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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Sean St. LedgerPreston North End · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · Jon HarleyWatford · 1-1
  • 21'Goal · Mark SmithWatford · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Sean St. LedgerPreston North End
  • 59'Yellow card · Reece BrownPreston North End

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, Preston North End 2.

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