Watford vs Portsmouth prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2024-12-25 15:00.
[p]The match will feature Watford and Portsmouth in the Championship during round 23. The game will take place at Vicarage Road in Watford.[/p]
[p]Watford has played 21 matches, winning ten, drawing four, and losing seven, with a total score of 30:28. At home, they have played ten matches, winning eight and drawing two, with a total score of 15:5. In their last competitive match, Watford faced Burnley and lost with a score of 2:1. Key players for Watford include Giorgi Chakvetadze and Imran Louza, both selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament, and Matthew Pollock, who did not miss any minute in last five matches.[/p]
[p]Portsmouth has played 20 matches, winning four, drawing eight, and losing eight, with a total score of 25:35. Away from home, they have played ten matches, winning one and drawing four, with a total score of 12:24. In their last competitive match, Portsmouth faced Coventry and won with a score of 4:1. Key players for Portsmouth include Callum Lang, who stands on shared 3rd to 4th place in the top scorers table with nine goals, and Josh Murphy, selected based on average rating of last five matches in the tournament. Absences for Portsmouth include Regan Poole due to injury, Conor Shaughnessy with a calf injury, and Jordan Williams with a leg injury.[/p]
[p]In the last five matches between Watford and Portsmouth in the tournament, Watford won three times and Portsmouth won twice. The last match between these teams took place in January 2012, where Portsmouth won with a score of 2:0.[/p]
[p]The offence of Watford is good and is better than offence of Portsmouth. Portsmouth has scored 25 goals (shared 13th to 15th position in the competition) so far. Watford has scored 30 goals (6th in the competition) so far. The defence of Watford is good and is better than the defence of Portsmouth. Watford has conceded 28 goals (shared 9th to 13th position in the competition) so far. Portsmouth has conceded 35 goals (21st in the competition) so far.[/p]
[p]Teams Performance Metrics[/p]
[p] – Portsmouth are in the Top 3 teams for the least red cards received in the league this season. In 21 matches they have received 0 red cards (the league average is 1.2). [/p]
[p] – Portsmouth are in the Top 3 teams for the lowest number of goal attempts in the league this season. In 21 matches they have attempted to score 213 times (the league average is 266.0) at an average of 10.1 per match. [/p]
[p] – Portsmouth are in the Top 3 teams for the lowest ball possession in the league this season. In average, they have had 42.9% possession in a match.[/p]
[p]Streaks[/p]
[p] – Watford are unbeaten in the last 7 home league matches against Portsmouth.[/p]
[p] – Portsmouth failed to win 9 out of the last 10 away league matches this season.[/p]
[p] – Watford have won their last 4 home league matches against Portsmouth.[/p]
[p]Betting Tips[/p]
[p] – At least 1 goal was scored in the last 10 H2H league matches between Watford and Portsmouth.[/p]
[p] – Only 2 of the last 10 H2H league matches saw both teams score at least one goal in the 1st half.[/p]
[p] – Only 2 of the last 10 H2H league matches saw Portsmouth score 3 or more goals.[/p]
[p] – At most 5 goals in total (under 5.5).[/p]
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