Preston North End FC vs Portsmouth FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 7 Feb 2026 · 15:01 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Preston North End FC vs Portsmouth FC — Championship .

Preston North End FC 8 games · 4 pts (2026/27)
Portsmouth FC 7 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Adam Herczeg

5 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 11.8 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

Preston North End FC 4 games · Avg 2.3 goals Portsmouth FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-02-07 Preston North End FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC 2025-08-30 Portsmouth FC 1–0 Preston North End FC 2025-03-15 Preston North End FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC 2024-11-09 Portsmouth FC 3–1 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Feb	Portsmouth FC	H	1–0	W
31 Jan	Ipswich Town FC	A	1–1	D
24 Jan	Middlesbrough FC	A	0–4	L
20 Jan	Hull City AFC	H	0–3	L
17 Jan	Derby County FC	H	0–1	L
09 Jan	Wigan Athletic FC	H	0–1	L

Portsmouth FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Feb	Preston North End FC	A	0–1	L
31 Jan	West Bromwich Albion FC	H	3–0	W
25 Jan	Southampton FC	H	1–1	D
21 Jan	Watford FC	A	1–1	D
17 Jan	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	1–0	W
11 Jan	Arsenal FC	H	1–4	L

Season Stats

Preston North End FC		Portsmouth FC
#23	Position	#19
4	Points	8
8	Played	7
1 / 1 / 6	W / D / L	2 / 2 / 3
8	Scored	9
15	Conceded	10
-7	GD	-1
0.50	PPG	1.14
13%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

29% Clean Sheets
Portsmouth FC this season

Preston North End FC are 23rd (4 pts). Portsmouth FC are 19th (8 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/3

76+

2/6

■ 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)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	3 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Preston North End FC to score. At the same time, Portsmouth FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Preston North End FC players.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Portsmouth FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Colby Bishop	2
Emil Riis Jakobsen	1
Josh Murphy	1
Connor Ogilvie	1
Ryan Porteous	1
Stefan Teitur Thordarson	1

Head to Head

Preston North End FC Form

2026-02-07 Preston North End FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC W 2026-01-31 Ipswich Town FC 1–1 Preston North End FC D 2026-01-24 Middlesbrough FC 4–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-01-20 Preston North End FC 0–3 Hull City AFC L 2026-01-17 Preston North End FC 0–1 Derby County FC L 2026-01-09 Preston North End FC 0–1 Wigan Athletic FC L

Portsmouth FC Form

2026-02-07 Preston North End FC 1–0 Portsmouth FC L 2026-01-31 Portsmouth FC 3–0 West Bromwich Albion FC W 2026-01-25 Portsmouth FC 1–1 Southampton FC D 2026-01-21 Watford FC 1–1 Portsmouth FC D 2026-01-17 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0–1 Portsmouth FC W 2026-01-11 Portsmouth FC 1–4 Arsenal FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.94 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Portsmouth FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Portsmouth FC 70% + Under 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC32% Draw30% Portsmouth FC38%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.25

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	66%	34%
± 2.5	39%	61%
± 3.5	20%	80%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

61%

Draw or Portsmouth FC

68%

Preston North End FC or Portsmouth FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC19% Draw51% Portsmouth FC30%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.9%

0 – 0

12.8%

0 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

8.7%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

5.9%

2 – 0

4.5%

2 – 2

0 – 3

3.7%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 1

1.9%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Portsmouth FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	7%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	16%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	23%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	13%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

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