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

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Monday afternoon at the Fratton Park, and it’s a Championship showdown between Portsmouth and Watford. John Mousinho and Tom Cleverley will be doing all they can to claim the win. Team form, head-to-head stats, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We've backed under 3.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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Portsmouth's next match is v Hull at 12:30 on Saturday 3rd May
Watford's next match is v Sheff Wed at 12:30 on Saturday 3rd May
The last English Championship meeting between Portsmouth and Watford was on Monday 21st April 2025
English Championship
April 21st 2025
Portsmouth 1
0 Watford
 
C. Bishop 25'
 
POR
WAT
Shots On
10
3
Shots Off
5
3
Corners
6
3
Possession
49%
51%
Fouls
13
12
Yellow/red cards
4/0
3/1
 
PortsmouthWatford
 
N. Schmid
J. Williams (T. Devlin 52')
R. Poole (C. Shaughnessy 87')
R. Atkinson
C. Ogilvie
I. Hayden
M. Ritchie
A. Aouchiche (C. Saydee 46')
F. Potts
J. Murphy (C. Lang 87')
C. Bishopfootball icon (K. Yengi 76')
E. Selvik
K. Keben
(J. Ngakia 65') R. Andrews
C. Wiley
(J. Abankwah 65') F. Sierralta Carvallo
A. Dele-Bashiru
(V. Bayo 83') P. Dwomoh
I. Louza
(M. Pollock 59') R. Vata
T. Ince
M. Doumbia

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to claim victory here, but what is clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have a maximum of 3 goals. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Portsmouth and Watford have delivered plenty of under 3.5 goal games of late, and key performance stats point towards an extension of that record. We have confidence in predicting under 3.5 goals on Monday afternoon, and the bookies have it priced at 1.22.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Portsmouth are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.00.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Portsmouth
49%
4/5
24%
-
Draw
27%
13/5
3%
-
Watford
25%
10/3
55%
-
Portsmouth 1-0
13%
6/1-
Draw 1-1
12%
6/1
8%
-
Portsmouth 2-0
9%
15/2
23%
-
Portsmouth 2-1
9%
15/2
15%
-
Draw 0-0
9%
9/1
18%
-
Watford 1-0
9%
11/1
60%
-
Watford 2-1
6%
14/1
36%
-
Portsmouth 3-0
5%
14/1
35%
-
Portsmouth 3-1
4%
14/1
29%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
14/1
12%
-
Watford 2-0
4%
20/1
62%
-
Portsmouth 3-2
2%
25/1
24%
-
Watford 3-1
2%
33/1
31%
-
Portsmouth 4-0
2%
28/1
43%
-
Portsmouth 4-1
2%
28/1
43%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
1/1
9%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
4/5
8%
-
Home 1st Goal
52%
8/15
15%
-
Away 1st Goal
42%
7/4
22%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
9/1
18%
-
BTTS - Yes
47%
5/6
4%
-
BTTS - No
53%
5/6
2%
-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
3/1
27%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
4/1-
BTTS - Away Win
10%
15/2
31%
-
Home/draw
75%
1/5
14%
-
Away/draw
51%
19/20
27%
-
Home/away
73%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
3/10
7%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
5/2
17%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
5/2
19%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
3/10
7%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/2
28%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/9
4%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1
21%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/16
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
9/1
18%
-
Home DNB
67%
1/3
23%
-
Away DNB
44%
9/4
63%
-
Portsmouth win to nil
29%
2/1
20%
-
Watford win to nil
14%
6/1
62%
-
Portsmouth / Portsmouth
29%
15/8
28%
-
Portsmouth / Watford
2%
33/1-
Portsmouth / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Portsmouth
18%
7/2
18%
-
Draw / Watford
9%
8/1
38%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
22%
-
Watford / Portsmouth
4%
22/1
21%
-
Watford / Watford
11%
13/2
50%
-
Watford / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Portsmouth have played 43 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 6 and won 11. Portsmouth have conceded 54 goals, scored 46, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 7 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Portsmouth have played 21 games at home, winning 10, drawing 6 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 31 goals, conceded 20 goals, kept 8 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Watford lay in 12th place on 56 points in the Championship league table having played 43 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 6 and losing 8 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Watford have conceded 27 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Watford have played 21 away games, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 12 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Portsmouth
Watford
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds45281346497 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3A
l
 
0-4A
l
 
2-1A
2
Burnley45271625197 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
3
Sheff Utd45287102789 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
4
Sunderland452113111576 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
5
Bristol C45171612467 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
6
Coventry4519917466 
w
 
4-1A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
7
Millwall45181215066 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2F
w
 
2-3F
8
Blackburn4519818565 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
9
M'Boro451810171064 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
10
West Brom45141912861 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
5-1A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1A
11
Swansea4517919-560 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
12
Sheff Wed45151218-957 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
May 3
w
 
