Watford vs Portsmouth prediction and preview

Championship · Saturday 20 March 2027, 15:00 UTC

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Watford vs Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 20 March 2027, 15:00 UTC · Vicarage Road, Watford

Watford · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Watford vs Portsmouth preview

Watford host Portsmouth in the Championship on Saturday 20 March 2027, kick-off 15:00 UTC at Vicarage Road in Watford. Watford are 20th in the table with 14 points from 14, while Portsmouth go into the round 10th, on 22 points from 14 games.

Watford have collected 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats from their last 5 league games; Portsmouth have 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats over the same stretch. Over their last 6, Watford have scored 1.0 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Portsmouth average 1.7 scored and 0.8 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Watford won 4, 2 games were drawn and Portsmouth won 4. Those games averaged 3.1 goals, 6 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 6. The most recent meeting, on 21 Jan 2026, ended Watford 1-1 Portsmouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
10Portsmouth146441916+322WDWDW
20Watford144281323-1014LWLLW

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Head-to-head

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

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

Federico Ravaglia, Mattie Pollock, Kévin Keben, Marc Bola, Hector Kyprianou, Edo Kayembe, Iker Bravo, Myron Boadu

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

Nicolas Schmid, Regan Poole, Madiodio Dia, Jayden Meghoma, Terry Devlin, Iyad Mohamed, Adrian Segečić, Marko Milovanović

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