Watford 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 November 2011

Result

Watford 2-0 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 19 November 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Watford · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Watford 2-0 Portsmouth: match report

Watford defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 November 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Michael Kightly opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Watford's goals came from Michael Kightly (2') and Marvin Sordell (45'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 21st on 16 points from 16 and Portsmouth 16th on 19 points from 16. Watford went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Portsmouth's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Michael KightlyWatford · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Marvin SordellWatford · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Dave KitsonPortsmouth
  • 75'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggWatford

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Watford 2, draws 0, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Watford line-up

Scott Loach, Lee Hodson, Carl Dickinson, Adrian Mariappa, Nyron Nosworthy, Mark Yeates, Michael Kightly, Prince Bauben, Jonathan Hogg, Marvin Sordell, Chris Iwelumo

Portsmouth line-up

Joel Ward, Ricardo Rocha, Jason Pearce, Greg Halford, Tal Ben Haim, David Norris, Erik Huseklepp, Luke Varney, Dave Kitson, Hayden Mullins, Stephen Henderson