📅 26/12/24🕒 15:00🏟️ Vicarage Road🧑⚖️ G. Eltringham
Late Winner90+5'R. VataBiggest Swing+2.20 xT90+5' R. VataCards9
Watford 2-1 Portsmouth — xTears 17.24 (26/12/24)
Watford came back to win 2-1 against Portsmouth on 26 December 2024 during Matchday 23 of EFL Championship. Total damage: 17.24 xTears.
The real swing for Watford arrived through E. Kayembe 57' penalty (+1.67 xT) and R. Vata 90+5' goal (+2.20 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Watford's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase. R. Vata came off the bench and delivered the winning swing. The match lost its cool with 8 yellows and 1 red.
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How it unfolded
Timeline
10'
Goal
0-1Z. Swanson - Portsmouth
57'
Penalty
1-1E. Kayembe - Watford
90+5'
Goal
2-1R. Vata - Watford
90+8'
Red card
K. Baah - Watford
All-out war
🟥
9.04
90+8'
Red card
+1.77 xT
K. Baah - Watford
90'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
O. Moxon - Portsmouth
75'
Yellow card
+0.97 xT
Z. Swanson - Portsmouth
60'
Yellow card
+0.92 xT
J. Murphy - Portsmouth
Absolute chaos
🧨
7.95
90+5'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Vata - Watford
90+8'
Red card
+1.77 xT
K. Baah - Watford
57'
Penalty
+1.67 xT
E. Kayembe - Watford
10'
Goal
+1.41 xT
Z. Swanson - Portsmouth
Late drama
🔥
5.95
90+5'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Vata - Watford
90+8'
Red card
+1.77 xT
K. Baah - Watford
90'
Yellow card
+1.08 xT
O. Moxon - Portsmouth
87'
Substitution
+0.47 xT
M. Sissoko for E. Kayembe - Watford
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
3.44
90+8'
Red card
+1.77 xT
K. Baah - Watford
57'
Penalty
+1.67 xT
E. Kayembe - Watford
Cruelty
😈
2.20
90+5'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Vata - Watford
Crushed hope
💔
2.20
90+5'
Goal
+2.20 xT
R. Vata - Watford
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