📊 Form Guide

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-5 Championship triumph versus Norwich City.

In that game, Portsmouth managed 40% possession and 22 shots on goal with 10 on target. For Portsmouth, the goals were scored by Colby Bishop (15', 45', 51'), Matt Ritchie (39') and Regan Poole (71'). At the other end, Norwich City had 11 shots on goal with 6 on target. Josh Sargent (21'), Jack Stacey (64') and Emiliano Marcondes (90') scored for Norwich City.

It has not been often in recent times where Portsmouth have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Portsmouth have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals on the way.

Ahead of this meeting, Portsmouth haven't been defeated in their previous 2 home league matches.

Watford

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Burnley in Championship action, Watford and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Watford managed 35% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Watford was Mamadou Doumbia (8'). At the other end, Burnley got 16 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Zian Flemming (43') and Josh Brownhill (58') scored for Burnley.

The forward players for Watford have had real problems scoring goals in their past six clashes, recording the poor return of only 4. In those fixtures, The Hornets have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 5. We will find out if that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Watford:

• have not emerged victorious against Portsmouth when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league games. Not good.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 09/04/2007 shows that Portsmouth have won 2 of these and Watford 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

A sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 for Pompey and 13 coming from The Hornets. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Championship match day 23 on 26/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Watford 2-1 Portsmouth.

On that day, Watford managed 71% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Edo Kayembe (57') and Rocco Vata (95').

Portsmouth had 5 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Zak Swanson (10') was the scorer.

The referee was Geoff Eltringham.

ℹ️ Team News: Portsmouth

Ibane Bowat (Patellar tendon rupture), Jacob Farrell (Knee surgery) and Hayden Matthews (Ankle surgery) are unavailable for Portsmouth gaffer John Mousinho.

ℹ️ Team News: Watford

Watford manager Tom Cleverley has multiple availability issues to deal with. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Stress reaction of the bone), Yasser Larouci (unknown injury) and Kwadwo Baah (Muscle injury) can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

When taking everything into account, Watford will have their work cut out to put one past this Portsmouth outfit who we think should score & stay on top.

We’ve gone for a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for Portsmouth when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be a close one.

Andre Moura, 13:02 21/04/2025