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Watford v Portsmouth : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 26th Dec, 15:00 BST, Vicarage Road (Watford), Watford

the Vicarage Road (Watford) crowd welcome Portsmouth's fans on Thursday afternoon, as Tom Cleverley's Watford go head to head with John Mousinho's team in the Championship. You'll see statistics supporting our top of below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Championship performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Watford 53%	-	-
Draw 25%	-	-
Portsmouth 22%	-	-
Watford 1-0 12%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Watford 2-0 10%	-	-
Watford 2-1 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 8%	-	-
Portsmouth 1-0 7%	-	-
Portsmouth 2-1 6%	-	-
Watford 3-0 5%	-	-
Watford 3-1 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Portsmouth 2-0 3%	-	-
Watford 3-2 2%	-	-
Watford 4-0 2%	-	-
Watford 4-1 2%	-	-
Portsmouth 3-1 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 41%	-	-
No 1st Goal 5%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	-	-
BTTS - No 51%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 22%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 10%	-	-
Home/draw 78%	-	-
Away/draw 47%	-	-
Home/away 75%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	-	-
Home DNB 70%	-	-
Away DNB 40%	-	-
Watford win to nil 31%	-	-
Portsmouth win to nil 12%	-	-

Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Championship league table. Watford are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 4 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 4 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Watford have outscored their opponents by 27 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 4 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 21st position in the Championship on 17 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 20 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Portsmouth have conceded 26 goals, scored 20, failed to score in 4 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Watford Portsmouth
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Sheff Utd	20	13	5	2	17	42	Jan 4	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	Feb 8
2	Leeds	20	12	5	3	22	41	Feb 11	l 2-1A	Mar 8	d 3-3A
3	Burnley	20	10	8	2	17	38	Apr 18	Dec 21	Feb 1	l 2-1F
4	Sunderland	20	10	7	3	14	37	w 2-1F	Feb 8	l 1-3A	Jan 5
5	Blackburn	19	10	4	5	6	34	w 1-0F	Apr 26	Mar 29	Jan 15
6	West Brom	20	7	11	2	9	32	Dec 15	Apr 12	l 0-3A	Jan 25
7	M'Boro	20	9	4	7	9	31	w 2-1A	Feb 15	Jan 18	d 2-2F
8	Watford Home	19	9	4	6	2	31	-	-	Apr 21	Dec 26
9	Swansea	20	7	6	7	2	27	Mar 12	l 1-0A	Jan 1	d 2-2F
10	Norwich	20	6	8	6	5	26	Feb 1	l 4-1A	d 0-00-0	Apr 18
11	Bristol C	20	6	8	6	0	26	w 1-0F	Apr 5	w 3-0F	Dec 29
12	Sheff Wed	20	7	5	8	-6	26	May 3	w 2-6F	l 1-2F	Apr 26
13	Millwall	19	6	7	6	3	25	Mar 8	w 2-3F	Jan 28	Apr 5
14	Preston	20	4	10	6	-6	22	Jan 21	l 3-0A	w 3-1F	Mar 15
15	Luton	20	6	4	10	-12	22	Feb 23	l 3-0A	d 0-00-0	Mar 1
16	Coventry	20	5	6	9	-4	21	d 1-1A	Jan 25	Dec 21	Apr 9
17	Derby	20	5	6	9	-4	21	w 2-1A	Jan 18	Apr 12	Dec 13
18	Stoke	20	5	6	9	-5	21	w 3-0F	Mar 1	Jan 22	l 6-1A
19	QPR	20	4	9	7	-6	21	d 0-00-0	Jan 1	Feb 22	w 1-2A
20	Oxford Utd	19	4	6	9	-10	18	w 1-0F	Mar 15	d 1-1F	Feb 15
21	Portsmouth Away	18	3	8	7	-9	17	Dec 26	Apr 21	-	-
22	Cardiff	19	4	5	10	-13	17	Dec 29	-	Feb 11	l 2-0A
23	Plymouth	19	4	5	10	-21	17	Mar 29	d 2-2F	Mar 11	l 1-0A
24	Hull	20	3	7	10	-10	16	Apr 8	d 1-1A	May 3	d 1-1A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford	0 - 0	QPR
Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
Watford	2 - 1	Derby
Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
Watford	1 - 0	Sunderland
Watford	0 - 0	Hull
Watford	0 - 0	Preston
Watford	2 - 2	Leeds
Watford	1 - 2	Coventry
Watford	1 - 1	Swansea
Watford	1 - 2	Huddersfield
Watford	1 - 2	Leicester
Watford	0 - 1	Cardiff
Watford	1 - 1	Stoke
Watford	1 - 4	Bristol C