2-6F
13
Watford Away4516821-856 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1F
-
-
14
Norwich45131517154 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-5F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
15
QPR45131418-1153 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-1A
16
Portsmouth Home45141120-1353 
-
-
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
17
Oxford Utd45131319-1652 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
18
Stoke45121419-1750 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
6-1A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
19
Derby45131022-849 
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-0A
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-2F
20
Preston45101916-1149 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
3-0A
21
Luton45131022-2249 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-0A
22
Hull45121221-1048 
May 3
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
23
Plymouth45111321-3646 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2F
24
Cardiff4591719-2344 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Portsmouth 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth2 - 2Derby
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 2Plymouth
Portsmouth1 - 0Leeds
Portsmouth2 - 1QPR
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth0 - 0Burnley
Portsmouth0 - 1Millwall
Portsmouth3 - 1Stoke
Portsmouth2 - 1M'Boro
Portsmouth4 - 0Swansea
Portsmouth4 - 1Coventry
Portsmouth0 - 0Norwich
Portsmouth3 - 0Bristol C
Portsmouth3 - 1Preston
Portsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
Portsmouth1 - 1Oxford Utd
Portsmouth0 - 0Sheff Utd
Portsmouth0 - 3West Brom
Portsmouth1 - 3Sunderland
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APortsmouth5 - 3Norwich
HPortsmouth2 - 2Derby
APortsmouth0 - 1Coventry
APortsmouth1 - 2Millwall
HPortsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
APortsmouth1 - 2Preston
HPortsmouth1 - 2Plymouth
HPortsmouth1 - 0Leeds
APortsmouth0 - 1Luton
HPortsmouth2 - 1QPR
APortsmouth2 - 0Oxford Utd
HPortsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
APortsmouth1 - 2Sheff Utd
HPortsmouth0 - 0Burnley
HPortsmouth0 - 1Millwall
APortsmouth1 - 5West Brom
HPortsmouth3 - 1Stoke
HPortsmouth2 - 1M'Boro
APortsmouth0 - 3Blackburn
APortsmouth0 - 1Sunderland
Watford 13TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
West Brom2 - 1Watford
Bristol C2 - 1Watford
Oxford Utd1 - 0Watford
Stoke0 - 0Watford
M'Boro0 - 1Watford
Sunderland2 - 2Watford
Coventry2 - 1Watford
Derby0 - 2Watford
Cardiff1 - 1Watford
QPR3 - 1Watford
Burnley2 - 1Watford
Hull1 - 1Watford
Plymouth2 - 2Watford
Swansea1 - 0Watford
Sheff Wed2 - 6Watford
Leeds2 - 1Watford
Luton3 - 0Watford
Preston3 - 0Watford
Norwich4 - 1Watford
Sheff Utd1 - 0Watford
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
D
4
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford1 - 2Burnley
AWatford1 - 2West Brom
HWatford1 - 0Hull
AWatford1 - 2Bristol C
HWatford0 - 0Plymouth
AWatford0 - 1Oxford Utd
HWatford1 - 0Swansea
HWatford1 - 2Millwall
AWatford0 - 0Stoke
HWatford2 - 0Luton
AWatford1 - 0M'Boro
HWatford0 - 4Leeds
AWatford2 - 2Sunderland
HWatford0 - 1Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Coventry
HWatford1 - 2Preston
AWatford2 - 0Derby
AWatford1 - 1Cardiff
HWatford1 - 2Sheff Utd
AWatford1 - 3QPR
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Portsmouth have beaten Watford in 4 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Portsmouth since 1998
Portsmouth
Watford
Goals: Scored
12
9
Games: Scored
6 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
1 / 7
POR
4
WAT
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Portsmouth2 - 0
Portsmouth3 - 2
Portsmouth2 - 1
Portsmouth3 - 0
0 - 1Watford
1 - 3Watford
1 - 2Watford
League games at Watford since 1999
Watford
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
18
7
Games: Scored
7 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
1 / 8
D
3
WAT
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford2 - 1
Watford2 - 0
Watford3 - 0
Watford4 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Watford of late. It has been 9 Championship games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Monday afternoon against Portsmouth.

Portsmouth 16th Watford 13th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Portsmouth will score 1 or more goals
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Watford scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Portsmouth have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-7
Watford’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Portsmouth
PG (predicted goals)
Watford
1.5
1
Attack rating
POR
WAT
1%
better
view stats
Games scored29
33
Failed to score14
10
Scored first16
16
Goals scored55
51
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for1.3
1.3
KickOff rating
+1%
Defence rating
POR
WAT
11%
better
view stats
Games conceded34
31
Clean sheets9
12
Conceded first23
24
Goals conceded69
57
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against17%
14%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.4
KickOff rating
+11%

Portsmouth v Watford Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
44111411
C OgilvieC BishopJ MurphyM Pack
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Schmid GLK352
2
-
J Williams DEF19
6
-
R Poole DEF261
5
-
R Atkinson DEF1321
4
-
C Ogilvie DEF4441
5
-
F Potts MID3614
7
-
I Hayden MID16
2
-
M Ritchie MID3851
7
-
A Aouchiche MID1211
2
-
J Murphy MID41714
7
-
C Bishop FWD31113
3
-
Subs
J Archer GLK2
-
C Shaughnessy DEF81
2
-
C Bramall DEF12
2
-
T Devlin MID331
2
-
M Pack MID401
10
1
A Dozzell MID3821
11
-
K Yengi FWD14
2
-
C Saydee FWD282
5
-
C Lang  FWD31103
11
-
Watford Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4110412
M PollockV BayoI Louza I Louza 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Selvik GLK15
2
-
R Andrews DEF3732
4
-
K Keben DEF5
1
F Carvallo DEF33
9
-
C Wiley DEF91
-
T Dele-Bashiru MID274
-
P Dwomoh MID8
1
-
T Ince MID3211
1
-
I Louza  MID3224
12
-
R Vata MID3234
-
M. Doumbia FWD182
2
-
Subs
A. Marriott GLK
-
J Ngakia DEF281
6
-
M Pollock DEF4424
8
-
J Morris DEF18
3
-
J Abankwah DEF18
3
1
Z. Massiah-Edwards MID3
-
L. Ramirez-Espain MID
-
V Bayo FWD4010
5
1