Portsmouth FC vs Birmingham City FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Portsmouth FC vs Birmingham City FC — Championship at Fratton Park.
- Portsmouth FC 46 games · 55 pts (2025/26)
- Birmingham City FC 46 games · 64 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee John Brooks
- Assistant 1 Simon Bennett
- Assistant 2 Natalie Aspinall
19 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Birmingham City FC H 1–1 D 25 Apr Stoke City FC A 3–1 W 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 Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Portsmouth FC A 1–1 D 25 Apr Bristol City FC H 2–1 W 22 Apr Preston North End FC H 2–1 W 18 Apr Hull City AFC A 1–1 D 12 Apr Wrexham AFC H 2–0 W 06 Apr Ipswich Town FC A 1–2 L Season Stats
Portsmouth FC Birmingham City FC #18 Position #10 55 Points 64 46 Played 46 14 / 13 / 19 W / D / L 17 / 13 / 16 49 Scored 57 64 Conceded 56 -15 GD +1 1.20 PPG 1.39 30% Win % 37% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history22% Clean Sheets
Portsmouth FC this season22% Clean Sheets
Birmingham City FC this seasonPortsmouth FC are 18th (55 pts). Birmingham City FC are 10th (64 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Portsmouth FC0-152/116-301/231-454/–46-601/361-753/176+3/3■ Scored ■ ConcededBirmingham City FC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-601/–61-751/176+1/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Fratton Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 8' Goal! Adrian Segecic scores his 20 goal in 212 matches.
- 13' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Birmingham City FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 18' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portsmouth FC that had 362 games and scored 460 goals.
- 19' Goal! August Priske scores his 1 goal in 225 matches.
- 24' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 29' It looks surprising Portsmouth FC does not make any changes. Phil Neumann has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 34' Portsmouth FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 38' It’s a booking for Portsmouth FC player. Luke le Roux gets a card.
- 39' Portsmouth FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 44' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for James Beadle suffering a number of foals already.
- 49' Birmingham City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 49.
- 54' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 59' It’s high time John Mousinho made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 63' Birmingham City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 63.
- 68' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 73' Birmingham City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker August Priske scoring 1 goals.
- 78' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 81' It’s a booking for Portsmouth FC player. Adrian Segecic gets a card.
- 82' The referee calls foul for Bright Osayi-Samuel. He receives a card.
- 87' The travelling Birmingham City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.
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Lineups
Portsmouth FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 8
- 30
- 40
- 2
- 21
- 3
- 10
- 27
- 17
- 16
- 14
Bench
- 7
- 6
- 36
- 38
- 5
- 25
- 20
- 28
- 1
Coach John MousinhoBirmingham City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 26
- 5
- 31
- 24
- 28
- 4
- 25
- 14
- 29
- 17
- 23
Bench
- 10
- 21
- 33
- 16
- 37
- 20
- 2
- 7
- 8
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals August Priske 1 Adrian Segecic 1 Head to Head
Portsmouth FC Form
Birmingham City FC Form
2026-05-02 Portsmouth FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2026-04-25 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Bristol City FC W 2026-04-22 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Preston North End FC W 2026-04-18 Hull City AFC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2026-04-12 Birmingham City FC 2–0 Wrexham AFC W 2026-04-06 Ipswich Town FC 2–1 Birmingham City FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.07 Portsmouth FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.37 Birmingham City FC xGI would bet for: Portsmouth FC or Birmingham City FC 71% + Under 2.5 goals 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.44Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 89% 11% ± 1.5 70% 30% ± 2.5 44% 56% ± 3.5 23% 77% ± 4.5 11% 89% Double Chance
Portsmouth FC or Draw 62%Draw or Birmingham City FC 67%Portsmouth FC or Birmingham City FC 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 10.9%0 – 1 10.9%1 – 2 8.4%1 – 0 8.2%0 – 2 7.9%2 – 1 6.6%2 – 0 4.8%2 – 2 4.6%1 – 3 3.9%0 – 3 3.6%3 – 1 2.4%Asian Handicap — Portsmouth FC
Handicap Portsmouth FC covers Push Birmingham City FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 8% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 17% 72% -0.5 28% — 72% +0.5 58% — 42% +1 58% 22% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 13% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Birmingham City FC keeps clean sheet 35% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.