Preston will seek a return to the Championship play-off places when wobbling Watford head to Deepdale on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
North End lie seventh, outside the top-six on goal difference alone, but ended a four-match winless streak, from which they earned just a point, with a 1-0 home win over Portsmouth last weekend.
Watford, now under new head coach Ed Still, are five places below, but only three points back, despite a run of six games without a win, which earned them three points and saw them score only twice.
- Preston have won two of their past three league games against Watford (D1), as many as they had in their previous 13. They won this exact fixture 3-0 last season.
- Having won just one of their first 17 away league games against Preston (D6 L10), Watford have now won on two of their past four visits to Deepdale (D1 L1).
- Preston have won just two of their past eight home league games (D3 L3), though they did beat Portsmouth 1-0 last time out.
- Watford are winless in their past six league games (D3 L3), failing to score in the last three. They last went four without a goal in February 2022 in the Premier League, while they last did so in the second tier in December 1992.
- Though he's registered a goal or assist in only one of his past 14 league appearances, Imran Louza leads all Watford players for goal involvements (12 – 6 goals, 6 assists), chances created (55) and total shots (59) in the Championship this season.