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Saturday 16th December

Championship Table

On Saturday 16th December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Leicester City	21	17	1	3	41	14	27	52	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Ipswich Town	22	16	4	2	47	28	19	52	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
3	Leeds United	22	12	6	4	37	22	15	42	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
4	Southampton	22	12	6	4	37	29	8	42	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
5	Hull City	22	10	6	6	34	27	7	36	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
6	West Bromwich Albion	21	10	5	6	33	21	12	35	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
7	Sunderland	22	10	3	9	32	24	8	33	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
8	Preston North End	22	9	5	8	28	38	-10	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
9	Watford	22	8	7	7	35	27	8	31	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
10	Norwich City	22	9	4	9	39	39	0	31	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
11	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	1	11	34	38	-4	31	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
12	Cardiff City	22	9	3	10	28	27	1	30	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
13	Middlesbrough	22	9	3	10	34	34	0	30	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
14	Bristol City	22	8	5	9	23	24	-1	29	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
15	Coventry City	22	6	9	7	28	25	3	27	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
16	Plymouth Argyle	22	7	5	10	34	35	-1	26	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
17	Birmingham City	21	7	5	9	24	29	-5	26	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
18	Swansea City	22	6	7	9	30	31	-1	25	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
19	Millwall	22	5	7	10	24	31	-7	22	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
20	Stoke City	21	6	4	11	20	29	-9	22	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
21	Huddersfield Town	22	4	10	8	21	36	-15	22	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw
22	Queens Park Rangers	22	5	5	12	20	32	-12	20	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
23	Sheffield Wednesday	22	4	4	14	16	35	-19	16	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
24	Rotherham United	22	2	7	13	20	44	-24	13	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Last Updated 16th December 2023 at 17:11

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Team Lineups

home team, Preston North End

Manager: Ryan Lowe

Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2

Number 1,
F. Woodman
Number 6,
L. Lindsay , Yellow Card at 85 minutes
Number 26,
J. Whatmough , substituted for D. Holmes at 59 minutes
Number 14,
J. Storey
Number 23,
L. Millar , Yellow Card at 41 minutes
Number 4,
B. Whiteman , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 1, substituted for R. Brady at 59 minutes
Number 13,
A. McCann
Number 44,
B. Potts , substituted for A. Hughes at 58 minutes
Number 8,
A. Browne , Captain
Number 7,
W. Keane , substituted for C. Evans at 59 minutes
Number 28,
M. Osmajić , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 1

away team, Watford

Manager: Valérien Ismaël

Formation: 4 - 1 - 4 - 1

Number 26,
B. Hamer
Number 6,
J. Lewis
Number 4,
W. Hoedt , Captain
Number 3,
F. Sierralta
Number 24,
T. Dele-Bashiru , substituted for R. Porteous at 67 minutes
Number 8,
J. Livermore
Number 12,
K. Sema , substituted for M. Rajović at 68 minutes
Number 11,
I. Koné , substituted for G. Chakvetadze at 82 minutes
Number 39,
E. Kayembe
Number 37,
Matheus Martins , substituted for M. Pollock at 67 minutes
Number 19,
V. Bayo , substituted for R. Healey at 80 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Preston North End

Number 33,
K. Best
Number 11,
R. Brady
Number 21,
D. Cornell
Number 9,
C. Evans
Number 10,
M. Frøkjær-Jensen
Number 25,
D. Holmes
Number 18,
R. Ledson
Number 16,
A. Hughes
Number 20,
B. Woodburn

away team, Watford

Number 45,
R. Andrews
Number 18,
Y. Asprilla
Number 1,
D. Bachmann
Number 16,
G. Chakvetadze
Number 14,
R. Healey
Number 7,
T. Ince
Number 15,
M. Pollock
Number 5,
R. Porteous
Number 9,
M. Rajović

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v Huddersfield Town

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3

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v Ipswich Town

1

2

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v Norwich City

0

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v Southampton

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v Queens Park Rangers

0

2

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v Hull City

1

2

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v Middlesbrough

4

0

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v Norwich City

3

2

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v Cardiff City

1

2

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v Leicester City

2

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Match Facts

Preston North End are winless in their last four league games against Watford (D2 L2), with both games ending goalless last season.
Watford have only won two of their 19 away league games against Preston (D7 L10), a 2-1 win in December 1979 and 1-0 win in February 2021.
Preston have lost their last two league games at Deepdale, as many league defeats there as in their previous 16 such games (W9 D5).
Watford have only lost one of their last four away league games (W2 D1) and could win successive league matches on the road for the first time since November 2022.
Among current Championship sides, Preston are on the longest run of home games without a clean sheet, having conceded at least once in each of their last 14 league matches at Deepdale.

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Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Match ends, Preston North End 1, Watford 5.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 7
Second Half ends, Preston North End 1, Watford 5.
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Ben Hamer.
Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Attempt saved. Robert Brady (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Liam Millar (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Foul by Rhys Healey (Watford).
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Duane Holmes (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Jake Livermore (Watford).
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Alan Browne (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Rhys Healey (Watford).
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Attempt missed. Wesley Hoedt (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Foul by Duane Holmes (Preston North End).
Postat 90 minutes plus 3
Rhys Healey (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 2
Attempt missed. Rhys Healey (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Bookingat 90 minutes plus 1
Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Foul by Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Mattie Pollock (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 89 minutes
Attempt missed. Mileta Rajovic (Watford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Postat 89 minutes
Attempt blocked. Rhys Healey (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
Postat 87 minutes
Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Francisco Sierralta.