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

Wed 21st Jan, 19:45 BST, Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford and Portsmouth go head to head at the Vicarage Road on Wednesday evening, with both Javier Gracia Carlos and John Mousinho hoping for success in the Championship. Below we've got predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting stats including head-to-heads, and odds from leading bookmakers. All is accessible via the tabs below.


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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

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Watford
64%
--
Draw
21%
--
Portsmouth
14%
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Watford 1-0
13%
--
Watford 2-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Watford 2-1
10%
--
Watford 3-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Watford 3-1
6%
--
Portsmouth 1-0
5%
--
Portsmouth 2-1
4%
--
Watford 4-0
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Watford 4-1
3%
--
Watford 3-2
2%
--
Portsmouth 2-0
2%
--
Watford 5-0
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
59%
--
Away 1st Goal
37%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
46%
--
BTTS - No
54%
--
BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
14%
--
BTTS - Away Win
6%
--
Home/draw
86%
--
Away/draw
36%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
79%
--
Away DNB
29%
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Watford win to nil
40%
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Portsmouth win to nil
8%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Watford have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 6 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Watford have outscored their opponents by 37 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Watford have played 13 games at home winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 1 game. They have scored 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 12 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 21st position in the Championship on 25 points having played 24 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 21 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 7 and won 5. Portsmouth have conceded 31 goals, scored 19, failed to score in 8 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Watford
Portsmouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2615742852 
May 2
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2A
Apr 21
2
M'Boro2613761146 
w
 
3-0F
Apr 25
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
3
Ipswich2512851844 
Feb 24
d
 
1-1F
-
l
 
2-1A
4
Preston26111051143 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 14
w
 
1-0F
Feb 7
5
Millwall261277-443 
Jan 17
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1F
Feb 21
6
Watford251186841 
-
-
d
 
2-2F
Jan 21
7
Hull251258241 
w
 
2-1A
-
Feb 28
l
 
3-2F
8
Stoke2612410940 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 14
l
 
0-1A
Apr 25
9
Wrexham2610106640 
Mar 7
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 24
10
Bristol C261169939 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 27
l
 
0-1A
l
 
5-0A
11
QPR2611510-138 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 3
d
 
1-1F
Mar 21
12
Leicester261079-137 
Mar 21
w
 
1-2A
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
13
Derby26989035 
Feb 21
w
 
2-3A
Mar 14
d
 
1-1F
14
Birmingham269710-134 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
May 2
l
 
4-0A
15
Southampton26899033 
d
 
2-2A
Feb 7
Jan 25
d
 
0-00-0
16
Sheff Utd2510213-232 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Feb 14
l
 
3-0A
17
Swansea269512-632 
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
Mar 10
l
 
1-0A
18
West Brom269413-631 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 21
Jan 31
d
 
1-1A
19
Charlton257810-729 
Apr 6
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Dec 6
20
Blackburn257711-628 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 24
w
 
2-1A
Mar 7
21
Portsmouth246711-1425 
Jan 21
d
 
2-2A
-
-
22
Norwich266614-1124 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 3
23
Oxford Utd255713-1022 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 11
Apr 6
w
 
0-1F
24
Sheff Wed251816-33-7 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 10
l
 
