Watford 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 21 January 2026
Result
Watford 1-1 Portsmouth
Championship · Wednesday 21 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Watford 1-1 Portsmouth: match report
Watford drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 21 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Adrian Segecic opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Watford's goal came from Mamadou Doumbia (79'). Portsmouth scored through Adrian Segecic (73').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 8th on 41 points from 26 and Portsmouth 22nd on 28 points from 25. Watford went on to finish that season 16th with 57 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 55.
Watford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hector Kyprianou of Watford (7.5), level with Regan Poole (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 1 draw and 4 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Portsmouth's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Andre Dozzell
- 73'Goal · Adrian Segecic
- 79'Goal · Mamadou Doumbia
- 90+10'Yellow card · Nestory Irankunda
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Egil Selvik, Jeremy Ngakia, Mattie Pollock, James Abankwah, Marc Bola, Hector Kyprianou, Imrân Louza, Othmane Maamma, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Tom Ince, Luca Kjerrumgaard
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Zak Swanson, Andre Dozzell, Ebou Adams, Adrian Segečić, Conor Mark Chaplin, Millenic Alli, Colby Bishop