–1 (0–1)	2.20	3.50	3.25	1.93	1.93
24.02.24	Watford – Huddersfield	1–2 (0–0)	1.95	3.50	4.00	1.98	1.88
10.02.24	Watford – Leicester	1–2 (0–1)	4.50	4.00	1.70	1.75	2.05
03.02.24	Watford – Cardiff	0–1 (0–1)	1.83	3.60	4.33	2.03	1.83
29.12.23	Watford – Stoke	1–1 (1–1)	2.15	3.30	3.50	2.05	1.75
26.12.23	Watford – Bristol City	1–4 (0–2)	1.95	3.40	4.20	2.10	1.70
12.12.23	Watford – Ipswich	1–2 (1–1)	2.90	3.40	2.45	2.00	1.85
09.12.23	Watford – Southampton	1–1 (0–0)	3.25	3.40	2.20	1.98	1.88

Preston away

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
01.04.24	Birmingham – Preston	1–0 (0–0)	2.30	3.40	3.10	2.08	1.73
16.03.24	Plymouth – Preston	0–1 (0–1)	2.50	3.25	2.88	1.98	1.88
23.02.24	Coventry – Preston	0–3 (0–3)	1.73	3.50	4.75	2.00	1.85
10.02.24	Cardiff – Preston	0–2 (0–2)	2.30	3.20	3.30	2.35	1.57
27.01.24	Millwall – Preston	1–1 (1–1)	2.20	3.10	3.60	2.40	1.53
21.01.24	Leeds – Preston	2–1 (1–1)	1.30	5.50	10.00	1.67	2.15
01.01.24	Sunderland – Preston	2–0 (2–0)	1.57	4.00	5.75	1.90	1.95
22.12.23	Swansea – Preston	2–1 (0–0)	2.05	3.50	3.50	2.05	1.75
12.12.23	Huddersfield – Preston	1–3 (0–2)	2.63	3.10	2.88	2.50	1.50
09.12.23	Norwich – Preston	0–0 (0–0)	1.91	3.60	4.00	1.90	1.95

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 2

Watford winsDrawsPreston wins

3matches

2.00goals / match

33%over 2.5

33%both scored

Date	Match	Score	1	X	2	O	U
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 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich	41	26	9	6	84	52	+32	87
2	Leeds	40	26	8	6	75	31	+44	86
3	Leicester	39	27	4	8	77	35	+42	85
4	Southampton	38	22	8	8	76	51	+25	74
5	West Brom	40	19	11	10	62	39	+23	68
6	Norwich	41	20	7	14	73	58	+15	67
7	Coventry	39	16	12	11	63	46	+17	60
8	Preston	39	17	8	14	52	55	-3	59
9	Middlesbrough	40	17	7	16	56	53	+3	58
10	Hull	39	16	10	13	54	51	+3	58
11	Cardiff	40	17	5	18	45	54	-9	56
12	Bristol City	40	15	8	17	44	45	-1	53
13	Sunderland	40	15	6	19	51	50	+1	51
14	Watford	40	12	14	14	57	55	+2	50
15	Swansea	40	12	11	17	49	60	-11	47
16	QPR	40	12	10	18	39	51	-12	46
17	Blackburn	40	12	9	19	56	66	-10	45
18	Stoke	40	12	9	19	38	54	-16	45
19	Plymouth	41	11	11	19	56	65	-9	44
20	Millwall	40	11	11	18	38	53	-15	44
21	Birmingham	40	11	9	20	44	61	-17	42
22	Huddersfield	40	8	16	16	44	65	-21	40
23	Sheffield Weds	40	11	6	23	31	64	-33	39
24	Rotherham	41	4	11	26	32	82	-50	23