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Watford	1 - 1	Hull
H	Watford	0 - 0	QPR
H	Watford	1 - 0	Bristol C
A	Watford	2 - 2	Plymouth
H	Watford	1 - 0	Oxford Utd
A	Watford	0 - 1	Swansea
A	Watford	6 - 2	Sheff Wed
H	Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
A	Watford	1 - 2	Leeds
A	Watford	0 - 3	Luton
H	Watford	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Watford	0 - 3	Preston
H	Watford	2 - 1	Sunderland
A	Watford	1 - 4	Norwich
H	Watford	1 - 1	Coventry
A	Watford	0 - 1	Sheff Utd
H	Watford	2 - 1	Derby
H	Watford	3 - 0	Stoke
A	Watford	3 - 2	Millwall
A	Watford	1 - 3	M'Boro

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swansea	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Plymouth	1 - 0	Portsmouth
Hull	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Cardiff	2 - 0	Portsmouth
QPR	1 - 2	Portsmouth
Stoke	6 - 1	Portsmouth
Burnley	2 - 1	Portsmouth
M'Boro	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Leeds	3 - 3	Portsmouth
Lincoln	0 - 2	Portsmouth
Bolton	1 - 1	Portsmouth
Wycombe	1 - 3	Portsmouth
Peterborough	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackpool	0 - 0	Portsmouth
Charlton	0 - 0	Portsmouth
Carlisle	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Oxford Utd	2 - 2	Portsmouth
Port Vale	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Fleetwood	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Cheltenham	2 - 1	Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Norwich
H	Portsmouth	3 - 0	Bristol C
A	Portsmouth	2 - 2	Swansea
H	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
A	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Plymouth
A	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Hull
H	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
A	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Cardiff
A	Portsmouth	2 - 1	QPR
H	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Portsmouth	1 - 6	Stoke
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Sheff Utd
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Burnley
H	Portsmouth	0 - 3	West Brom
H	Portsmouth	1 - 3	Sunderland
A	Portsmouth	2 - 2	M'Boro
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Luton
A	Portsmouth	3 - 3	Leeds
A	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Lincoln
H	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Wigan

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Watford

Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

3 / 7

Clean sheets

4 / 7

1 / 7

WAT

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford	2 - 0
Watford	3 - 0
Watford	4 - 2
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Watford	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Portsmouth

Watford

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

1 / 7

WAT

POR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Portsmouth	2 - 0
Portsmouth	3 - 2
Portsmouth	2 - 1
Portsmouth	3 - 0
	0 - 1	Watford
	1 - 3	Watford
	1 - 2	Watford

Goal Statistics

	Watford 8th	Portsmouth 21st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals	0 38% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 75% probability of Portsmouth scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-23 Watford have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted	-2 Portsmouth’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.1 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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WAT

POR

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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WAT

POR

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	7	4	7
M Pollock	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	R Porteous

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Pollock DEF	20		3	3 -
G Chakvetadze MID	20	1	4	3 -
E Kayembe MID	19	5		1 -
V Bayo FWD	19	7		4 -
Y Larouci DEF	18		2	-
D Bachmann GLK	17			-
R Andrews DEF	17	3	1	-
M Sissoko MID	17	1		1 -
R Porteous DEF	16	2		7 -
K Baah FWD	16	2	2	4 -
F Carvallo DEF	15			7 -
T Ince FWD	15	1		-
K Sema FWD	14		1	-
F Ebosele DEF	12	1	1	6 -
J Morris DEF	11			1 -
I Louza MID	10			1 -
T Dele-Bashiru MID	9	2		-
R Vata FWD	9	1		-
D Jebbison FWD	9			2 -
J Bond GLK	4			-
A Ogbonna DEF	4			-
J Ngakia DEF	4			1 -
P Dwomoh MID	3			-
M Rajovic FWD	3	1		2 -
M. Doumbia FWD	3			-
K Keben DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	15	4	21
V Bayo	V Bayo	G Chakvetadze	G Chakvetadze

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Bayo FWD	7	15		7
E Kayembe MID	5	9		4
R Andrews DEF	3	7	1	7
T Dele-Bashiru MID	2	3		2
K Baah FWD	2	6	2	5
R Porteous DEF	2	2		3
M Rajovic FWD	1	1
M Sissoko MID	1	4		7
R Vata FWD	1	2		2
T Ince FWD	1	1		4
G Chakvetadze MID	1	10	4	21
F Ebosele DEF	1	1	1	12
M. Doumbia FWD				1
P Dwomoh MID				1
J Ngakia DEF		1
M Pollock DEF		4	3	5
D Jebbison FWD		1		3
I Louza MID		4		8
J Morris DEF				1
K Sema FWD		1	1	3
F Carvallo DEF				2
Y Larouci DEF		2	2	14

