Preston North End vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Championship match on October 02th, 2024

Preston North End and Watford are scheduled to play against each other on October 02th, 2024, Wednesday at 18:45h (UTC), in a Championship match to be held in England, check the Preston North End vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Preston North End vs Watford will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Deepdale stadium, in the city of Preston, with a capacity for 23408 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Preston North End vs Watford betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Championship has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.59 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.67 goals per game of the last championship.

Preston North End last match

The last match ended in a loss for the Preston North End team. On that occasion they met Millwall for the Championship, and the match ended 3-1. Coach P. Heckingbottom's lined up a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 1.91, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The defense appeared lacking in energy throughout the match. Particularly below expectations, Andrew Hughes, who did not appear in his best form. His team's results in the future will also depend on his performance.

Watford last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Championship, Watford, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Sunderland team with a final score of 2-1.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 3.00.

Preston North End vs Watford h2h

Preston North End was in 8th place when they last played Watford who was 14th place in Championship. Preston North End played using the 3-4-1-2 formation while Watford responded with a 3-4-3 arrangement.

These teams played last against each other in a highly contested Championship game during the 2023/2024 season ending in a 0-0 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Watford team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Preston North End its counterpart.

I. Cooper and H. Gilroy will be supporting from the sideline while A. Kitchen will be on the football field for this match.

Preston North End

Championship leaderboard now

With 5 points won, Preston North End is in 22nd place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 4 losses, plus 2 draws.

In the 8th round, Coventry City, that is in the 21st place, has the same score.

Preston North End analysis

Preston North End at the end of round 7 in Championship had 4 goals scored and 12 conceded.

Recent performances have highlighted that Preston North End is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

The average ball possession of Preston North End in this league is 47.71%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Watford they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Watford

Championship leaderboard now

Watford arrives in this game with 13 points, and in 7th place in the Championship, having won 4 games in total and lost 2 times, making a total of 1 draw.

In the 8th round, the team has the same score that the Sheffield United who occupies position 6.

Watford analysis

Currently, in the Championship, Watford sums 12 goals for and a total of 10 goals against, after 7 rounds played.

The average number of shots toward the net of Watford can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4.29 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

Watford is a more offensive team than Preston North End, having 676 attacks vs. 542 from Preston North End, having scored 12 times, in comparison, Preston North End converted into goal 4 times.

Watford may struggle to maintain their level of play when facing a grueling schedule featuring multiple games in quick succession. Despite both teams having odds of over 2 to win, Watford busy schedule could play a significant role in the final outcome against Preston North End.

Best goalscorer from Watford

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Edo Kayembe. With 3 goals on his own, the Midfielder has been instrumental in helping the Watford team achieving several victories this season.

For bettors some entries may be interesting for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Watford scores an average of 1.33 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.8.

Corners Top Betting Tips

To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 4.07 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Preston North End has an average of 3.2 yellow cards per game over the 7 rounds, while Watford has an average of 1.9. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.86 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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