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EFL Championship - English Second Tier logoEFL Championship - English Second TierMatchday 6

Watford vs Preston 2-1

Watford crestWatford

2-1

FT

Preston crestPreston
  • Edo Kayembe69'
  • Mamadou Doumbia76'
  • Callum Lang5'
Kick-off
Tue, 8 Sept 2026 · 18:45 (UTC)
Venue
Vicarage Road, Watford
Referee
Farai Hallam

Match timeline

  1. 88’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordLuca Kjerrumgaard ONMamadou Doumbia OFF
  2. 82’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonThierry Small ONAlfie Devine OFF
  3. 76’Goal!Watford crestWatfordMamadou DoumbiaAssist: Iker Bravo2 – 1
  4. 75’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJusef Erabi ONCallum Lang OFF
  5. 75’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonLiam Gibbs ONLeo Leroy OFF
  6. 69’Goal!Watford crestWatfordEdo Kayembe1 – 1
  7. 67’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonLewis Gibson
  8. 66’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonDelano Burgzorg ONJohnny Kenny OFF
Show 7 earlier events
  1. 66’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonStanley Mills ONAndrija Vukčević OFF
  2. 62’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonAndrija Vukčević
  3. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordJordan Zemura ONHaktab Omar Traore OFF
  4. 45’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordOthmane Maamma ONRocco Vata OFF
  5. 45’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordStephy Mavididi ONAmin Nabizada OFF
  6. 45’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordIker Bravo ONMartin Payero OFF
  7. 5’Goal!Preston crestPrestonCallum Lang0 – 1
  8. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

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

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Watford crestWatford4 - 2 - 3 - 1

  1. 1Ravaglia
  2. 23Traoré
  3. 6Pollock
  4. 3Coulibaly
  5. 4Keben
  6. 39Kayembe
  7. 5Kyprianou
  8. 21Nabizada
  9. 22Payero
  10. 11Vata
  11. 20Doumbia

Substitutions

  1. 45’↑7 O. Maamma↓11 R. Vata
  2. 45’↑45 S. Mavididi↓21 Amin Nabizada
  3. 45’↑17 Iker Bravo↓22 M. Payero
  4. 61’↑33 J. Zemura↓ Haktab Omar Traore
  5. 88’↑9 L. Kjerrumgaard↓20 M. Doumbia

Unused substitutes 26 D. Bachmann, 24 S. Walker, 56 Albert Eames

Coach A. Dionisi

Preston crestPreston5 - 3 - 2

  1. 1Iversen
  2. 4Clarke
  3. 14Storey
  4. 24Offiah
  5. 19Gibson
  6. 3Vukčević
  7. 27Leroy
  8. 7Devine
  9. 15Thompson
  10. 10Lang
  11. 38Kenny

Substitutions

  1. 66’↑37 D. Burgzorg↓38 J. Kenny
  2. 66’↑17 S. Mills↓3 A. Vukčević
  3. 75’↑9 J. Erabi↓10 C. Lang
  4. 75’↑20 L. Gibbs↓27 L. Leroy
  5. 82’↑11 T. Small↓7 A. Devine

Unused substitutes 6 L. Lindsay, 23 A. Moran, 21 L. Nicholls, 12 C. Wiley

Coach P. Heckingbottom

Match facts

Competition
EFL Championship - English Second Tier
Round
Matchday 6
Date
Tue, 8 Sept 2026
Kick-off
18:45 (UTC)
Venue
Vicarage Road, Watford
Referee
Farai Hallam
Watford coach
A. Dionisi
Preston coach
P. Heckingbottom

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1Swansea crestSwansea8521+717
2West Ham crestWest Ham8431+1115
3Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough8431+415
4Wolves crestWolves7421+514
5West Brom crestWest Brom8422+214
20Watford crestWatford8224-38
23Preston crestPreston8116-74

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  3. L
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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.

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

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Full timeline

15 events

  1. 5’Goal!Preston crestPrestonCallum Lang0 – 1
  2. 45’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordOthmane Maamma ONRocco Vata OFF
  3. 45’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordStephy Mavididi ONAmin Nabizada OFF
  4. 45’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordIker Bravo ONMartin Payero OFF
  5. 61’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordJordan Zemura ONHaktab Omar Traore OFF
  6. 62’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonAndrija Vukčević
  7. 66’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonDelano Burgzorg ONJohnny Kenny OFF
  8. 66’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonStanley Mills ONAndrija Vukčević OFF
  9. 67’Yellow cardPreston crestPrestonLewis Gibson
  10. 69’Goal!Watford crestWatfordEdo Kayembe1 – 1
  11. 75’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonJusef Erabi ONCallum Lang OFF
  12. 75’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonLiam Gibbs ONLeo Leroy OFF
  13. 76’Goal!Watford crestWatfordMamadou DoumbiaAssist: Iker Bravo2 – 1
  14. 82’SubstitutionPreston crestPrestonThierry Small ONAlfie Devine OFF
  15. 88’SubstitutionWatford crestWatfordLuca Kjerrumgaard ONMamadou Doumbia OFF