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Portsmouth 1-0 Watford · Championship

Portsmouth beat Watford 1-0 in the Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Portsmouth and Watford met in the Championship on Monday, 21 April 2025.

Goalscorers

Portsmouth: C. Bishop 25'. Watford did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 7 yellow cards (4 for Portsmouth, 3 for Watford) and 1 red card.

Line-ups

Portsmouth started in a 4-2-3-1: Nicolas Schmid, Jordan Lee Williams, Regan Poole, Robert Atkinson, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Isaac Hayden, Matt Ritchie, Adil Aouchiche, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop.

Watford started in a 4-2-3-1: Egil Selvik, Ryan Andrews, Kévin Keben Biakolo, Francisco Sierralta, Caleb Wiley, Imrân Louza, Pierre Dwomoh, Tom Ince, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Rocco Vata, Mamadou Doumbia.

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Minute by minute

  1. 25'Goal! Portsmouth 1-0 Watford. C. Bishop (Portsmouth) scores.
  2. 45'Half-time. Portsmouth 1-0 Watford.
  3. 57'Red card! K. K. Biakolo (Watford) is sent off for professional foul last man.
  4. 90'Full-time. Portsmouth 1-0 Watford.
Full commentary (52 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Portsmouth vs Watford.
  2. 3'Attempt missed. C. Bishop (Portsmouth), header. xG 0.07.
  3. 4'Attempt saved. M. Ritchie (Portsmouth), header from a throw-in. xG 0.16.
  4. 4'Attempt saved. M. Ritchie (Portsmouth), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.17.
  5. 7'Attempt blocked. J. Murphy (Portsmouth), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  6. 19'Attempt saved. T. Dele-Bashiru (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  7. 21'Attempt missed. J. Murphy (Portsmouth), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  8. 25'Goal! Portsmouth 1-0 Watford. C. Bishop (Portsmouth) scores.
  9. 25'Attempt saved. C. Bishop (Portsmouth), header. xG 0.44.
  10. 27'Yellow card for C. Bishop (Portsmouth) for foul.
  11. 30'Attempt missed. J. Murphy (Portsmouth), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  12. 31'Attempt blocked. R. Vata (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  13. 36'Attempt missed. R. Andrews (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  14. 38'Attempt saved. I. Louza (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  15. 44'Yellow card for A. Aouchiche (Portsmouth) for time wasting.
  16. 45'Attempt missed. P. Dwomoh (Watford), header from a corner. xG 0.20.
  17. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  18. 45'Half-time. Portsmouth 1-0 Watford.
  19. 46'The second half is under way.
  20. 46'Substitution, Portsmouth: C. Saydee comes on for A. Aouchiche.
  21. 49'Attempt saved. M. Ritchie (Portsmouth), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  22. 50'Attempt missed. R. Vata (Watford), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.03.
  23. 50'Attempt blocked. R. Atkinson (Portsmouth), header from a corner. xG 0.05.
  24. 52'Substitution, Portsmouth: T. Devlin comes on for J. Williams.
  25. 53'Yellow card for P. Dwomoh (Watford) for argument.
  26. 55'Attempt saved. C. Bishop (Portsmouth), header from a corner. xG 0.55.
  27. 56'Attempt saved. J. Murphy (Portsmouth), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.36.
  28. 56'Attempt blocked. T. Ince (Watford), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.05.
  29. 57'Red card! K. K. Biakolo (Watford) is sent off for professional foul last man.
  30. 59'Substitution, Watford: M. Pollock comes on for R. Vata.
  31. 59'Attempt missed. C. Bishop (Portsmouth), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.08.
  32. 59'Attempt saved. J. Murphy (Portsmouth), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.06.
  33. 63'Attempt missed. C. Bishop (Portsmouth), header. xG 0.53.
  34. 64'Yellow card for F. Potts (Portsmouth) for foul.
  35. 64'Attempt blocked. P. Dwomoh (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  36. 65'Substitution, Watford: J. Ngakia comes on for R. Andrews.
  37. 65'Substitution, Watford: J. Abankwah comes on for F. Sierralta.
  38. 67'Yellow card for I. Louza (Watford) for foul.
  39. 68'Attempt blocked. R. Poole (Portsmouth), header from a set piece. xG 0.02.
  40. 72'Attempt saved. P. Dwomoh (Watford), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  41. 76'Substitution, Portsmouth: K. Yengi comes on for C. Bishop.
  42. 83'Substitution, Watford: V. Bayo comes on for P. Dwomoh.
  43. 83'Attempt blocked. J. Murphy (Portsmouth), left-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  44. 87'Substitution, Portsmouth: C. Lang comes on for J. Murphy.
  45. 87'Substitution, Portsmouth: C. Shaughnessy comes on for R. Poole.
  46. 90'10 minutes of added time.
  47. 90+2'Attempt blocked. J. Ngakia (Watford), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  48. 90+5'Yellow card for C. Lang (Portsmouth) for argument.
  49. 90+6'Attempt saved. C. Saydee (Portsmouth), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  50. 90+6'Attempt saved. C. Lang (Portsmouth), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
  51. 90+8'Yellow card for M. Pollock (Watford) for argument.
  52. 90'Full-time. Portsmouth 1-0 Watford.
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