0-2A
Jan 17
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Watford 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford3 - 0Birmingham
Watford1 - 0Stoke
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford3 - 2Norwich
Watford1 - 1Preston
Watford1 - 1Bristol C
Watford3 - 0M'Boro
Watford2 - 1West Brom
Watford2 - 1Oxford Utd
Watford2 - 1Hull
Watford0 - 1Blackburn
Watford2 - 2Southampton
Watford2 - 1QPR
Watford1 - 1Sheff Wed
Watford1 - 2Burnley
Watford1 - 0Hull
Watford0 - 0Plymouth
Watford1 - 0Swansea
Watford1 - 2Millwall
Watford2 - 0Luton
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWatford3 - 0Birmingham
AWatford1 - 0Norwich
AWatford2 - 1Leicester
HWatford1 - 0Stoke
AWatford2 - 2Wrexham
HWatford1 - 1Sheff Wed
HWatford3 - 2Norwich
AWatford1 - 2Birmingham
HWatford1 - 1Preston
AWatford3 - 2Derby
HWatford1 - 1Bristol C
AWatford1 - 1Ipswich
HWatford3 - 0M'Boro
AWatford1 - 3Coventry
HWatford2 - 1West Brom
AWatford0 - 1Sheff Utd
HWatford2 - 1Oxford Utd
AWatford2 - 2Portsmouth
HWatford2 - 1Hull
AWatford0 - 1Millwall
Portsmouth 21ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
Draw
5
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C5 - 0Portsmouth
Derby1 - 1Portsmouth
Swansea1 - 0Portsmouth
Sheff Utd3 - 0Portsmouth
Hull3 - 2Portsmouth
Birmingham4 - 0Portsmouth
Leicester1 - 1Portsmouth
Ipswich2 - 1Portsmouth
Southampton0 - 0Portsmouth
West Brom1 - 1Portsmouth
Oxford Utd0 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed1 - 1Portsmouth
Norwich3 - 5Portsmouth
Coventry1 - 0Portsmouth
Millwall2 - 1Portsmouth
Preston2 - 1Portsmouth
Luton1 - 0Portsmouth
Oxford Utd0 - 2Portsmouth
Sheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
West Brom5 - 1Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APortsmouth0 - 5Bristol C
HPortsmouth2 - 1Charlton
HPortsmouth1 - 1QPR
APortsmouth1 - 1Derby
HPortsmouth2 - 1Blackburn
APortsmouth0 - 1Swansea
HPortsmouth0 - 1Bristol C
APortsmouth0 - 3Sheff Utd
HPortsmouth3 - 1Millwall
APortsmouth2 - 3Hull
HPortsmouth0 - 0Wrexham
APortsmouth0 - 4Birmingham
HPortsmouth0 - 1Stoke
HPortsmouth1 - 2Coventry
APortsmouth1 - 1Leicester
HPortsmouth1 - 0M'Boro
HPortsmouth2 - 2Watford
APortsmouth1 - 2Ipswich
HPortsmouth0 - 2Sheff Wed
APortsmouth0 - 0Southampton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Watford have beaten Portsmouth in 4 consecutive home league meetings
8
Watford have not lost to Portsmouth in 8 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Watford since 1999
Watford
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
18
7
Games: Scored
7 / 8
4 / 8
Clean sheets
4 / 8
1 / 8
WAT
5
D
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Watford
Watford2 - 1
Watford2 - 0
Watford3 - 0
Watford4 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Watford3 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Portsmouth since 1998
Portsmouth
Watford
Goals: Scored
15
11
Games: Scored
8 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
1 / 9
WAT
3
D
1
POR
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Draw2 - 2Draw
Portsmouth1 - 0
Portsmouth2 - 0
Portsmouth3 - 2
Portsmouth2 - 1
Portsmouth3 - 0
0 - 1Watford
1 - 3Watford
1 - 2Watford
Goal Statistics

Watford have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 15 consecutive Championship outings. Their PG of 1.9 against Portsmouth on Wednesday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Watford 6th Portsmouth 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Watford will score 1 or more goals
0
46%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Portsmouth scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Watford’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Portsmouth’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.5
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Watford
PG (predicted goals)
Portsmouth
1.9
0.8
Attack rating
27%
better
WAT
POR
view stats
Games scored21
15
Failed to score4
9
Scored first8
9
Goals scored37
21
Avg. goals scored1.5
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for15
11
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+27%
Defence rating
WAT
POR
2%
better
view stats
Games conceded21
19
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first17
13
Goals conceded29
35
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+2%

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

Watford Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22866
I Louza L KjerrumgaardI Louza H Kyprianou
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Kjerrumgaard FWD238
1
-
H Kyprianou MID221
6
-
I Louza  MID2266
5
1
N Irankunda FWD2223
5
-
M Bola DEF2113
2
-
J Ngakia DEF2124
1
-
M Pollock DEF2011
4
-
M Sissoko MID20
-
E Kayembe MID202
2
-
V Semedo FWD2031
2
-
E Selvik GLK19
1
-
K Keben DEF171
3
-
M. Alleyne DEF16
2
-
M. Doumbia FWD1621
2
-
K Baah FWD1611
4
-
T Ince FWD154
-
J Abankwah DEF12
1
1
O. Maamma FWD1231
1
-
R Vata FWD1022
-
G Chakvetadze MID91
2
-
N Baxter GLK7
-
J Petris DEF7
2
-
N Mendy MID7
-
C Wiley DEF5
-
J Morris DEF2
1
-
F Mendy DEF2
-
P Dwomoh MID1
-
Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23466
A DozzellA SegecicJ MurphyA Dozzell
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Dozzell MID231
6
-
R Poole DEF22
4
-
C Bishop FWD221
2
-
T Devlin DEF1931
1
1
Z Swanson DEF191
3
-
A Segecic MID1941
1
-
C Chaplin FWD191
-
J Williams DEF1811
3
-
J Swift MID1612
6
-
M Pack MID161
5
-
M Kosznovszky MID15
1
-
M. Yang FWD1531
2
-
N Schmid GLK14
-
J Knight DEF14
-
J Murphy FWD146
3
-
C Ogilvie DEF13
2
-
H. Matthews DEF11
1
-
M Kirk FWD111
1
-
F Bianchini FWD101
-
J Bursik GLK9
1
-
C Shaughnessy DEF81
-
L Roux MID8
3
-
C Lang  FWD82
1
-
I Bowat DEF71
1
-
H Blair FWD7
-
T. Waddingham FWD4
1
-
B Killip GLK2
-
F Umeh FWD1
-