Watford vs. Preston North End Prediction and Betting Advice | December 16, 2023
Preston North End and Watford square off at the Deepdale Stadium on Saturday in the first round of the EFL Championship.
After losing the last four encounters between the teams, Ryan Lowe’s team will be hoping to win this one. The game takes place this weekend.
Preston North End defeated Huddersfield Town 3-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium on Wednesday, going back to winning ways in spectacular fashion.
Before that, Lowe’s team had lost three straight games and was on a four-game losing streak. On December 9, they drew goalless with Norwich City.
Preston is presently two points outside of the promotion playoff spots in the EFL Championship table with 32 points from 21 games.
Watford, on the other hand, lost 2-1 at home to Ipswich Town over the weekend, leaving them furious.
Previously, Valérien Ismael’s team had gone three games without losing, earning seven of a possible nine points.
Watford is now 12th in the league standings with 28 points from 21 games, but if they win all three this weekend, they may tie ninth-place Blackburn Rovers.
Head-to-head record and key figures for Preston North End vs. Watford
Preston North End has a better record in the series history, having won 18 of the last 46 games between the two teams.In that time, Watford has won 13 games while the prizes have been split 15 times.Since a 1-0 loss in August 2015, the Hornets have gone four games without a loss against Preston, with two victories and two draws.Since late September, Lowe’s team has lost three of their last six home games and drawn two. They have not won in five of those contests.Since the first week of October, Watford has won two, drawn two, and lost just one of their previous five road games.
Watford vs. Preston North End Forecast
Watford and Preston enter the weekend on the heels of opposing outcomes, with the home team ending a four-game losing streak in midweek.
Watford, though, has been playing well away from home lately, so we think they’ll exert enough pressure to win a share of the spoils.
Prediction: Watford 1-1 Preston North End
Watford vs. Preston North End Betting Strategy Tip 1: Draw
Tip 2: Over 2.5 goals – No (four of the last five games between the teams have ended with fewer than three goals scored)
Tip 3: Over 4.5 cards – No (eight of their last ten meetings have seen fewer than five bookings).
