Watford 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 January 2011
Result
Watford 3-0 Portsmouth
Championship · Saturday 1 January 2011, 17:20 UTC · half-time 1-0
Watford 3-0 Portsmouth: match report
Watford defeated Portsmouth 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 1 January 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.
A. Taylor opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Watford's goals came from A. Taylor (42'), Marvin Sordell (52') and Danny Graham (69'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Watford were 10th on 33 points from 22 and Portsmouth 18th on 28 points from 22. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 61 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 56.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Watford's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Portsmouth's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 42'Goal · A. Taylor
- 52'Goal · Marvin Sordell
- 57'Yellow card · Carl Dickinson
- 69'Goal · Danny Graham
- 74'Yellow card · John Utaka
- 90'Red card · Greg Halford
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up
Scott Loach, Andrew Taylor, Martin Taylor, Adrian Mariappa, Lloyd Doyley, D. Cowie, Will Buckley, Jordon Mutch, Danny Graham, Marvin Sordell, John Mark Eustace
Portsmouth line-up
Jamie Ashdown, Greg Halford, Carl Dickinson, Aaron Mokoena, Joel Ward, Ibrahima Sonko, David Nugent, John Utaka, Nadir Çiftçi, Nwankwo Kanu, Hayden Mullins