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Watford v Preston 2-1 · EFL Championship - English Second Tier

EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Watford
FT

2-1

  • Edo Kayembe69'
  • Mamadou Doumbia76'
  • Callum Lang5'
Preston
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Vicarage Road · Watford · Matchday 6

What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Watford beat Preston 2-1 in matchday 6 of the EFL Championship - English Second Tier at Vicarage Road, Watford.

Edo Kayembe 69' and Mamadou Doumbia 76' scored for Watford, Callum Lang 5' for Preston.

Watford had 61% of the ball to Preston's 39%; the sides had 15 and 18 shots (5 and 6 on target).

The referee showed 2 yellow cards and no reds.

Key stats

Possession

61%39%

Shots

1518

Shots on Target

56

Corners

24

Fouls

710

Match timeline

  1. 88’SubstitutionMamadou Doumbia · On: Luca Kjerrumgaard
  2. 82’SubstitutionAlfie Devine · On: Thierry Small
  3. 76’Mamadou DoumbiaWatford · assist Iker Bravo2–1
  4. 75’SubstitutionCallum Lang · On: Jusef Erabi
  5. 75’SubstitutionLeo Leroy · On: Liam Gibbs
  6. 69’Edo KayembeWatford1–1
  7. 67’Yellow cardLewis Gibson
  8. 66’SubstitutionJohnny Kenny · On: Delano Burgzorg
  9. 66’SubstitutionAndrija Vukčević · On: Stanley Mills
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Team stats comparison

WatfordPreston
  • 61Possession39
  • 15Shots18
  • 5Shots on Target6
  • 2Corners4
  • 2Offsides1
  • 5Saves3
  • 525Passes315
  • 7Fouls10
  • 0Yellow Cards2

Match info

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 6
Venue
Vicarage Road, Watford
Watford coach
A. Dionisi
Preston coach
P. Heckingbottom

Match record

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 6
Kick-off
Venue
Vicarage Road, Watford
Referee
Farai Hallam
Match ID
cornerflick:match:watford-vs-preston-championship-2026-09-08

Data: API-Football · last updated · Spotted an error?

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Watford4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

  • 26D. Bachmann
  • 17Iker Bravo
  • 9L. Kjerrumgaard
  • 7O. Maamma
  • 45S. Mavididi
  • 24S. Walker
  • 33J. Zemura
  • 56Albert Eames

Coach · A. Dionisi

1. F. Ravaglia (GK)1Ravaglia23. O. Traoré (DF)23Traoré6. M. Pollock (DF)6Pollock3. S. Coulibaly (DF)3Coulibaly4. K. Keben (DF)4Keben39. E. Kayembe (MF)39Kayembe5. H. Kyprianou (MF)5Kyprianou21. Amin Nabizada (MF)21Nabizada22. M. Payero (MF)22Payero11. R. Vata (MF)11Vata20. M. Doumbia (FW)20Doumbia1. D. Iversen (GK)1Iversen4. H. Clarke (DF)4Clarke14. J. Storey (DF)14Storey24. O. Offiah (DF)24Offiah19. L. Gibson (DF)19Gibson3. A. Vukčević (DF)3Vukčević27. L. Leroy (MF)27Leroy7. A. Devine (MF)7Devine15. J. Thompson (MF)15Thompson10. C. Lang (FW)10Lang38. J. Kenny (FW)38Kenny
  • Watford
  • Preston

Preston5-3-2

Starting XI

  • 1D. IversenGK
  • 4H. ClarkeDF
  • 14J. StoreyDF
  • 24O. OffiahDF
  • 19L. GibsonDF
  • 3A. VukčevićDF
  • 27L. LeroyMF
  • 7A. DevineMF
  • 15J. ThompsonMF
  • 10C. LangFW
  • 38J. KennyFW

Bench

  • 6L. Lindsay
  • 17S. Mills
  • 23A. Moran
  • 21L. Nicholls
  • 11T. Small
  • 12C. Wiley
  • 20L. Gibbs
  • 9J. Erabi
  • 37D. Burgzorg

Coach · P. Heckingbottom

Head to head

2Wins
4Draws
2Wins

Previous 5 meetings

  • 2026 · ChampionshipWatford2 - 1Preston
  • 2026 · ChampionshipWatford2 - 2Preston
  • 2025 · ChampionshipWatford1 - 1Preston
  • 2025 · ChampionshipWatford1 - 2Preston
  • 2024 · ChampionshipWatford0 - 3Preston

Meetings held in the Cornerflick archive.

EFL Championship - English Second Tier table

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1West Ham7421+1114
2Swansea7421+614
3West Brom7421+314
4Middlesbrough6411+413
5QPR7331+312
17Watford7223-28
23Preston7106-73
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Full timeline

15 events

  1. 5’Callum LangPreston0–1
  2. 45’SubstitutionRocco Vata · On: Othmane Maamma
  3. 45’SubstitutionAmin Nabizada · On: Stephy Mavididi
  4. 45’SubstitutionMartin Payero · On: Iker Bravo
  5. 61’SubstitutionHaktab Omar Traore · On: Jordan Zemura
  6. 62’Yellow cardAndrija Vukčević
  7. 66’SubstitutionJohnny Kenny · On: Delano Burgzorg
  8. 66’SubstitutionAndrija Vukčević · On: Stanley Mills
  9. 67’Yellow cardLewis Gibson
  10. 69’Edo KayembeWatford1–1
  11. 75’SubstitutionCallum Lang · On: Jusef Erabi
  12. 75’SubstitutionLeo Leroy · On: Liam Gibbs
  13. 76’Mamadou DoumbiaWatford · assist Iker Bravo2–1
  14. 82’SubstitutionAlfie Devine · On: Thierry Small
  15. 88’SubstitutionMamadou Doumbia · On: Luca Kjerrumgaard

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