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Championship · Matchweek 6

Watford

WAT

2–1Full time

Preston North End

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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

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.