Match Centre: Watford vs Portsmouth
Kayembe 57′ (p)Vata 90+5′Baah 90+8′Red card 90+8′
Swanson 11′
Player of the match Zak Swanson 8.0
GolVolt rating 8.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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0:1 → 2:1
Watford came from behind to win.
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90+5'
The winner came late: Rocco Vata (Watford).
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8 → 6
Watford climb 2 places in the table. Portsmouth: 20 → 21.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Winner at 90+5′.
- Dramaweight 50% Winner at 90+5′, comeback from 0:1.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.9 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Vata scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 6.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Not much was at stake yet. Stakes: 2.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 2.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.9more watchable than 89% of Championship matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals16 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 11' Goal: Zak SwansonPortsmouth0:1
- 30' Kwadwo Baahyellow card
- 30' Watfordyellow card
- Half-time · 0:1
- 46' Substitution
- 46' Substitution
- 57' Goal: Edo Kayembepenalty1:1
- 57' Marlon Packyellow card
- 57' Portsmouthyellow card
- 59' Edo Kayembeyellow card
- 59' Watfordyellow card
- 59' Nicolas Schmidyellow card
- 59' Portsmouthyellow card
- 60' Josh Murphyyellow card
- 60' Portsmouthyellow card
- 64' Callum Langyellow card
- 64' Portsmouthyellow card
- 71' SubstitutionAndrews for Ngakia
- 75' Zak Swansonyellow card
- 78' SubstitutionDevlin for Swanson
- 79' SubstitutionMoxon for Lang
- 82' SubstitutionBayo for Jebbison
- 87' SubstitutionSissoko for Kayembe
- 90' Owen Moxonyellow card
- 90+5' Goal: Rocco VataWatford2:1
- 90+8' Kwadwo Baahred card
- 90+8' Watfordred card
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Watford
Portsmouth
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Watford
- 23 Jonathan Bond GK —
- 3 Francisco Sierralta DEF —
- 36 Festy Ebosele DEF —
- 45 Ryan Andrews DEF on
- 7 Tom Ince MID —
- 14 Pierre Dwomoh MID —
- 17 Moussa Sissoko MID on
- 11 Rocco Vata ATT —
- 19 Vakoun Bayo ATT on
Portsmouth
- 31 Jordan Archer GK —
- 16 Tom McIntyre DEF —
- 17 Owen Moxon MID on
- 24 Terry Devlin MID on
- 25 Abdoulaye Kamara MID —
- 15 Christian Saydee ATT —
- 18 Elias Sørensen ATT —
- 20 Sam Silvera ATT —
- 32 Paddy Lane ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Vicarage Road, Watford
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Portsmouth Zak Swanson
- 2. place · Watford Mattie Pollock
- 3. place · Watford Rocco Vata
Watford
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Watford
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