Watford vs Portsmouth · Championship
Watford
11-9-7
1 – 1
FT
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Portsmouth
7-8-11
Vicarage Road · Watford · England
It ended 1-1 between Watford and Portsmouth at Vicarage Road (crowd 17,577). The first goal went to Adrian Segecic at the 73-minute mark and Watford were back level through Mamadou Doumbia after 79 minutes. Watford led the shot count 15-10 and held 56% possession. Watford hit the target 4 times from 15 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Vicarage Road · Watford · England
- Crowd
- 17,577
- Referee
- Ben Toner
- Watford form
- LLLWD
- Portsmouth form
- LWWDD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watford | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Portsmouth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
9Fouls12
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
1Offsides2
8Corner Kicks7
1Saves3
56%Possession44%
15Shots10
4On Goal2
30%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
370Accurate Passes277
451Passes362
80%Pass Completion %80%
8Accurate Crosses2
28Crosses13
30%Cross %20%
65Long Balls51
33Accurate Long Balls21
50%Long Balls %40%
7Blocked Shots5
13Effective Tackles7
18Tackles15
70%Tackle %50%
19Interceptions15
25Effective Clearances31
25Clearances31
Timeline
Full time · 1-1
🟨Nestory Irankunda
90'+10'
90'+6'
🔁John Swiftreplacing Millenic Alli
90'+3'
🔁Luke Le Rouxreplacing Adrian Segecic
90'+3'
🔁Ibane Bowatreplacing Ebrima Adams
83'
🔁Jacob Farrellreplacing Terry Devlin
🔁Edo Kayembereplacing James Abankwah
81'
🔁Nestory Irankundareplacing Tom Ince
81'
⚽Mamadou DoumbiaAssist: Luca Kjerrumgaard
79'1 - 1
73'0 - 1
⚽Adrian SegecicAssist: Conor Chaplin
🔁Rocco Vatareplacing Othmane Maamma
64'
51'
🟨Andre Dozzell
🔁Kévin Kebenreplacing Matthew Pollock
45'
🔁Mamadou Doumbiareplacing Giorgi Chakvetadze
45'
45'
🔁Jordan Williamsreplacing Zak Swanson
Kick-off
Teams
Watford4-2-3-1
9Kjerrumgaard
7↓Ince
8↓Chakvetadze
42↓Maamma
10Louza
5Kyprianou
16Bola
25↓Abankwah
2Ngakia
6↓Pollock
1Selvik
Bench
- 34Kwadwo Baah
- 39Edo Kayembeon for James Abankwah, 81'
- 20Mamadou Doumbiaon for Giorgi Chakvetadze, 45' ⚽
- 22James Morris
- 66Nestory Irankundaon for Tom Ince, 81' 🟨
- 11Rocco Vataon for Othmane Maamma, 64'
- 12Nathan Baxter
- 4Kévin Kebenon for Matthew Pollock, 45'
- 18Vivaldo Semedo
Portsmouth4-2-3-1
9Bishop
27↓Alli
36Chaplin
10⚽↓Segecic
38↓Adams
21🟨Dozzell
22↓Swanson
3Ogilvie
24↓Devlin
5Poole
1Schmid
Bench
- 39Chinedu Agu
- 2Jordan Williamson for Zak Swanson, 45'
- 19Jacob Farrellon for Terry Devlin, 83'
- 26Josef Bursik
- 17Ibane Bowaton for Ebrima Adams, 90'+3'
- 46Olutayo Singerr
- 25Mackenzie Kirk
- 16Luke Le Rouxon for Adrian Segecic, 90'+3'
- 8John Swifton for Millenic Alli, 90'+6'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
2Watford wins
1Level
2Portsmouth wins
Last times they met
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2–2
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1–0
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Watford
2–1
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Watford · 2011-12 English League Championship
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2–0
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Form
Last games: Watford
W2-1W1-0W3-0L5-1L2-0
Last games: Portsmouth
D1-1W2-1L5-0L4-1W1-0
