Championship · Matchweek 6
Watford
WAT
2–1Full time
Preston North End
PRE
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
43%Possession36%
31%Territory35%
31%From set plays43%
0.10Chance quality0.07
5.8%Directness5.0%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Watford, 3 for Preston. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Preston
No regular with a goal involvement yet.
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.