Watford FC vs Portsmouth FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

Championship · 2025-26

Watford FC

1 – 1

Full Time

Portsmouth FC

Wed 21 Jan 2026 · 19:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Watford FC vs Portsmouth FC — Championship .

Watford FC 46 games · 57 pts (2026/27)
Portsmouth FC 46 games · 55 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Ben Toner

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Watford FC 4 games · Avg 2.5 goals Portsmouth FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-21 Watford FC 1–1 Portsmouth FC 2025-10-01 Portsmouth FC 2–2 Watford FC 2025-04-21 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Watford FC 2024-12-26 Watford FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC

Recent Form

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jan	Portsmouth FC	H	1–1	D
17 Jan	Millwall FC	H	0–2	L
10 Jan	Bristol City FC	A	1–5	L
01 Jan	Birmingham City FC	H	3–0	W
29 Dec	Norwich City FC	A	1–0	W
26 Dec	Leicester City FC	A	2–1	W

Portsmouth FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jan	Watford FC	A	1–1	D
17 Jan	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	1–0	W
11 Jan	Arsenal FC	H	1–4	L
01 Jan	Bristol City FC	A	0–5	L
29 Dec	Charlton Athletic FC	H	2–1	W
26 Dec	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Watford FC		Portsmouth FC
#16	Position	#18
57	Points	55
46	Played	46
14 / 15 / 17	W / D / L	14 / 13 / 19
53	Scored	49
65	Conceded	64
-12	GD	-15
1.24	PPG	1.20
30%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Watford FC are 16th (57 pts). Portsmouth FC are 18th (55 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Watford FC to score. At the same time, Portsmouth FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
The final score is 1-1.

Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

Portsmouth FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rocco Vata	1
Zak Swanson	1
Colby Bishop	1
Edo Kayembe	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.41 Watford FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.1 Portsmouth FC xG

I would bet for: Watford FC or Draw 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Watford FC44% Draw28% Portsmouth FC28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Watford FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Portsmouth FC

56%

Watford FC or Portsmouth FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Watford FC30% Draw49% Portsmouth FC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

10.4%

0 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

7.9%

0 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

6.6%

2 – 2

4.8%

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.1%

3 – 0

3.7%

1 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Watford FC

Handicap	Watford FC covers	Push	Portsmouth FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	22%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	17%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.