Portsmouth 2-2 Watford: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 1 October 2025

Result

Portsmouth 2-2 Watford

Championship · Wednesday 1 October 2025, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Portsmouth · Watford · Championship predictions

Portsmouth 2-2 Watford: match report

Portsmouth drew with Watford 2-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 October 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Minhyeok Yang opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Minhyeok Yang (5') and Adrian Segecic (79'). Watford scored through Imrân Louza (46') and Rocco Vata (56').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 19th on 8 points from 7 and Watford 18th on 8 points from 7. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Watford 16th with 57.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rocco Vata of Watford (7.9), ahead of Imrân Louza (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 4 for Watford.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Max AlleyneWatford
  • 5'Goal · Minhyeok YangPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Minhyeok YangPortsmouth
  • 43'Yellow card · Jérémy PétrisWatford
  • 46'Goal · Imrân LouzaWatford · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Rocco VataWatford · 1-2
  • 77'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford
  • 77'Yellow card · Egil SelvikWatford
  • 79'Goal · Adrian SegecicPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Mattie PollockWatford
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Josef Bursik, Jordan Williams, Josh Knight, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Marlon Pack, Andre Dozzell, Conor Mark Chaplin, John Swift, Min-hyeok Yang, Colby Bishop

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

Egil Selvik, Max Lewis Rowe Alleyne, Mattie Pollock, James Abankwah, Jérémy Petris, Hector Kyprianou, Moussa Sissoko, Caleb Wiley, Imrân Louza, Vivaldo Semedo, Nestory Irankunda