Watford 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Thursday 26 December 2024

Result

Watford 2-1 Portsmouth

Championship · Thursday 26 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Watford · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Watford 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Watford defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the Championship on Thursday 26 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

Zak Swanson opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Watford's goals came from Edo Kayembe (57', penalty) and Rocco Vata (90+5'). Portsmouth scored through Zak Swanson (11').

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Portsmouth received 10 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 34 points from 21 and Portsmouth 20th on 20 points from 20. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 57 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

Watford lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zak Swanson of Portsmouth (8.0), ahead of Mattie Pollock (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 0 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

11'Goal · Zak SwansonPortsmouth · 0-1
30'Yellow card · Kwadwo BaahWatford
30'Yellow cardWatford
57'Penalty goal · Edo KayembeWatford · 1-1
57'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
57'Yellow cardPortsmouth
59'Yellow card · Edo KayembeWatford
59'Yellow cardWatford
59'Yellow card · Nicolas SchmidPortsmouth
59'Yellow cardPortsmouth
60'Yellow card · Josh MurphyPortsmouth
60'Yellow cardPortsmouth
64'Yellow card · Callum LangPortsmouth
64'Yellow cardPortsmouth
75'Yellow card · Zak SwansonPortsmouth
90'Yellow card · Owen MoxonPortsmouth
90+5'Goal · Rocco VataWatford · 2-1
90+8'Red card · Kwadwo BaahWatford
90+8'Red cardWatford

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Watford 3, draws 0, Portsmouth 3.

Portsmouth 2-0 WatfordChampionship · 2 Jan 2012
Watford 2-0 PortsmouthChampionship · 19 Nov 2011
Watford 3-0 PortsmouthChampionship · 1 Jan 2011
Portsmouth 3-2 WatfordChampionship · 16 Oct 2010
Watford 4-2 PortsmouthPremier League · 9 Apr 2007
Portsmouth 2-1 WatfordPremier League · 18 Nov 2006

Team news

Unavailable

Ibane BowatPortsmouth · injury (Patellar Tendon Rupture)
Anthony ScullyPortsmouth · injury (Ankle Injury)
Tom Dele-BashiruWatford · injury (Knee Injury)

Watford line-up (3-4-2-1)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Mattie Pollock, James Morris, Jeremy Ngakia, Edo Kayembe, Imrân Louza, Yasser Larouci, Kwadwo Baah, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Daniel Jebbison

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ryley Towler, Connor Ogilvie, Josh Murphy, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Matt Ritchie, Callum Lang, Colby Bishop