On Sat Aug 20th, in week 5, Preston North End hosts Watford at Deepdale in a meeting of these two closely matched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 6th placed Preston North End, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Rotherham United. Neither Preston North End nor Rotherham United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Preston North End is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while watford is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Birmingham City. George Hall struck first for Birmingham City in the 19th minute on a feed from Scott Hogan, then Ken Sema tied it up for Watford in the 63rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Watford. Watford is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
João Pedro and Ismaila Sarr are the top scorers for Watford in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Alistair McCann and Brad Potts are the top scorers for Preston North End in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.