Championship · Matchday 28 · Wednesday, 21 January 2026 · Full time
Vicarage Road, Watford
Match stats
Watford v Portsmouth
- 56%Possession44%
- 0.8Expected goals (xG)0.64
- 15Shots10
- 4On target2
- 3Off target3
- 6Shots in the box5
- 9Shots outside the box5
- 8Blocked shots5
- 8Corners7
- 449Passes359
- 82%Pass accuracy77%
- 9Fouls12
- 1Offsides2
- 1Yellow cards1
- 1Saves3
- 0.24Goals prevented (keeping)0.24
Referee
25.1
Fouls / game
3.9
Yellows / game
0.2
Reds / game
0.1
Pens / game
Average across the 27 of 27 games we hold full stats for (both teams combined). Penalties scored, shootouts excluded.
Timeline
- M. Pollock for K. Keben46′
- G. Chakvetadze for M. Doumbia46′
- 46′Z. Swanson for J. Williams
- 51′Andre Dozzell
- O. Maamma for R. Vata64′
- 73′A. Segecic C. Chaplin
- M. Doumbia L. Kjerrumgaard79′
- J. Abankwah for E. Kayembe81′
- T. Ince for N. Irankunda81′
- 83′T. Devlin for J. Farrell
- Nestory Irankunda90+10′
- 90+3′E. Adams for I. Bowat
- 90+6′M. Alli for J. Swift
- 90+3′A. Segecic for L. Le Roux
Line-ups
Watford4-2-3-1
Manager Javier Gracia Carlos
Bench: N. Baxter, K. Keben, R. Vata, V. Semedo, M. Doumbia, J. Morris, K. Baah, E. Kayembe, N. Irankunda
Top performers
- 1
Hector KyprianouWatford7.3 - 2
Mamadou DoumbiaWatford7.3 - 3
Zak SwansonPortsmouth7.3 - 4
Rocco VataWatford7.2 - 5
Regan PoolePortsmouth7.2 - 6
Jeremy NgakiaWatford7.0