Bristol City FC vs Portsmouth FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Bristol City FC

5 – 0

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Portsmouth FC

Thu 1 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Bristol City FC vs Portsmouth FC — Championship .

Bristol City FC 8 games · 13 pts (2026/27)
Portsmouth FC 7 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee James Bell

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Bristol City FC 6 games · Avg 3.0 goals Portsmouth FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-01 Bristol City FC 5–0 Portsmouth FC 2025-11-29 Portsmouth FC 0–1 Bristol City FC 2024-12-29 Bristol City FC 3–0 Portsmouth FC 2024-12-07 Portsmouth FC 3–0 Bristol City FC 2021-01-10 Bristol City FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC

Recent Form

Bristol City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jan	Portsmouth FC	H	5–0	W
29 Dec	Millwall FC	A	1–2	L
26 Dec	West Bromwich Albion FC	A	2–1	W
20 Dec	Middlesbrough FC	H	2–0	W
13 Dec	Coventry City FC	A	0–1	L
10 Dec	Leicester City FC	H	2–2	D

Portsmouth FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jan	Bristol City FC	A	0–5	L
29 Dec	Charlton Athletic FC	H	2–1	W
26 Dec	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–1	D
20 Dec	Derby County FC	A	1–1	D
13 Dec	Blackburn Rovers FC	H	2–1	W
09 Dec	Swansea City AFC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Bristol City FC		Portsmouth FC
#8	Position	#19
13	Points	8
8	Played	7
4 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 3
11	Scored	9
12	Conceded	10
-1	GD	-1
1.63	PPG	1.14
50%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

13% Clean Sheets
Bristol City FC this season

29% Clean Sheets
Portsmouth FC this season

Bristol City FC are 8th (13 pts). Portsmouth FC are 19th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bristol City FC

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/1

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portsmouth FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

1/5

46-60

1/2

61-75

2/1

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bristol City FC

Dominic Ballard	3 G
Lorent Tolaj	2 G	1 A
Scott Twine	2 G

Portsmouth FC

Marko Milovanovic	2 G
Ebou Adams	1 G	1 A
Adrian Segecic	1 G
Terry Devlin	1 G
Ryan Kavuma-McQueen	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Bristol City FC and Portsmouth FC get this one started.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Bristol City FC players.

Lineups

Bristol City FC Lineups

Portsmouth FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Anis Mehmeti	2
Lorent Tolaj	1
Marko Milovanovic	1
Famara Diedhiou	1
Chris Martin	1
Callum Johnson	1
Josh Murphy	1
Callum Lang	1

Head to Head

Bristol City FC Form

2026-01-01 Bristol City FC 5–0 Portsmouth FC W 2025-12-29 Millwall FC 2–1 Bristol City FC L 2025-12-26 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–2 Bristol City FC W 2025-12-20 Bristol City FC 2–0 Middlesbrough FC W 2025-12-13 Coventry City FC 1–0 Bristol City FC L 2025-12-10 Bristol City FC 2–2 Leicester City FC D

Portsmouth FC Form

2026-01-01 Bristol City FC 5–0 Portsmouth FC L 2025-12-29 Portsmouth FC 2–1 Charlton Athletic FC W 2025-12-26 Portsmouth FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2025-12-20 Derby County FC 1–1 Portsmouth FC D 2025-12-13 Portsmouth FC 2–1 Blackburn Rovers FC W 2025-12-09 Swansea City AFC 1–0 Portsmouth FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.23 Bristol City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.91 Portsmouth FC xG

I would bet for: Bristol City FC to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC64% Draw21% Portsmouth FC15%

Actual: Bristol City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 3.14

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Bristol City FC or Draw

85%

Draw or Portsmouth FC

36%

Bristol City FC or Portsmouth FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Bristol City FC47% Draw40% Portsmouth FC13%

Actual: Bristol City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–0 not predicted

5 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

10.6%

1 – 1

9.6%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

9.2%

3 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

0 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

4.3%

4 – 0

4.3%

4 – 1

1 – 2

3.9%

0 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Bristol City FC

Handicap	Bristol City FC covers	Push	Portsmouth FC covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	20%	57%
-1.5	43%	—	57%
-1	43%	23%	34%
-0.5	66%	—	34%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Bristol City FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.