Watford 2:1 Preston North End: xG & match report · Championship

Tuesday, 08/09/2026 at 20:45

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Match report · Championship

Watford Home 1.44 xG · 15 shots

Preston North End Away 2.48 xG · 18 shots

21 The result went against the chances

Goals

5' Callum Lang Preston North End · 0.87 xG chance 0–1
69' Edo Kayembe Watford · 0.23 xG chance 1–1
76' Mamadou Doumbia Watford · 0.22 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Watford Preston North End

Shots: 15; 18
On target: 5; 6
Inside the box: 11; 9
xG per shot: 0.08; 0.14
Open play xG: 0.87; 1.06
Set-piece xG: 0.40; 1.39
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.26 for Watford and 2.48 for Preston North End.

Shot map

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All shots

33 shots · 3.72 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Watford

1.15 xG created 1.63 xGA

L 1.70 created, 1.39 conceded against Coventry City
W 0.81 created, 1.71 conceded against Southampton
D 0.65 created, 1.92 conceded against Wrexham
D 1.60 created, 0.89 conceded against West Ham United
L 0.88 created, 2.71 conceded against Swansea City
L 1.26 created, 1.14 conceded against West Bromwich Albion

Preston North End

1.52 xG created 1.44 xGA

L 1.91 created, 2.41 conceded against Southampton
L 1.12 created, 1.10 conceded against Bolton Wanderers
L 0.66 created, 1.54 conceded against Wolverhampton
L 1.32 created, 0.74 conceded against Charlton Athletic
L 1.91 created, 1.78 conceded against Bristol City
W 2.19 created, 1.09 conceded against Blackburn Rovers

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Watford: 0 won · 2 drawn · 0 lost

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.