Friday , 2 October 2026

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

Championship · 2025-26
Coventry City FC
5 – 1
Full Time
Portsmouth FC
Tue 21 Apr 2026 · 18:45 UTC Coventry Building Society Arena 31,182 HT 45' · FT 45'
Haji Wright 12' 1–0
Ephron Mason-Clark 47' 2–0
Regan Poole og 50' 3–0
3–1 69' Adrian Segecic
Ephron Mason-Clark 76' 4–1
Kaine Kesler 90+1' 5–1
Y 35' Madiodio Dia

Overview

Match Preview

Coventry City FC vs Portsmouth FC — Championship at Coventry Building Society Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee
  • Assistant 1
  • Assistant 2 George Byrne
4 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 6.3 goals/game

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

4
1
3
Coventry City FC 8 games · Avg 3.3 goals Portsmouth FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-21 Coventry City FC 5–1 Portsmouth FC 2025-10-21 Portsmouth FC 1–2 Coventry City FC 2025-04-09 Coventry City FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC 2024-12-21 Portsmouth FC 4–1 Coventry City FC 2020-02-11 Coventry City FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC

Recent Form

Coventry City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Apr Portsmouth FC H 5–1 W
17 Apr Blackburn Rovers FC A 1–1 D
11 Apr Sheffield Wednesday FC H 0–0 D
06 Apr Hull City AFC A 0–0 D
03 Apr Derby County FC H 3–2 W
21 Mar Swansea City AFC A 3–0 W
Portsmouth FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Apr Coventry City FC A 1–5 L
18 Apr Leicester City FC H 1–0 W
14 Apr Ipswich Town FC H 2–0 W
11 Apr Middlesbrough FC A 1–0 W
06 Apr Oxford United FC H 2–2 D
03 Apr Norwich City FC A 1–1 D

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)
63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
29% Clean Sheets
Portsmouth FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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)

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' Coventry City FC have kicked off against Portsmouth FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Coventry City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 12' GOAL! Haji Wright scores on 12. Assisted by Jack Rudoni
  • 17' Portsmouth FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 22' Jack Rudoni is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Coventry City FC tonight.
  • 27' Coventry City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 32' Liam Kitching has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 38 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' Madiodio Dia catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 35.
  • 40' Ebou Adams is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Coventry City FC so far.
  • 45' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 46' Another change for Portsmouth FC made on 46 minute. Madiodio Dia leaves to be changed by Conor Shaughnessy.
  • 47' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ephron Mason-Clark makes no mistake. 2-0!
  • 50' Regan Poole does the damage! The net is bulging and Portsmouth FC surge ahead!
  • 55' The 30-year-old Conor Shaughnessy has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 60' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Coventry City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 62' Luke le Roux is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ebou Adams at the 62 minute mark.
  • 64' Coventry City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Victor Torp is hanging Frank Onyeka on the field on 64 minute.
  • 69' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Adrian Segecic makes it 2-2.
  • 74' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 75' Coventry City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kaine Kesler is hanging Milan van Ewijk on the field on 75 minute.
  • 76' A goal from the England international Ephron Mason-Clark! He fires home on 76 to make it 3-2!
  • 77' Another substitution for Portsmouth FC to replace Conor Chaplin by Harvey Blair on 77 minute.
  • 82' It is a cagey affair so far. Coventry City FC in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Portsmouth FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
  • 84' Fresh legs for Portsmouth FC! Jacob Brown comes on to replace Colby Bishop.
  • 89' Jay Dasilva needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Coventry City FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Coventry City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank Lampard

Portsmouth FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Mousinho

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Callum Lang 4
Matt Godden 2
Ronan Curtis 2
Ephron Mason-Clark 2
Jordy Hiwula 2
Michael Rose 1
Norman Bassette 1
Ronan Curtis 1

Head to Head

2026-04-21 Coventry City FC 5–1 Portsmouth FC 2025-10-21 Portsmouth FC 1–2 Coventry City FC 2025-04-09 Coventry City FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC 2024-12-21 Portsmouth FC 4–1 Coventry City FC 2020-02-11 Coventry City FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC

Coventry City FC Form

2026-04-21 Coventry City FC 5–1 Portsmouth FC W 2026-04-17 Blackburn Rovers FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-11 Coventry City FC 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2026-04-06 Hull City AFC 0–0 Coventry City FC D 2026-04-03 Coventry City FC 3–2 Derby County FC W 2026-03-21 Swansea City AFC 0–3 Coventry City FC W

Portsmouth FC Form

2026-04-21 Coventry City FC 5–1 Portsmouth FC L 2026-04-18 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Leicester City FC W 2026-04-14 Portsmouth FC 2–0 Ipswich Town FC W 2026-04-11 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Portsmouth FC W 2026-04-06 Portsmouth FC 2–2 Oxford United FC D 2026-04-03 Norwich City FC 1–1 Portsmouth FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.93 Coventry City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.07 Portsmouth FC xG
I would bet for: Coventry City FC to win 57% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Coventry City FC57% Draw23% Portsmouth FC20%
Actual: Coventry City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes56% 0% No44%
Avg goals/match: 3
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Coventry City FC or Draw
80%
Draw or Portsmouth FC
43%
Coventry City FC or Portsmouth FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Coventry City FC40% Draw43% Portsmouth FC17%
Actual: Coventry City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–1 not predicted
5 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
11.1%
2 – 1
9.5%
2 – 0
9.1%
1 – 0
8.9%
0 – 0
6.7%
3 – 1
6.1%
3 – 0
5.7%
1 – 2
5.3%
2 – 2
5.1%
0 – 1
4.5%
3 – 2
3.4%
4 – 1
3%

Asian Handicap — Coventry City FC

Handicap Coventry City FC covers Push Portsmouth FC covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 17% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 23% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 12% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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