England - ChampionshipStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Watford and Preston North End, taking place on Saturday, 06 April 2024, at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford.
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Watford, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Watford. In that game they had 43% possession and managed 12 attempts on goal, with 7 on target, compared to West Bromwich Albion who had 10 attempts and 4 on target.
It seems pretty certain that Tom Cleverley will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 7 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games, but they've conceded a goal in each of their the last 11 games at Vicarage Road Stadium.
It's been a terrible run of home form for Watford, not winning any of their last 10 games at Vicarage Road Stadium.
Preston North End, Recent FormAny Preston North End pre-match expectations for their last outing were misplaced, after an unexpected 1-0 away defeat by Birmingham City. They came away from that fixture with a 46% share of the possession and clocked up 4 attempts on goal with 1 on target, in comparison to Birmingham City, who managed 11 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
They have taken just a small number of points from their past 6 matches, and while they have only let in 3 goals, it has been their unpredictable form in front of goal that has been their issue, with 8 goals netted in those 6 matches. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, and they've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 games overall.
Having scored 4 goals in his last 6 league games for Preston North End, Emil Riis will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
After a good 1-5 win for Watford in this pair's last league encounter, Preston North End will certainly be looking for a better result this time round.
Preston have struggled to break down The Hornets defence in their past encounters having only managed to find the back of the net 2 times in their last 5 meetings. Playing at home, Watford have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Preston.
Preston has had a poor run in this fixture when they visit Watford, being unable to find a win from any of their last 6 league meetings at Vicarage Road Stadium.
With only Kwadwo Baah (Hamstring) and Jeremy Ngakia (Knee) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Tom Cleverley will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Ryan Lowe has a number of injury concerns in his Preston squad to contend with: Ched Evans (Knee), Ryan Ledson (Knock) and Brad Potts (Knock)
Watford Playing at home | Preston North End Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 36' |
| 31' | Time first goal conceded | 38' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4.6 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 5-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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