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Watford vs Portsmouth

Watford
2 - 1
Portsmouth
🕒 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Vicarage Road 🧑‍⚖️ Geoff Eltringham 🔁 Regular Season - 23 🏁 match finished
Season
2024-2025 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 23
Regular Season Table
Watford 14 · Portsmouth 16
Referee Stats
Geoff Eltringham
4 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 75%
Draws 25%
Away wins 0%
How the match was won
  • Watford outshot their opponent (13-5).
  • Watford controlled possession (71%).
  • Watford had the sharper finishing (6-1 shots on target).

Team Overview

Watford (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 12-4-7

Goals For / Against

27 / 22
Avg: 1.17 / 0.96

Points

40
Avg: 1.74

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

4
Portsmouth (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 3-5-15

Goals For / Against

25 / 50
Avg: 1.09 / 2.17

Points

14
Avg: 0.61

Clean Sheets

1

Failed to Score

8

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Championship fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.74
PPG
0.61
1.17
GF
1.09
0.96
GA
2.17
52%
O2.5
65%
52%
BTTS
61%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Watford rank14th
Portsmouth rank16th
Watford points57
Portsmouth points54
Watford: #14 · 57 pts · GD -8
43 pts off the top 2. 9 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Portsmouth: #16 · 54 pts · GD -13
46 pts off the top 2. 12 pts off the play-off line. 5 pts clear of the relegation zone.
3-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Watford last 5 home

D L W D W
Points8/15
Weighted index42
Goals4-3
Record2-2-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Portsmouth last 5 away

D W L L L
Points4/15
Weighted index38
Goals8-9
Record1-1-3
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Watford trend breakdown

Over 2.552%
BTTS52%
BTTS + O2.543%
1H Over 0.565%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 65% · Over 3.5 4% · 1H BTTS 22%

Portsmouth trend breakdown

Over 2.565%
BTTS61%
BTTS + O2.552%
1H Over 0.574%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 83% · Over 3.5 30% · 1H BTTS 35%

Scoring reliability

Watford score at home83%
Watford clean sheet at home39%
Portsmouth score away65%
Portsmouth clean sheet away4%

First-goal patterns

Watford score first0%
Watford win after scoring first0%
Portsmouth score first0%
Portsmouth win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Watford 0% · Portsmouth 0%

Vs league average

Watford score at home1.17 vs 1.43
Watford concede at home0.96 vs 1.02
Portsmouth score away1.09 vs 1.02
Portsmouth concede away2.17 vs 1.43
Watford score 18% below league average, while Portsmouth score 7% above league average.
Defensive side: Watford are 6% below league average at home, and Portsmouth are 52% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games4
Avg goals2.50
BTTS75%
Over 2.550%
At this venue setup: 2.50 goals on average across the last 2.

Watford goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Portsmouth goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
6
1
Total Shots
13
5
Shots off Goal
3
4
Blocked Shots
4
0
Shots Inside Box
10
3
Shots Outside Box
3
2
Ball Possession
71%
29%
Corner Kicks
11
5
Fouls
12
13
Offsides
1
0
Yellow Cards
2
6
Red Cards
1
0
Goalkeeper Saves
0
4
Total Passes
527
223
Passes Accurate
439
131
Passes %
83%
59%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games4
Home Wins1
Draws2
Away Wins1
Over 2.5 Goals2 (50.0%)
BTTS3 (75.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games2
Home Wins1
Draws1
Away Wins0
Over 2.5 Goals1 (50.0%)
BTTS2 (100.0%)

Watford vs Portsmouth Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season
21 Jan 2026 Watford vs Portsmouth 1 - 1 01 Oct 2025 Portsmouth vs Watford 2 - 2
2024-2025 Season
21 Apr 2025 Portsmouth vs Watford 1 - 0 26 Dec 2024 Watford vs Portsmouth 2 - 1