Preston North End 2-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 February 2026

Result

Preston North End 2-2 Watford

Championship · Saturday 14 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 2-2 Watford: match report

Preston North End drew with Watford 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Lewis Dobbin opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Lewis Dobbin (19') and Milutin Osmajic (70'). Watford scored through Othmane Maamma (55') and an own goal by Odeluga Offiah (57').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Watford received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 7th on 47 points from 31 and Watford 12th on 44 points from 31. Preston North End went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Watford 16th with 57.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-5-2 and Watford in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Whiteman of Preston North End (7.8), ahead of Imrân Louza (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Preston North End wins, 4 draws and 3 for Watford.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Lewis DobbinPreston North End · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Othmane MaammaWatford · 1-1
  • 57'Own goal · Odeluga OffiahWatford · 1-2
  • 70'Goal · Milutin OsmajicPreston North End · 2-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Lewis GibsonPreston North End
  • 89'Yellow card · Jérémy PétrisWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 3, draws 4, Watford 3.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (3-5-2)

David Cornell, O. Offiah, Jordan Storey, Lewis Gibson, Pol Valentín, Ali McCann, Ben Whiteman, Alfie Devine, Andrija Vukcevic, Lewis Dobbin, Daniel Jebbison

Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Egil Selvik, James Abankwah, Saba Goglichidze, Mattie Pollock, Stephen Mfuni, Nampalys Mendy, Edo Kayembe, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Imrân Louza, Othmane Maamma, Luca Kjerrumgaard