1. 9'
   Domingos Quina

   Assist: I. Sarr

   
   ⚽
2. 23'
   James Garner

   Foul

   
   🟨
3. 31'
   João Pedro ↑

   A. Gray ↓

   
   🔁
4. 52'
   T. Deeney (pen.)

   
   ⚽
5. 55'
   ⚽
   

   T. Barkhuizen

   Assist: B. Pearson
6. 58'
   N. Chalobah

   Assist: T. Deeney

   
   ⚽
7. 65'
   🔁
   

   R. Ledson ↑

   B. Pearson ↓
8. 71'
   S. Perica ↑

   T. Deeney ↓

   
   🔁
9. 71'
   B. Wilmot ↑

   Kiko Femenía ↓

   
   🔁
10. 74'
    João Pedro

    Assist: C. Cathcart

    
    ⚽
11. 79'
    🔁
    

    T. Bayliss ↑

    D. Johnson ↓
12. 79'
    🔁
    

    J. Stockley ↑

    E. Riis ↓
13. 82'
    🔁
    

    P. Huntington ↑

    B. Davies ↓
14. 87'
    F. Sierralta ↑

    C. Cathcart ↓

    
    🔁
15. 87'
    D. Phillips ↑

    J. Garner ↓

    
    🔁

Match stats

• 58%Possession42%
• 26Shots9
• 11Shots on target4
• 9Shots off target3
• 6Blocked shots2
• 12Shots inside box5
• 14Shots outside box4
• 623Passes442
• 564Accurate passes370
• 91%Pass accuracy84%
• 8Corners3
• 3Offsides0
• 7Fouls2
• 1Yellow cards0
• 3Saves7

Lineups

Watford

Formation: 4-4-2

Starting XI

Goalkeeper

• 1B. Foster

Defenders

• 15C. Cathcart
• 27C. Kabasele
• 21Kiko Femenía
• 3J. Ngakia

Midfielders

• 14N. Chalobah
• 20Domingos Quina
• 16J. Garner
• 23I. Sarr

Forwards

• 9T. Deeney
• 18A. Gray

Substitutes

• 10João Pedro
• 25S. Perica
• 6B. Wilmot
• 31F. Sierralta
• 52D. Phillips
• 26D. Bachmann
• 5W. Troost-Ekong
• 49K. Crichlow
• 32Marc Navarro

Coach: V. Ivić

Preston

Formation: 3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Goalkeeper

• 1D. Rudd

Defenders

• 5P. Bauer
• 6B. Davies
• 14J. Storey

Midfielders

• 31S. Sinclair
• 29T. Barkhuizen
• 11D. Johnson
• 4B. Pearson
• 44B. Potts

Forwards

• 24S. Maguire
• 19E. Riis

Substitutes

• 18R. Ledson
• 7T. Bayliss
• 20J. Stockley
• 23P. Huntington
• 32A. O'Reilly
• 30J. Baxter
• 34L. Coulton
• 25C. Ripley
• 27J. Holland-Wilkinson

Coach: A. Neil

Top performers

Watford

• Ismaila Sarr1A90'8.3
• Jeremy Ngakia90'7.9
• Troy Deeney1G 1A71'7.9
• João Pedro1G59'7.7
• Nathaniel Chalobah1G90'7.6

Preston

• Ben Pearson1A65'7.2
• Scott Sinclair90'6.9
• Daniel Johnson79'6.9
• Tom Barkhuizen1G90'6.9
• Paul Huntington8'6.9