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Watford 2-0 Preston NE - February 14, 2004 / First Division 2003/2004

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First Division 2003/2004 - Round 31

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

February 14, 2004

12 675

Watford

2 - 0

Preston NE

Hamer Bouazza

36'

Paul Devlin

80'

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36' - Goal Hamer Bouazza36

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54' - Substitution Paul McKennais substituted by Brian O'Neil

69' - Substitution Hamer Bouazzais substituted by Lee Cook69

76' - Substitution Marlon Broomesis substituted by Rob Edwards photo Craig Burley

76' - Substitution Michael Keaneis substituted by Craig Burley

80' - Goal Paul Devlin80

89' - Substitution Paul Devlinis substituted by Bruce Dyer89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 0

Preston NE

Watford Preston NE

Team line-ups

Watford

Pidgeley

Lenny Pidgeley

England

B.date07/02/1984

Age20 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Ifil

Jerel Ifil

Saint Lucia

B.date27/06/1982

Age21 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dyche

Sean Dyche

England

B.date28/06/1971

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Cox

Neil Cox

England

B.date08/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Smith

Jack Smith

England

B.date14/10/1983

Age20 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Mahon

Gavin Mahon

England

B.date02/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Bouazza3669

Hamer Bouazza

Algeria

B.date22/02/1985

Age18 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Hyde

Micah Hyde

Jamaica

B.date10/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Devlin8089

Paul Devlin

Scotland

B.date14/04/1972

Age31 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Ardley

Neal Ardley

England

B.date01/09/1972

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Fitzgerald

Scott Fitzgerald

England

B.date18/11/1979

Age24 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Lenny Pidgeley		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jerel Ifil		21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sean Dyche		32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Neil Cox		32	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jack Smith		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gavin Mahon		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hamer Bouazza	3669	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Micah Hyde		29	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Devlin	8089	31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neal Ardley		31	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Scott Fitzgerald		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Preston NE

Lonergan

Andy Lonergan

England

B.date19/10/1983

Age20 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Broomes76

Marlon Broomes

England

B.date28/11/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Jackson

Michael Jackson

England

B.date04/12/1973

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Keane76

Michael Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/12/1982

Age21 years

H1m91

positionLeft full-back

Mears

Tyrone Mears

Jamaica

B.date18/02/1983

Age20 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Alexander

Graham Alexander

Scotland

B.date10/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Lewis

Eddie Lewis

United States

B.date17/05/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McKenna54

Paul McKenna

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age26 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

Fuller

Ricardo Fuller

Jamaica

B.date31/10/1979

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Healy

David Healy

Northern Ireland

B.date05/08/1979

Age24 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Cresswell

Richard Cresswell

England

B.date20/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Andy Lonergan		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marlon Broomes	76	26	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Jackson		30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Keane	76	21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tyrone Mears		20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graham Alexander		32	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eddie Lewis		29	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul McKenna	54	26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricardo Fuller		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Healy		24	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Richard Cresswell		26	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Lee Cook	69	21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Bruce Dyer	89	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rob Edwards	76	30	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Craig Burley	76	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian O'Neil	54	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hamer Bouazza

Heidar Helguson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael Keane

Dickson Etuhu

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ray Lewington

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Lewington vs Preston NE

4 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on February 14, 2004

Lewington vs Brown

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 14, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Craig Brown

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Brown vs Watford

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 2004

Brown vs Lewington

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 14, 2004

Referee

Andre Marriner

10 victories	6 draws	5 losses	Watford21 matches	General total	Preston NE11 matches	4 victories	3 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Watford1 match	Season total	Preston NE1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 09, 2022					Latest figure on April 01, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Paul Devlin scores 1 goal vs Preston North End in his professional career with Watford

End of streak for Watford after 8 consecutive matches without a win vs Preston NE in Championship (since 07/02/1981). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Watford after 7 consecutive matches without a win vs Preston NE (since 18/11/2000). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/11/1971 (6 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWatford 1-1 Nottingham Forest06/12/2003

LWatford 1-3 Stoke City20/12/2003

VWatford 2-1 Cardiff City28/12/2003

DWatford 2-2 Chelsea03/01/2004

LWatford 1-5 Crystal Palace17/01/2004

DWatford 2-2 Sunderland07/02/2004

Overall

DWatford 2-2 Chelsea03/01/2004

DCoventry 0-0 Watford10/01/2004

LChelsea 4-0 Watford14/01/2004

LWatford 1-5 Crystal Palace17/01/2004

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-1 Watford31/01/2004

DWatford 2-2 Sunderland07/02/2004

Current form

Away

DCardiff City 2-2 Preston North End09/12/2003

VGillingham 0-1 Preston North End13/12/2003

DStoke City 1-1 Preston North End26/12/2003

VWest Ham 1-2 Preston North End10/01/2004

VReading 1-2 Preston North End13/01/2004

LSwansea 2-1 Preston North End24/01/2004

Overall

DPreston North End 3-3 Reading03/01/2004

VWest Ham 1-2 Preston North End10/01/2004

VReading 1-2 Preston North End13/01/2004

LPreston North End 2-4 Wigan17/01/2004

LSwansea 2-1 Preston North End24/01/2004

VPreston North End 3-0 West Bromwich Albion07/02/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	6	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	6	6
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	29
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
7	Victories (Competition total)	13
4	Victories (Home / Away)	4
10	Draws (Competition total)	7
7	Draws (Home / Away)	4
13	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	46
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.07	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.07
1.47	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	53
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	35
7	Red cards (Competition total)	5
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	5

Key players

Scott Fitzgerald	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Ricardo Fuller
Scott Fitzgerald	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Ricardo Fuller
Neil Cox	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Graham Alexander
Neil Cox	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Graham Alexander
Neil Cox	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 15 matches	David Healy

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

5 v

5 d

2 l

14 gf

10 ga

Away

14 matches

2 v

3 d

9 l

14 gf

27 ga

Total

26 matches

7 v

8 d

11 l

28 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

9 v

3 d

2 l

27 gf

14 ga

Away

12 matches

2 v

5 d

5 l

10 gf

14 ga

Total

26 matches

11 v

8 d

7 l

37 gf

28 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	January 17, 1998
Home	3 - 1	January 17, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 25, 1969
Away	1 - 0	March 04, 2003

Latest head to head

November 04, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Preston NE

2 - 1

Watford

March 04, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Watford

0 - 1

Preston NE

September 17, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Preston NE

1 - 1

Watford

January 31, 2002 - First Division 2001/2002

Preston NE

1 - 1

Watford

September 30, 2001 - First Division 2001/2002

Watford

1 - 1

Preston NE

Best historical scorers against Preston NE

Gifton Noel-Williams	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Danny Webber	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Paul Robinson	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

Graham Alexander	2 goals	2002 - 2003
David Healy	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Richard Cresswell	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Pawel Abbott	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Jon Macken	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Preston NE

Jamie Hand	4 matches	2002 - 2003
Paul Robinson	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Wayne Brown	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Neal Ardley	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Stephen Glass	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Gifton Noel-Williams	3 matches	2001 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/09/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Graham Alexander	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Chris Lucketti	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Richard Cresswell	5 matches	2001 - 2003
Paul McKenna	4 matches	2001 - 2003
David Healy	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Teuvo Moilanen	3 matches	2001 - 2002