WATFORD. Watford and Preston North End didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Watford was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (72%).
The match was played at the Vicarage Road stadium in Watford on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 19,374 spectators. The referee was James Bell with the support of Ian Cooper and Matthew Goldsmith. The 4th official was David Rock. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 4.11 degrees Celsius or 39.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- ! 72 Ball Possession 28
Shots
- 11 Total 9
- 2 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 125 Attack 82
- 57 Dangerous attack 41
- 72 Ball safe 53
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
Fouls
- 6 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Watford had a superior ball possession 72% while Preston North End was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Watford to win the match.
Watford shot 11 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Preston North End shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Watford received 2 yellow cards (Giorgi Chakvetadze and Y. Asprilla). On the other side, Preston North End received 1 yellow card (Liam Lindsay).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Watford has 51 points to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Preston North End will has 60 points to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Watford will play away with Ipswich Town on the 10th of April with a 13-4 head to head statistic in favor of Watford (3 draws).
Preston North End will host Huddersfield Town on the 9th of April with a 11-5 head to head in favor of Preston North End (2 draws).
Watford – Formation
Watford
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Watford adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Tom Cleverley decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bachmann , R. Porteous , F. Sierralta , Wesley Hoedt , R. Andrews , Edo Kayembe , T. Dele-Bashiru , Jamal Lewis , Vakoun Bayo , Y. Asprilla and Emmanuel Dennis .
The home team had on the bench: Ismaël Koné , Tom Ince, Jake Livermore, Mileta Rajovic , Mattie Pollock, Giorgi Chakvetadze , Ben Hamer, Matheus Martins and J. Morris.
Substitutions
Watford made 3 changes: Emmanuel Dennis for Ismaël Koné (82′), Edo Kayembe for Giorgi Chakvetadze (62′) and Vakoun Bayo for Mileta Rajovic (62′).
Player of the match: Wesley Hoedt
The most impressive player for Watford was Wesley Hoedt.
His rating is with 85 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Preston North End – Formation
Preston North End
Also Preston North End adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Ryan Lowe played with: Freddie Woodman , Jordan Storey , Liam Lindsay , Greg Cunningham , Robbie Brady , Jack Whatmough , Ali McCann , Andrew Hughes , Milutin Osmajic , Will Keane and Emil Riis .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen , Duane Holmes, N. Mawene, Layton Stewart , Ben Woodburn, David Cornell, K. Best, J. Seary and T. Mawene.
Substitutions
Preston North End made 2 changes: Emil Riis for Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen (82′) and Milutin Osmajic for Layton Stewart (82′).
Player of the match: Jordan Storey
The most impressive player for Preston North End was Jordan Storey.
His rating is with 10 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
- Sunderland – Bristol City – 0-0
- Stoke City – West Bromwich Albion – 2-2
- Queens Park Rangers – Sheffield Wednesday – 0-2
- Norwich City – Ipswich Town – 1-0
- Middlesbrough – Swansea City – 2-0
- Leicester City – Birmingham City – 2-1
- Huddersfield Town – Millwall – 1-0
- Coventry City – Leeds United – 2-1
- Cardiff City – Hull City – 1-3
- Blackburn Rovers – Southampton – 0-0
