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Preston North End v Watford: head-to-head record

Preston North End have played Watford 52 times in competitive football, winning 20, drawing 18 and losing 14, first meeting on 29 Jan 1921 and most recently on 14 Feb 2026. Every meeting is listed below.

Every Preston North End v Watford match

DateSeasonCompetitionVenueOpponentScoreScorersAtt
29 Jan 19211920–21FA CupHWatford4–1
12 Jan 19291928–29FA CupAWatford0–1
7 Jan 19501949–50FA CupAWatford2–2
11 Jan 19501949–50FA CupHWatford0–1
6 Jan 19621961–62FA CupHWatford3–2
25 Aug 19691969–70Second DivisionHWatford3–0
4 Apr 19701969–70Second DivisionAWatford0–0
6 Oct 19711971–72League CupAWatford1–1
11 Oct 19711971–72League CupHWatford2–1
27 Nov 19711971–72Second DivisionHWatford2–0
15 Apr 19721971–72Second DivisionAWatford0–1
24 Aug 19741974–75Third DivisionAWatford2–3
22 Apr 19751974–75Third DivisionHWatford2–2
21 Dec 19791979–80Second DivisionHWatford1–2
9 Apr 19801979–80Second DivisionAWatford0–0
13 Sep 19801980–81Second DivisionAWatford1–2
7 Feb 19811980–81Second DivisionHWatford2–1
1 Oct 19961996–97Second DivisionAWatford0–16,434
18 Jan 19971996–97Second DivisionHWatford1–1Gary Bennett8,735
30 Aug 19971997–98Second DivisionHWatford2–0Kurt Nogan, Kurt Nogan11,042
17 Jan 19981997–98Second DivisionAWatford1–3Gary Parkinson10,182
18 Nov 20002000–01First DivisionAWatford3–2Jon Macken, Mark Rankine, Iain Anderson13,066
22 Apr 20012000–01First DivisionHWatford3–2Graham Alexander, Jon Macken 214,071
30 Sep 20012001–02First DivisionAWatford1–1Jon Macken18,911
31 Jan 20022001–02First DivisionHWatford1–1Graham Alexander12,746
17 Sep 20022002–03First DivisionHWatford1–1Richard Cresswell12,408
4 Mar 20032002–03First DivisionAWatford1–0Graham Alexander11,101
4 Nov 20032003–04First DivisionHWatford2–1Pawel Abbott, David Healy11,152
14 Feb 20042003–04First DivisionAWatford0–212,675
7 Aug 20042004–05ChampionshipHWatford2–1Richard Cresswell, David Healy12,208
19 Mar 20052004–05ChampionshipAWatford2–0David Nugent, Paul McKenna19,649
6 Aug 20052005–06ChampionshipAWatford2–1David Nugent, Dickson Etuhu12,597
26 Nov 20052005–06ChampionshipHWatford1–1Callum Davidson14,638
12 Jan 20082007–08ChampionshipHWatford1–0Neil Mellor12,347
23 Feb 20082007–08ChampionshipAWatford0–016,798
4 Oct 20082008–09ChampionshipAWatford1–2Sean St Ledger 514,087
28 Oct 20082008–09ChampionshipHWatford2–0Jones Wallace 43, Jones Wallace 6811,234
7 Nov 20092009–10ChampionshipAWatford0–213,524
3 Apr 20102009–10ChampionshipHWatford1–1Callum Davidson 5312,534
15 Feb 20112010–11ChampionshipAWatford2–2Sean St Ledger 1, Leon Clarke 3710,620
7 May 20112010–11ChampionshipHWatford3–1Barry Nicholson 28, Iain Hume 56, Jamie Proctor 8810,953
25 Aug 20152015–16League CupHWatford1–0Marnick Vermijl 86,250
28 Nov 20202020–21ChampionshipAWatford1–4Tom Barkhuizen 55
16 Feb 20212020–21ChampionshipHWatford0–1
20 Aug 20222022–23ChampionshipHWatford0–015,317
4 Mar 20232022–23ChampionshipAWatford0–019,244
16 Dec 20232023–24ChampionshipHWatford1–5Will Keane 27
6 Apr 20242023–24ChampionshipAWatford0–019,374
2 Oct 20242024–25ChampionshipHWatford3–0Milutin Osmajić 53, Milutin Osmajić 65, Ali McCann 7513,602
21 Jan 20252024–25ChampionshipAWatford2–1Milutin Osmajić 17, Milutin Osmajić 5616,397
25 Nov 20252025–26ChampionshipAWatford1–1Daniel Jebbison 2216,113
14 Feb 20262025–26ChampionshipHWatford2–2Lewis Dobbin 19, Milutin Osmajić 7014,611

See also: the Watford archive and Watford v Preston North End.

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