Watford 0-0 Preston North End: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Watford 0-0 Preston North End

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 0-0 Preston North End: match report

Watford drew with Preston North End 0-0 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 50 points from 34 and Preston North End 12th on 46 points from 34. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Preston North End 12th with 63.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Preston North End in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Wesley Hoedt of Watford (8.1), ahead of Ryan Porteous (7.8).

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

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Preston North End's D-W-D-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 47'Yellow card · Ched EvansPreston North End
  • 51'Yellow card · Bambo DiabyPreston North End
  • 85'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End
  • 89'Yellow card · Freddie WoodmanPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Daniel Bachmann, Craig Cathcart, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, James Morris, Imrân Louza, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Ismaïla Sarr, João Pedro, Ken Sema, Henrique Araújo

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

Freddie Woodman, Jordan Storey, Bambo Diaby, G. Cunningham, Brad Potts, Alan Browne, Ben Whiteman, Álvaro Carreras, Daniel Johnson, Ched Evans, Troy Parrott