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Wednesday 1 October 2025 · 19:45 · HT 1-0 · Fratton Park, Portsmouth · Referee Ben Toner

Portsmouth v Watford: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Portsmouth's last 3 home games and Watford's last 3 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 2 of 6, over 2.5 goals in 1 of 6, with 10.0 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.5 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Portsmouth v Watford, full match

63%

Possession

37%

1.10

Expected goals (xG)

1.94

15

Shots

12

5

Shots on target

6

3

Corners

3

9

Fouls

15

2

Yellow cards

5

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

2'

Yellow card

Max Alleyne WAT

5'

Goal

Yang Min-hyeok POR

13'

Yellow card

Yang Min-hyeok POR

43'

Yellow card

Jeremy Petris WAT

46'

Goal

Imrân Louza WAT

56'

Goal

Rocco Vata WAT

77'

Yellow card

Egil Selvik WAT

78'

Yellow card

Imrân Louza WAT

79'

Goal

Adrian Segečić POR

89'

Yellow card

Matthew Pollock WAT

90+5'

Yellow card

Marlon Pack POR

At a glance

Portsmouth

18th in the table

L

D

W

D

Watford

16th in the table

W

L

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Portsmouth's home games and Watford's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Portsmouth's last 3 home games and Watford's last 3 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

33%

2/6 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

50%

3/6 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

17%

1/6 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

0%

0/6 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

3/6 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

50%

3/6 games · League 53%

Portsmouth clean sheet

33%

1/3 games · League 25%

Watford clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 25%

Portsmouth fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 25%

Watford fail to score

67%

2/3 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.7

League 2.6

Corners

10.0

League 10.3

Cards

4.5

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Portsmouth

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

26

Josef Bursik

DEFENDERS

2

3

4

5

MIDFIELDERS

7

Marlon Pack

8

John Swift

21

Andre Dozzell

FORWARDS

9

Colby Bishop

36

Conor Chaplin

47

Yang Min-hyeok

SUBSTITUTES

30

14

22

10

16

18

24

11

29

Watford

3-4-1-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Egil Selvik

DEFENDERS

3

6

25

26

29

MIDFIELDERS

5

Hector Kyprianou

10

Imrân Louza

17

Moussa Sissoko

FORWARDS

18

Vivaldo

66

Nestory Irankunda

SUBSTITUTES

12

2

16

27

23

39

9

11

34

Referee: Ben Toner

20 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.7

Red cards per game

0.20

Fouls per game

24.2

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.10

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

POR

WAT

Match

League

Goals per match

1.7

2.1

1.9

2.5

Over 0.5

86%

6/7

100%

7/7

93%

13/14

93%

Over 1.5

57%

4/7

57%

4/7

57%

8/14

70%

Over 2.5

29%

2/7

43%

3/7

36%

5/14

46%

Over 3.5

0%

0/7

14%

1/7

7%

1/14

24%

Over 4.5

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/14

9%

Bet

POR

WAT

Match

League

Yes

43%

3/7

57%

4/7

50%

7/14

57%

Yes and win

0%

0/7

29%

2/7

14%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

29%

2/7

43%

3/7

36%

5/14

38%

Yes and draw

14%

1/7

29%

2/7

21%

3/14

29%

Yes and loss

29%

2/7

0%

0/7

14%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/14

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Bet

POR

WAT

Match

League

Corners per match

10.4

9.1

9.8

9.7

Over 7.5

86%

6/7

71%

5/7

79%

11/14

75%

Over 8.5

86%

6/7

71%

5/7

79%

11/14

65%

Over 9.5

57%

4/7

43%

3/7

50%

7/14

46%

Over 10.5

43%

3/7

43%

3/7

43%

6/14

32%

Over 11.5

43%

3/7

29%

2/7

36%

5/14

27%

Over 12.5

14%

1/7

0%

0/7

7%

1/14

20%

Referee Ben Toner: 3.9 cards and 24.2 fouls per game in 20 games this season

Bet

POR

WAT

Match

League

Cards per match

4.9

4.6

4.7

4.2

Over 2.5

100%

7/7

86%

6/7

93%

13/14

78%

Over 3.5

57%

4/7

57%

4/7

57%

8/14

56%

Over 4.5

57%

4/7

43%

3/7

50%

7/14

37%

Over 5.5

57%

4/7

43%

3/7

50%

7/14

29%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Nestory Irankunda

5 starts · 0.5 per 90

20%

1/5

40%

2/5

0%

0/5

0%

0/5

Imrân Louza

4 starts · 0.3 per 90

0%

0/4

25%

1/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

Andre Dozzell

7 starts · 0.1 per 90

14%

1/7

14%

1/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Portsmouth

Last 5 games before this match

27 Sep

Ipswich Town

(A)

1-2

L

20 Sep

Sheffield Wednesday

(H)

0-2

L

14 Sep

Southampton

(A)

0-0

D

30 Aug

Preston North End

(H)

1-0

W

23 Aug

West Bromwich Albion

(A)

1-1

D

Watford

Last 5 games before this match

27 Sep

Hull City

(H)

2-1

W

22 Sep

Millwall

(A)

0-1

L

13 Sep

Blackburn Rovers

(H)

0-1

L

30 Aug

Southampton

(H)

2-2

D

23 Aug

Swansea City

(A)

1-1

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Portsmouth and Watford haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Championship table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Coventry

46

28

11

7

97

45

+52

95

W

D

2

Ipswich

46

23

15

8

80

47

+33

84

W

D

W

D

3

Millwall

46

24

11

64

49

+15

83

W

D

W

D

4

Southampton

46

22

14

10

82

56

+26

80

W

D

W

5

Middlesbrough

46

22

14

10

72

47

+25

80

D

W

D

L

6

Hull City

46

21

10

15

70

66

+4

73

W

L

D

L

7

Wrexham

46

19

14

13

69

65

+4

71

D

L

W

L

8

Derby

46

20

9

17

67

59

+8

69

L

W

L

W

L

9

Norwich

46

19

8

19

63

56

+7

65

L

D

W

L

10

Birmingham

46

17

13

16

57

56

+1

64

D

W

D

W

11

Swansea

46

18

10

18

57

59

-2

64

W

D

W

L

W

12

Bristol City

46

17

11

18

59

0

62

W

L

D

L

D

13

Sheffield Utd

46

18

6

22

66

0

60

W

L

W

14

Preston

46

15

16

55

62

-7

60

L

W

L

W

15

QPR

46

16

10

20

61

73

-12

58

L

D

16

Watford

46

14

15

17

53

65

-12

57

L

17

Stoke City

46

15

10

21

51

56

-5

55

L

D

18

Portsmouth

46

14

13

19

49

64

-15

55

D

W

L

W

19

West Brom

46

13

14

19

48

58

-10

53

L

D

W

D

20

Charlton

46

13

14

19

44

58

-14

53

L

W

L

D

L

21

Leicester

46

12

16

18

58

68

-10

52

W

D

L

22

Blackburn

46

13

20

42

56

-14

52

L

W

D

L

D

23

Oxford Utd

46

11

14

21

45

59

-14

47

L

W

L

W

24

Sheffield Wed

46

2

12

32

29

89

-60

18

W

L

D

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Portsmouth v Watford: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Portsmouth

Watford

Referee: Ben Toner

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Portsmouth

Watford

Head to head

Championship table