Watford 2-1 Preston North End: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008
Result
Watford 2-1 Preston North End
Championship · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Watford 2-1 Preston North End: match report
Watford defeated Preston North End 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.
Sean St. Ledger opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goals came from Jon Harley (12') and Mark Smith (21'). Preston North End scored through Sean St. Ledger (5').
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Preston North End received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 21st on 8 points from 9 and Preston North End 9th on 14 points from 9. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Preston North End 6th with 75.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 2 draws and 2 for Preston North End.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Preston North End's L-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Sean St. Ledger
- 12'Goal · Jon Harley
- 21'Goal · Mark Smith
- 56'Yellow card · Sean St. Ledger
- 59'Yellow card · Reece Brown
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up
Ben Foster, Daniel Shittu, Jordan Stewart, Lloyd Doyley, Jay DeMerit, Douglas Rinaldi, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Damien Francis, Tommy Smith, Marlon King