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# Watford 2-1 Preston

- **Status:** FT
- **Date:** 8 Sept 19:45
- **League:** Championship, Regular Season - 6
- **Venue:** Vicarage Road, Watford

## Match Events

| Min | Event | Player | Team |
|-----|-------|--------|------|
| 5' | Normal Goal | Callum Lang | Preston |
| 45' | Substitution 1 | Rocco Vata (on for Othmane Maamma) | Watford |
| 45' | Substitution 2 | Amin Nabizada (on for Stephy Mavididi) | Watford |
| 45' | Substitution 3 | Martin Payero (on for Iker Bravo) | Watford |
| 61' | Substitution 4 | Haktab Omar Traore (on for Jordan Zemura) | Watford |
| 62' | Yellow Card | Andrija Vukčević | Preston |
| 66' | Substitution 1 | Johnny Kenny (on for Delano Burgzorg) | Preston |
| 66' | Substitution 2 | Andrija Vukčević (on for Stanley Mills) | Preston |
| 67' | Yellow Card | Lewis Gibson | Preston |
| 69' | Normal Goal | Edo Kayembe | Watford |
| 75' | Substitution 3 | Callum Lang (on for Jusef Erabi) | Preston |
| 75' | Substitution 4 | Leo Leroy (on for Liam Gibbs) | Preston |
| 76' | Normal Goal | Mamadou Doumbia (Iker Bravo) | Watford |
| 82' | Substitution 5 | Alfie Devine (on for Thierry Small) | Preston |
| 88' | Substitution 5 | Mamadou Doumbia (on for Luca Kjerrumgaard) | Watford |

## Statistics

| Stat | Watford | Preston |
|------|--------|--------|
| Passes accurate | 432 | 237 |
| Shots insidebox | 10 | 8 |
| Shots outsidebox | 4 | 8 |
| Blocked Shots | 3 | 4 |
| Free Kicks | 10 | 6 |
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 6 |
| Goalkeeper Saves | 5 | 2 |
| Shots off Goal | 7 | 6 |
| Offsides | 2 | 1 |
| Total passes | 519 | 309 |
| Total Shots | 14 | 16 |
| Corner Kicks | 2 | 3 |
| Yellow Cards | 0 | 2 |
| Fouls | 6 | 10 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Ball Possession | 61% | 39% |

## Watford Lineup (4-2-3-1)

**Starting XI:** F. Ravaglia (1), K. Keben (4), M. Pollock (6), S. Coulibaly (3), O. Traoré (23), E. Kayembe (39), H. Kyprianou (5), Amin Nabizada (21), M. Payero (22), R. Vata (11), M. Doumbia (20)

**Substitutes:** D. Bachmann (26), Iker Bravo (17), L. Kjerrumgaard (9), O. Maamma (7), S. Mavididi (45), S. Walker (24), J. Zemura (33), Albert Eames (56)


## Preston Lineup (5-3-2)

**Starting XI:** D. Iversen (1), H. Clarke (4), O. Offiah (24), J. Storey (14), L. Gibson (19), A. Vukčević (3), L. Leroy (27), J. Thompson (15), A. Devine (7), C. Lang (10), J. Kenny (38)

**Substitutes:** L. Lindsay (6), S. Mills (17), A. Moran (23), L. Nicholls (21), T. Small (11), C. Wiley (12), L. Gibbs (20), J. Erabi (9), D. Burgzorg (37)