Watford vs Portsmouth

Championship · Jan 21, 2026 · 19:45

Final score: Watford 1–1 Portsmouth

Standings

• Watford: #16 · 57 Pts · 46 P (14W 15D 17L)
• Portsmouth: #18 · 55 Pts · 46 P (14W 13D 19L)

Recent form

Watford

• L Jan 17, 2026: Watford 0–2 Millwall
• L Jan 10, 2026: Bristol City 5–1 Watford
• W Jan 1, 2026: Watford 3–0 Birmingham
• W Dec 29, 2025: Norwich 0–1 Watford
• W Dec 26, 2025: Leicester 1–2 Watford

Portsmouth

• W Jan 17, 2026: Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 Portsmouth
• L Jan 11, 2026: Portsmouth 1–4 Arsenal
• L Jan 1, 2026: Bristol City 5–0 Portsmouth
• W Dec 29, 2025: Portsmouth 2–1 Charlton
• D Dec 26, 2025: Portsmouth 1–1 QPR

Head-to-head

• 2026-01-21T19:45:00+00:00: Watford 1–1 Portsmouth
• 2025-10-01T18:45:00+00:00: Portsmouth 2–2 Watford
• 2025-04-21T14:00:00+00:00: Portsmouth 1–0 Watford
• 2024-12-26T15:00:00+00:00: Watford 2–1 Portsmouth
• 2012-01-02T15:00:00+00:00: Portsmouth 2–0 Watford

Match events

• 46' subst Substitution 1 — M. Pollock (Watford) (assists: K. Keben)
• 46' subst Substitution 2 — G. Chakvetadze (Watford) (assists: M. Doumbia)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — Z. Swanson (Portsmouth) (assists: J. Williams)
• 51' Card Yellow Card — Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth)
• 64' subst Substitution 3 — O. Maamma (Watford) (assists: R. Vata)
• 73' Goal Normal Goal — A. Segecic (Portsmouth) (assists: C. Chaplin)
• 79' Goal Normal Goal — M. Doumbia (Watford) (assists: L. Kjerrumgaard)
• 81' subst Substitution 4 — J. Abankwah (Watford) (assists: E. Kayembe)
• 81' subst Substitution 5 — T. Ince (Watford) (assists: N. Irankunda)
• 83' subst Substitution 2 — T. Devlin (Portsmouth) (assists: J. Farrell)
• 90'+10 Card Yellow Card — Nestory Irankunda (Watford)
• 90'+3 subst Substitution 3 — E. Adams (Portsmouth) (assists: I. Bowat)
• 90'+6 subst Substitution 4 — M. Alli (Portsmouth) (assists: J. Swift)
• 90'+3 subst Substitution 5 — A. Segecic (Portsmouth) (assists: L. Le Roux)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 4 — 2
• Shots off Goal: 3 — 3
• Total Shots: 15 — 10
• Blocked Shots: 8 — 5
• Shots insidebox: 6 — 5
• Shots outsidebox: 9 — 5
• Fouls: 9 — 12
• Corner Kicks: 8 — 7
• Offsides: 1 — 2
• Ball Possession: 56% — 44%
• Yellow Cards: 1 — 1
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 1 — 3
• Total passes: 449 — 359
• Passes accurate: 368 — 276
• Passes %: 82% — 77%
• expected_goals: 0.80 — 0.64
• goals_prevented: 0.24 — 0.24

Injuries

Watford

• E. Bove — Heart Problems (Missing Fixture)
• J. Grieves — Injury (Missing Fixture)

Portsmouth

• H. Blair — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Knight — Back Injury (Missing Fixture)
• M. Kosznovszky — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• H. Matthews — Ankle Injury (Missing Fixture)
• F. Umeh — Hamstring Injury (Missing Fixture)
• T. Waddingham — Thigh Injury (Missing Fixture)
• C. Lang — Inactive (Questionable)
• J. Murphy — Injury (Questionable)