Home – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds	20	16	4	0	44	13	+31	52
2	Ipswich	20	15	4	1	56	31	+25	49
3	Norwich	21	15	2	4	40	19	+21	47
4	Leicester	19	14	1	4	38	14	+24	43
5	West Brom	20	13	4	3	33	16	+17	43
6	Southampton	19	12	3	4	46	25	+21	39
7	Preston	20	10	4	6	31	31	0	34
8	Coventry	19	8	8	3	30	19	+11	32
9	Sunderland	20	10	1	9	30	27	+3	31
10	Birmingham	20	8	6	6	27	24	+3	30
11	Bristol City	20	9	3	8	23	20	+3	30
12	Cardiff	20	9	3	8	23	24	-1	30
13	Hull	20	7	7	6	27	22	+5	28
14	Plymouth	20	8	4	8	38	34	+4	28
15	Middlesbrough	20	8	4	8	22	21	+1	28
16	Sheffield Weds	20	7	5	8	21	24	-3	26
17	Blackburn	20	6	5	9	26	31	-5	23
18	Swansea	20	6	5	9	22	27	-5	23
19	Stoke	20	6	5	9	15	25	-10	23
20	Millwall	20	6	5	9	17	28	-11	23
21	Watford	20	5	7	8	31	28	+3	22
22	Huddersfield	20	5	7	8	24	31	-7	22
23	QPR	20	5	6	9	23	30	-7	21
24	Rotherham	21	4	7	10	19	26	-7	19

Away – league table
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	20	13	3	4	39	21	+18	42
2	Ipswich	21	11	5	5	28	21	+7	38
3	Southampton	19	10	5	4	30	26	+4	35
4	Leeds	20	10	4	6	31	18	+13	34
5	Middlesbrough	20	9	3	8	34	32	+2	30
6	Hull	19	9	3	7	27	29	-2	30
7	Coventry	20	8	4	8	33	27	+6	28
8	Watford	20	7	7	6	26	27	-1	28
9	Cardiff	20	8	2	10	22	30	-8	26
10	West Brom	20	6	7	7	29	23	+6	25
11	Preston	19	7	4	8	21	24	-3	25
12	QPR	20	7	4	9	16	21	-5	25
13	Swansea	20	6	6	8	27	33	-6	24
14	Bristol City	20	6	5	9	21	25	-4	23
15	Blackburn	20	6	4	10	30	35	-5	22
16	Stoke	20	6	4	10	23	29	-6	22
17	Millwall	20	5	6	9	21	25	-4	21
18	Sunderland	20	5	5	10	21	23	-2	20
19	Norwich	20	5	5	10	33	39	-6	20
20	Huddersfield	20	3	9	8	20	34	-14	18
21	Plymouth	21	3	7	11	18	31	-13	16
22	Sheffield Weds	20	4	1	15	10	40	-30	13
23	Birmingham	20	3	3	14	17	37	-20	12
24	Rotherham	20	0	4	16	13	56	-43	4

Watford Preston

Under / Over goals 2023/2024, before this match

All matches – Under/Over goals
#
1	17	Blackburn	40	13	27	1.4	1.6	12	9	19	56	66	45
2	1	Ipswich	41	15	26	2.0	1.3	26	9	6	84	52	87
3	6	Norwich	41	15	26	1.8	1.4	20	7	14	73	58	67
4	4	Southampton	38	14	24	2.0	1.3	22	8	8	76	51	74
5	19	Plymouth	41	17	24	1.4	1.6	11	11	19	56	65	44
6	3	Leicester	39	16	23	2.0	0.9	27	4	8	77	35	85
7	7	Coventry	39	16	23	1.6	1.2	16	12	11	63	46	60
8	8	Preston	39	16	23	1.3	1.4	17	8	14	52	55	59
9	15	Swansea	40	17	23	1.2	1.5	12	11	17	49	60	47
10	10	Hull	39	17	22	1.4	1.3	16	10	13	54	51	58
11	24	Rotherham	41	19	22	0.8	2.0	4	11	26	32	82	23
12	2	Leeds	40	19	21	1.9	0.8	26	8	6	75	31	86
13	13	Sunderland	40	19	21	1.3	1.2	15	6	19	51	50	51
14	14	Watford	40	19	21	1.4	1.4	12	14	14	57	55	50
15	9	Middlesbrough	40	20	20	1.4	1.3	17	7	16	56	53	58
16	11	Cardiff	40	21	19	1.1	1.4	17	5	18	45	54	56
17	21	Birmingham	40	21	19	1.1	1.5	11	9	20	44	61	42
18	22	Huddersfield	40	21	19	1.1	1.6	8	16	16	44	65	40
19	5	West Brom	40	22	18	1.6	1.0	19	11	10	62	39	68
20	16	QPR	40	22	18	1.0	1.3	12	10	18	39	51	46
21	23	Sheffield Weds	40	22	18	0.8	1.6	11	6	23	31	64	39
22	18	Stoke	40	24	16	0.9	1.4	12	9	19	38	54	45
23	20	Millwall	40	24	16	0.9	1.3	11	11	18	38	53	44
24	12	Bristol City	40	25	15	1.1	1.1	15	8	17	44	45	53

