On Boxing Day Watford host a Portsmouth side that are fresh off the back of a moral boosting 4-1 victory over Coventry City.
The Hornets sit in the Championship's top eight with 34 points and are just one point off Middlesborough in sixth.
Pompey have spent large parts of the season in the bottom three but have recently found some good form at home that has lifted them above the dotted line, they currently sit 20th.
Watford have won their last three home league games against Portsmouth, although this is their first meeting since a 2-0 win back in November 2011.