English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 14, 2026
Watford DDLDL 2
–
Preston North End LLLDW 2
1st2ndT
WAT022
PNE112
Deepdale · 14,611 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

6
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
9
1
Saves
4
49
Possession
51
20
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
260
Accurate Passes
270
363
Passes
376
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
10
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
70
21
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
9
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
21
19
Tackles
28
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
5
31
Effective Clearances
41
31
Clearances
41

Head to Head

PNE leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

PNE · 3-5-2

  1. 13David CornellG
  2. 14Jordan StoreyCD
  3. 19Lewis GibsonCD-L
  4. 42Odeluga OffiahCD-R
  5. 21Alfie DevineCM-L
  6. 8Alistair McCannCM-R
  7. 4Benjamin WhitemanAM
  8. 3Andrija VukcevicLM
  9. 2Pol ValentínRM
  10. 9Daniel JebbisonCF-L
  11. 17Lewis DobbinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Jamal LewisSUB
  2. 23Andy MoranSUB
  3. 28Milutin OsmajicSUB
  4. 10Callum LangSUB
  5. 12Jack WaltonSUB
  6. 16Andrew HughesSUB
  7. 15Jordan ThompsonSUB
  8. 24Michael SmithSUB
  9. 26Thierry SmallSUB

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 6Matthew PollockCD-L
  3. 3Saba GoglichidzeCD-R
  4. 21Stephen MfuniLB
  5. 25James AbankwahRB
  6. 10Imran LouzaAM
  7. 39Edo KayembeLM
  8. 23Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 9Luca KjerrumgaardF
  10. 42Othmane MaammaAM-L
  11. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Marc BolaSUB
  2. 27Formose MendySUB
  3. 12Nathan BaxterSUB
  4. 7Tom InceSUB
  5. 15Edoardo BoveSUB
  6. 34Kwadwo BaahSUB
  7. 50Joshua MullinsSUB
  8. 20Mamadou DoumbiaSUB
  9. 29Jeremy PetrisSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Preston North End 1, Watford 0. Lewis Dobbin (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Benjamin Whiteman with a cross.
  2. 45' Substitution, Watford. Kwadwo Baah replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  3. 55' Goal! Preston North End 1, Watford 1. Othmane Maamma (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Imrân Louza.
  4. 57' Own Goal by Odeluga Offiah, Preston North End. Preston North End 1, Watford 2.
  5. 61' Substitution, Watford. Formose Mendy replaces Saba Goglichidze.
  6. 63' Substitution, Preston North End. Milutin Osmajic replaces Daniel Jebbison because of an injury.
  7. 63' Substitution, Preston North End. Callum Lang replaces Pol Valentín.
  8. 63' Substitution, Preston North End. Thierry Small replaces Andrija Vukcevic.
  9. 70' Goal! Preston North End 2, Watford 2. Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Lang following a fast break.
  10. 78' Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  11. 79' Substitution, Watford. Jeremy Petris replaces Mattie Pollock.
  12. 79' Substitution, Preston North End. Andrew Hughes replaces Lewis Dobbin.
  13. 81' Lewis Gibson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Watford. Edoardo Bove replaces Imrân Louza.
  15. 89' Jeremy Petris (Watford) is shown the yellow card.

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