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1206	30	132
M Pollock	F Ebosele	M Pollock

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pollock DEF	1206	26	132
F Carvallo DEF	647	14	50
G Chakvetadze MID	626	15	77
R Porteous DEF	598	29	73
M Sissoko MID	583	26	63
J Morris DEF	527	20	28
E Kayembe MID	501	17	48
T Dele-Bashiru MID	436	11	41
D Bachmann GLK	420		12
R Andrews DEF	407	17	49
I Louza MID	400	8	23
Y Larouci DEF	337	12	35
F Ebosele DEF	215	30	73
V Bayo FWD	206	8	57
A Ogbonna DEF	185	5	11
T Ince FWD	162	5	14
K Sema FWD	162	17	45
K Baah FWD	114	9	53
J Bond GLK	109		2
J Ngakia DEF	64	16	22
P Dwomoh MID	53	2	9
R Vata FWD	49	4	15
D Jebbison FWD	32	3	11
M. Doumbia FWD	10	1	5
K Keben DEF	7
M Rajovic FWD	5		1

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	5	4	5
C Ogilvie	C Lang	J Murphy	C Lang

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Ogilvie DEF	19	2		2 -
M Pack MID	18		1	3 -
R Poole DEF	16			2 -
C Saydee FWD	16	2		2 -
J Murphy FWD	16	4	4	2 -
C Lang FWD	16	5	2	5 -
F Potts MID	15	1		3 -
M Ritchie MID	15	1		2 -
P Lane FWD	15		1	2 -
A Dozzell MID	14			5 -
T Devlin MID	13			-
J Williams DEF	12			4 -
N Schmid GLK	11			-
T Mcintyre DEF	11			2 -
S Silvera FWD	10			-
Z Swanson DEF	9			1 -
K Yengi FWD	9			2 -
M O’Mahony FWD	9	2		-
W Norris GLK	8			2 -
H Blair FWD	8			3 -
E Sørensen FWD	8	1		-
O Moxon MID	7			2 -
C Bishop FWD	5	2	1	-
R Towler DEF	4			2 -
A Kamara MID	4			1 -
J Archer GLK	2			-
C Shaughnessy DEF	2			1 -
J. Farrell DEF	1			-
B Stevenson MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	12	4	11
C Lang	C Lang	J Murphy	M Pack

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Lang FWD	5	12	2	5
J Murphy FWD	4	7	4	10
C Ogilvie DEF	2	5		6
C Bishop FWD	2	3	1	2
C Saydee FWD	2	5		3
M O’Mahony FWD	2	3		2
F Potts MID	1	3		6
M Ritchie MID	1	5		7
E Sørensen FWD	1	3		1
H Blair FWD		1		1
O Moxon MID		2
C Shaughnessy DEF		2
A Kamara MID				1
S Silvera FWD		4		2
K Yengi FWD				5
Z Swanson DEF				2
M Pack MID		1	1	11
T Mcintyre DEF		1		3
J Williams DEF				1
T Devlin MID		1		4
A Dozzell MID				5
P Lane FWD		3	1	10
R Poole DEF		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
654	27	104
M Pack	F Potts	C Ogilvie

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pack MID	654	21	82
C Ogilvie DEF	521	16	104
R Poole DEF	490	25	56
F Potts MID	430	27	80
T Mcintyre DEF	405	18	70
J Williams DEF	330	24	48
A Dozzell MID	303	17	30
N Schmid GLK	290		4
W Norris GLK	282	2	7
J Murphy FWD	214	15	61
T Devlin MID	213	9	46
R Towler DEF	192	8	15
Z Swanson DEF	188	18	39
M Ritchie MID	171	13	36
P Lane FWD	158	11	28
C Lang FWD	139	15	73
C Saydee FWD	135	7	35
C Shaughnessy DEF	110		7
S Silvera FWD	103	11	28
O Moxon MID	77	7	14
E Sørensen FWD	72	4	11
A Kamara MID	70	3	6
C Bishop FWD	66	2	18
M O’Mahony FWD	55	3	21
J Archer GLK	52
K Yengi FWD	51		21
J. Farrell DEF	40	1	4
H Blair FWD	16	4	13
B Stevenson MID	10		1

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Watford v Portsmouth : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Watford have played 19 matches so far this season and lay in 8th place in the Championship league table. Watford are unbeaten at home after 9 games and have kept 5 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Portsmouth are in 21st position in the Championship on 17 points having played 18 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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