Watford 4-2 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Monday 9 April 2007
Result
Watford 4-2 Portsmouth
Premier League · Monday 9 April 2007, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Watford 4-2 Portsmouth: match report
Watford defeated Portsmouth 4-2 in the Premier League on Monday 9 April 2007. The half-time score was 2-1.
Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Watford's goals came from Hameur Bouazza (28', penalty), Gavin Mahon (45'), T. Priskin (50') and Hameur Bouazza (72'). Portsmouth scored through Matthew Taylor (16') and Arnold Mvuemba (81').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Watford were 20th on 20 points from 32 and Portsmouth 8th on 46 points from 32. Watford went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 0 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Portsmouth's W-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Matthew Taylor
- 28'Penalty goal · Hameur Bouazza
- 45'Goal · Gavin Mahon
- 50'Goal · T. Priskin
- 72'Goal · Hameur Bouazza
- 81'Goal · Arnold Mvuemba
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up
Ben Foster, Jordan Stewart, Clarke Carlisle, Jay DeMerit, Adrian Mariappa, Damien Francis, Gavin Mahon, Steve Kabba, Hameur Bouazza, Tamás Priskin, Tommy Smith
Portsmouth expected line-up
Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Glen Johnson, Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Richard Hughes, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Sulzeer Campbell