Stoke City are the outsider at 30% to win against Portsmouth, according to the odds bookmakers offered on this match. Portsmouth meet Stoke City at Fratton Park in round 15 of the Championship.
Current Form - Portsmouth
Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points after 14 matches, with six wins, four draws and four losses and a 19-16 goal record. Their last league match was a 3-1 home win over Swansea, while their last five matches produced three wins and two draws. Portsmouth have scored 1.4 goals per match in that window, matching their season figure, while their 0.6 conceded per match is below the season rate of 1.1. Their expected goals (xG) figure is 1.22 against a league average of 1.44, and their expected goals conceded (xGA) is 1.26 against the same average.
Current Form - Stoke City
Stoke City sit fourth on 26 points after 14 matches, with eight wins, two draws and four losses and a 22-17 goal record. Their last league match ended in a 2-1 win away to Blackburn, and their last five matches brought three wins, one draw and one loss. Their scoring rate in that window was 1.4 goals per match, compared with 1.6 across the season, while their conceded rate fell from 1.2 to 0.8. Stoke City’s expected goals (xG) stands at 1.06 against a league average of 1.44, while their expected goals conceded (xGA) is 1.53.
Head-to-Head Record
The last five meetings averaged 3.8 goals. Portsmouth won two and lost three of those meetings. Last season, Portsmouth won 3-1 at Stoke City, with Stoke City at home.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Portsmouth’s leading scorer is midfielder Terry Devlin, who has four goals, including three in his last four matches and two in the latest match. Forward Thomas Waddingham has two goals, while defender Conor Shaughnessy has one. Colby Bishop, Keshi Anderson and Benjamin Arthur are unavailable for this match; Bishop has a knee injury, Anderson has an overload issue and Arthur has a back injury.
For Stoke City, midfielder Jack McGlynn leads the scoring with four goals and has two assists. Midfielder Ethan Galbraith has three goals and four assists, while defender Ben Wilmot has two goals. Lamine Cisse and Eric Bocat are unavailable, with Bocat listed with an injury. Sam Gallagher is a doubt because of injury after recording two goals and one assist.
Key Numbers
↔️ Red cards: Portsmouth 0 vs Stoke City 2
Portsmouth
➖ Headed goals: 0.07 per match (2nd worst, league average 0.20)
ℹ️ Throw ins: 22.7 per match (3rd most)
Stoke City
➖ Big chance conversion: 20% (worst in the league, league average 35%)
➖ Touches in opposition box: 17.8 per match (2nd worst, league average 23.8)
Match Notes
Portsmouth midfielder Ebou Adams has four yellow cards in 10 appearances across the last 10 matches. Stoke City’s George Hirst came from Portsmouth; he made 40 appearances and scored 13 goals for Portsmouth in one season.
Betting Insights
The odds list 2.5 as the over/under line, with a 44% probability for over and a 51% probability for both teams to score.
Goals implied by the odds: 2.4
These figures come from the odds bookmakers offered on this match, read two days before kickoff.
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