Championship

Championship | Gameweek 30

Feb 16, 2021 at 7pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
0 - 1
Watford

FT(HT: 0-0)

Pedro (51' pen.)
Cleverley (63')

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Watford manager Xisco Munoz pictured in February 2021

Xisco Munoz hails Watford's "spirit and determination" in Preston win

The Hornets climbed to third in the Championship table as Joao Pedro earned and converted a penalty to make it back-to-back league victories.

Feb 16, 22:48

The Match

Match Report

The Brazilian forward was brought down by Tom Barkhuizen and stroked home the spot-kick to make it back-to-back league wins for the Hornets.

Preview

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

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 Watford win with a probability of 48.17%. A draw had a probability of 28% and a win for Preston North End had a probability of 23.83%.

The most likely scoreline for a Watford win was 0-1 with a probability of 14.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.01%) and 1-2 (8.57%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.74%), while for a Preston North End win it was 1-0 (9.48%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 14.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Watford in this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Watford
23.83%	27.99%	48.17%

Both teams to score 42.51%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

37.73%

62.26%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.07%

81.93%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

57.5%

42.5%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

21.13%

78.86%

Watford Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.93%

26.06%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.89%

61.1%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 23.83%

Watford 48.17%

Draw 27.98%

Preston North End	Draw	Watford
1-0 @ 9.48% 2-1 @ 5.45% 2-0 @ 4.06% 3-1 @ 1.56% 3-0 @ 1.16% 3-2 @ 1.05% Other @ 1.09% Total : 23.83%	1-1 @ 12.74% 0-0 @ 11.07% 2-2 @ 3.67% Other @ 0.51% Total : 27.98%	0-1 @ 14.89% 0-2 @ 10.01% 1-2 @ 8.57% 0-3 @ 4.49% 1-3 @ 3.84% 2-3 @ 1.64% 0-4 @ 1.51% 1-4 @ 1.29% Other @ 1.92% Total : 48.17%

How you voted: Preston vs Watford

Preston North End

18.8%

Draw

18.2%

Watford

63.1%