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 15 games · 8 pts (2026/27)
Portsmouth FC 15 games · 22 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Adam Herczeg

7 games this season 🟨 4.4/game ⚽ 11.9 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Birmingham City FC	15	29
2	Middlesbrough FC	15	29
3	Stoke City FC	15	29
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	15	28
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	15	28
6	Swansea City AFC	15	26
7	Southampton FC	15	24
8	Queens Park Rangers FC	15	24
9	West Ham United FC	15	23
10	Sheffield United FC	15	22
11	Portsmouth FC	15	22
12	Norwich City FC	15	21
13	Blackburn Rovers FC	15	21
14	Cardiff City FC	15	18
15	Wrexham AFC	15	18
16	Millwall FC	15	18
17	Bristol City FC	15	18
18	Bolton Wanderers FC	15	17
19	Charlton Athletic FC	15	17
20	Watford FC	15	15
21	Lincoln City FC	15	15
22	Burnley FC	15	10
23	Derby County FC	15	10
24	Preston North End FC	15	8

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
#24	Position	#11
8	Points	22
15	Played	15
2 / 2 / 11	W / D / L	6 / 4 / 5
13	Scored	20
30	Conceded	18
-17	GD	+2
0.53	PPG	1.47
13%	Win %	40%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Preston North End FC this season

27% Clean Sheets
Portsmouth FC this season

Preston North End FC are 24th (8 pts). Portsmouth FC are 11th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Preston North End FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/6

46-60

1/3

61-75

–/4

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portsmouth FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/5

46-60

3/4

61-75

2/3

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Preston North End FC

Callum Lang	4 G
Jordan Thompson	1 G
Jusef Erabi	1 G

Portsmouth FC

Terry Devlin	4 G
Marko Milovanovic	3 G
Adrian Segecic	2 G	2 A
Ebou Adams	2 G	1 A
Ryan Kavuma-McQueen	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Portsmouth FC get us underway at .
Portsmouth FC will have plenty to reflect on. Preston North End FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Preston North End FC Lineups

Portsmouth FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

0.79 Preston North End FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 Portsmouth FC xG

I would bet for: Portsmouth FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC28% Draw29% Portsmouth FC43%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes42% 0% No58%

Avg goals/match: 2.17

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	64%	36%
± 2.5	37%	63%
± 3.5	18%	82%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

Preston North End FC or Draw

57%

Draw or Portsmouth FC

72%

Preston North End FC or Portsmouth FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Preston North End FC15% Draw52% Portsmouth FC33%

Actual: Preston North End FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 1

14.7%

0 – 0

13.7%

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 2

10.5%

1 – 2

8.3%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 3

4.8%

2 – 1

4.7%

1 – 3

3.9%

2 – 2

3.4%

2 – 0

3.4%

0 – 4

1.7%

Asian Handicap — Preston North End FC

Handicap	Preston North End FC covers	Push	Portsmouth FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	14%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	25%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	15%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet

46% ✓

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