Watford vs Portsmouth prediction | 20 Mar 2027 | xGtoday


Watford
Ranking: #361 overall, #47 in England

63.4 → 61.0 (-2.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-0 01 Sep Swansea City (A) 63.0 -0.7
1-0 05 Sep West Brom (A) 63.4 +0.4
2-1 08 Sep Preston (H) 62.5 -0.9
1-2 12 Sep Stoke City (H) 61.4 -1.1
1-0 18 Sep Bristol City (A) 61.0 -0.4
Portsmouth
Ranking: #235 overall, #32 in England

65.7 → 64.8 (-0.9 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 29 Aug Bristol City (A) 64.5 +0.6
0-2 01 Sep Derby (H) 64.4 -0.1
2-0 05 Sep Cardiff City (H) 64.6 +0.2
0-0 12 Sep Charlton (A) 64.3 -0.3
2-2 19 Sep Blackburn (H) 64.8 +0.5

Watford vs Portsmouth: by the numbers

Portsmouth sit 126 places above Watford in our European rankings, and 15 places above them in England.

The recent trend shows Portsmouth on the rise, -0.9 rating points over their last 10 matches, while Watford has gone the other way at -2.4.

Watford lost 0.2 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 21 Jan 2026.

Watford first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 78.8 on 22 Dec 2018.

The highest Portsmouth have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #195, first reached on 3 Apr 2026.