Preston North End welcome Watford to Deepdale in Tuesday’s huge Sky Bet Championship clash.
Victory could put Preston as high as seventh for at least two hours, whereas Watford can go third with a win until Wednesday evening.
Team News
Anthony Gordon is a doubt for Preston after a knock kept the teenager out of Friday’s Lancashire derby win at Blackburn.
Patrick Bauer (Achilles), Declan Rudd and Louis Moult (both knee) remain sidelined.
Watford could welcome Isaac Success back from a hamstring injury which has kept the striker sidelined since last June, with the Nigerian having played a U23s fixture last week as part of his recovery.
Ben Foster (finger), Tom Dele-Bashiru and Christian Kabasele (both knee) remain sidelined.
Stat Attack
- Preston have won just one of last five league meetings against Watford (W1, D2, L2).
- Watford are winless in six previous Championship trips to Preston (D2, L4).
- Preston have kept just two clean sheets in their last five matches (W2, D1, L2).
- Watford have failed to score in three of their last five away league trips (W1, D2, L2).
Prediction
Preston certainly have had to scrap for Friday’s win in their Lancashire derby at Blackburn but ultimately took their chances better than Rovers did, although they will need to show vast improvement here if are to continue improving their poor home record and push for a play-off spot.
Watford meanwhile were ruthless in Saturday’s six goal dismantling of Bristol City yet their away form is still shaky, even though goalless draws in their last two away trips are positive steps forward but they now need to start finding goals on the road more regularly again.
Deepdale though is bit of a bogey ground for Watford but if their attack is just as strong as it was on Saturday, I can see them taking a win here.
Prediction: Preston 1-2 Watford
Result: Preston 0-1 Watford
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