Home – Under/Over goals
#
1	1	Ipswich	20	3	17	2.8	1.6	15	4	1	56	31	49
2	8	Preston	20	5	15	1.6	1.6	10	4	6	31	31	34
3	4	Southampton	19	5	14	2.4	1.3	12	3	4	46	25	39
4	19	Plymouth	20	6	14	1.9	1.7	8	4	8	38	34	28
5	2	Leeds	20	7	13	2.2	0.7	16	4	0	44	13	52
6	13	Sunderland	20	7	13	1.5	1.4	10	1	9	30	27	31
7	14	Watford	20	8	12	1.6	1.4	5	7	8	31	28	22
8	17	Blackburn	20	8	12	1.3	1.6	6	5	9	26	31	23
9	3	Leicester	19	8	11	2.0	0.7	14	1	4	38	14	43
10	6	Norwich	21	10	11	1.9	0.9	15	2	4	40	19	47
11	15	Swansea	20	9	11	1.1	1.4	6	5	9	22	27	23
12	16	QPR	20	9	11	1.1	1.5	5	6	9	23	30	21
13	22	Huddersfield	20	9	11	1.2	1.6	5	7	8	24	31	22
14	21	Birmingham	20	10	10	1.4	1.2	8	6	6	27	24	30
15	7	Coventry	19	10	9	1.6	1.0	8	8	3	30	19	32
16	23	Sheffield Weds	20	11	9	1.1	1.2	7	5	8	21	24	26
17	5	West Brom	20	12	8	1.6	0.8	13	4	3	33	16	43
18	10	Hull	20	12	8	1.4	1.1	7	7	6	27	22	28
19	11	Cardiff	20	12	8	1.1	1.2	9	3	8	23	24	30
20	20	Millwall	20	12	8	0.8	1.4	6	5	9	17	28	23
21	24	Rotherham	21	13	8	0.9	1.2	4	7	10	19	26	19
22	18	Stoke	20	13	7	0.8	1.2	6	5	9	15	25	23
23	9	Middlesbrough	20	14	6	1.1	1.1	8	4	8	22	21	28
24	12	Bristol City	20	14	6	1.1	1.0	9	3	8	23	20	30

Away – Under/Over goals
#
1	6	Norwich	20	5	15	1.6	1.9	5	5	10	33	39	20
2	17	Blackburn	20	5	15	1.5	1.8	6	4	10	30	35	22
3	7	Coventry	20	6	14	1.6	1.4	8	4	8	33	27	28
4	9	Middlesbrough	20	6	14	1.7	1.6	9	3	8	34	32	30
5	10	Hull	19	5	14	1.4	1.5	9	3	7	27	29	30
6	24	Rotherham	20	6	14	0.7	2.8	0	4	16	13	56	4
7	3	Leicester	20	8	12	1.9	1.1	13	3	4	39	21	42
8	15	Swansea	20	8	12	1.4	1.6	6	6	8	27	33	24
9	11	Cardiff	20	9	11	1.1	1.5	8	2	10	22	30	26
10	4	Southampton	19	9	10	1.6	1.4	10	5	4	30	26	35
11	5	West Brom	20	10	10	1.4	1.1	6	7	7	29	23	25
12	19	Plymouth	21	11	10	0.9	1.5	3	7	11	18	31	16
13	1	Ipswich	21	12	9	1.3	1.0	11	5	5	28	21	38
14	12	Bristol City	20	11	9	1.1	1.2	6	5	9	21	25	23
15	14	Watford	20	11	9	1.3	1.4	7	7	6	26	27	28
16	18	Stoke	20	11	9	1.1	1.4	6	4	10	23	29	22
17	21	Birmingham	20	11	9	0.8	1.9	3	3	14	17	37	12
18	23	Sheffield Weds	20	11	9	0.5	2.0	4	1	15	10	40	13
19	2	Leeds	20	12	8	1.6	0.9	10	4	6	31	18	34
20	8	Preston	19	11	8	1.1	1.3	7	4	8	21	24	25
21	13	Sunderland	20	12	8	1.1	1.1	5	5	10	21	23	20
22	20	Millwall	20	12	8	1.1	1.2	5	6	9	21	25	21
23	22	Huddersfield	20	12	8	1.0	1.7	3	9	8	20	34	18
24	16	QPR	20	13	7	0.8	1.1	7	4	9	16	21	25

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.