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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 37)
Watford
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Ionut Andrei RADU71Josh GRIFFITHS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
MARIO Gaspar Pérez Martķnez2Kieron FREEMAN
James MORRIS837Kaoru MITOMA
Imran LOUZA847Joe MORRELL
William TROOST-EKONG85Sean RAGGETT
Christian KABASELE6Aaron CRESSWELL
Will HUGHES7Marlon PACK
JOĆO PEDRO Junqueira de Jesus78Reeco HACKETT-FAIRCHILD
Keinan DAVIS797Jordan HUGILL
Britt ASSOMBALONGA10Louis THOMPSON
Emmanuel Bonaventure DENNIS611Jayden REID
Manager
Ken SEMA12Zak SWANSON
Karl DARLOW13Alex BASS
Joseph HUNGBO146Connor OGILVIE
Rey MANAJ15Clark ROBERTSON
Mattie POLLOCK16Denver HUME

Watford 3 Portsmouth 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 20,638, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Clive PENTON 6½)
5 Davis, 26 Morris, 72 Joćo PedroScorers58 Hugill
Substitutions57 Freeman <=> Ogilvie
Sendings off67 Thompson
Bookings37 Thompson, 54 Hackett-Fairchild
12Corners2
7Fouls22
1Offsides13
7Shots on4
15Shots off6
22Total shots10
4Shots saved3
56%Possession44%
Man of the match: James MORRIS
1An outswinging corner was headed into the arms of the Portsmouth 'keeper by ASSOMBALONGA.
1JOĆO PEDRO waltzed away from HACKETT-FAIRCHILD and flicked a weak shot over.
5GOAL!! A quick-witted DAVIS pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (1-0 Watford)
9HUGHES knocked the ball to DAVIS who flicked it inches over.
19DAVIS booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just outside the area.
22GRIFFITHS was able to claw away a weak shot from DENNIS.
25RADU did well to hold onto a wicked shot from HUGILL.
26GOAL!! A shot from MARIO was kicked off the line only for MORRIS to drive the ball home. (2-0 Watford)
31A lovely effort from JOĆO PEDRO scraped the upright.
32A weak shot from HUGILL rolled agonisingly wide.
32A useful ball from PACK on the right fell to HUGILL who scuffed his effort just beyond the far post.
37A late challenge on MARIO by THOMPSON results in a booking.
40A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming GRIFFITHS.
41RADU dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Portsmouth's REID.
 
50HUGILL ran onto a delightful ball from HACKETT-FAIRCHILD but toe-poked his effort wide of the goal.
54HACKETT-FAIRCHILD receives a yellow card for a bad tackle.
56ASSOMBALONGA beat four Portsmouth players and drove a golden opportunity wide.
58GOAL!! A long ball from THOMPSON had the Watford defence back-pedalling and HUGILL made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (2-1 Watford)
67THOMPSON given his marching orders for a clinical tackle his second bookable offence.
72GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from ASSOMBALONGA shook the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was nodded into the net by JOĆO PEDRO. (3-1 Watford)
73HUGILL headed just beyond the far post.
77A cross from HUGHES left MORRIS in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.