Watford vs Preston North End Prediction and Betting Tips | November 25th 2025

Watford will host Preston North End at Vicarage Road on Tuesday in another round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The hosts will be looking to continue their recent solid form and push higher up the league table.

Watford dropped points in back-to-back 1-1 draws with Bristol City and Ipswich Town earlier in the month but returned from the international break in impressive fashion, coming back from a two-goal deficit to secure a memorable 3-2 win over Derby County away from home. The Hornets, who are currently sat in 11th place, have only lost two of their last 10 games and will be looking to get a result that could move them into the top six this midweek.

Preston North End are six places but only three points clear of Tuesday's hosts following their disappointing 2-1 loss to Blackburn Rovers during the weekend. The Lilywhites have had a solid start to the league season with seven wins and five draws from 16 games played, but will need to return to winning ways in the coming weeks to avoid dropping out of the promotion playoff spots.

Watford vs Preston North End Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The side have met on 50 previous occasions going into this midweek game. Watford have won 14 of those games, and 16 have ended in draws while Preston have the remaining 20.
• The hosts have three wins and three draws across the last 10 editions of this fixture and have scored six goals across the last five.
• PNE have kept four clean sheets in their last six meetings with Watford.
• Watford have scored 22 goals and conceded 20 in 16 league games this season while Preston have scored 21 and conceded 16 in the same number of games.
• Preston have managed just one clean sheet in their last seven games.

Watford vs Preston North End Prediction

The Hornets are favorites to get a result thanks to their home advantage but will need to be at their best to get all three points.

The Lilywhites will rely on their slightly better defensive record to get a result but will need to improve on their most recent performances to secure any points on hostile ground.

Prediction: Watford 2-1 Preston North End

Watford vs Preston North End Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Watford to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the hosts’ last six games have featured more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheets in four of the visitors' last five games)

Edited by Peter P