Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Sunderland AFC vs Portsmouth FC, Championship 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Championship · 2024-25
Sunderland AFC
1 – 0
Full Time
Portsmouth FC
Sun 5 Jan 2025 · 15:00 UTC Stadium of Light 39,846 HT 45' · FT 45'
Wilson Isidor 7' 1–0
Y 58' Ryley Towler
Y 64' Zak Swanson
R 67' Marlon Pack
Chris Mepham 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sunderland AFC vs Portsmouth FC — Championship at Stadium of Light.

Match Details

  • Referee Thomas Bramall
  • Assistant 1 Marc Perry
  • Assistant 2 Mark Scholes
4 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 8.8 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

5
2
4
Sunderland AFC 11 games · Avg 2.5 goals Portsmouth FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-01-05 Sunderland AFC 1–0 Portsmouth FC 2024-08-31 Portsmouth FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC 2021-10-02 Portsmouth FC 4–0 Sunderland AFC 2021-03-09 Portsmouth FC 0–2 Sunderland AFC 2020-10-24 Sunderland AFC 1–3 Portsmouth FC

Recent Form

Sunderland AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Jan Portsmouth FC H 1–0 W
01 Jan Sheffield United FC H 2–1 W
29 Dec Stoke City FC A 0–1 L
26 Dec Blackburn Rovers FC A 2–2 D
21 Dec Norwich City FC H 2–1 W
14 Dec Swansea City AFC A 3–2 W
Portsmouth FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Jan Sunderland AFC A 0–1 L
01 Jan Swansea City AFC H 4–0 W
29 Dec Bristol City FC A 0–3 L
26 Dec Watford FC A 1–2 L
21 Dec Coventry City FC H 4–1 W
13 Dec Derby County FC A 0–4 L

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
45% 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' What a night it is going to be! Sunderland AFC welcome Portsmouth FC for this crunch clash at Stadium of Light.
  • 5' Portsmouth FC have won 534 goals from 378 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 7' Assisted by Eliezer Mayenda with the perfectly-timed delivery and Wilson Isidor makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 12' 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.
  • 17' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 22' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 27' Over 27 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 32' Sunderland AFC is showing some good football. However, Sunderland AFC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 37' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sunderland AFC and Portsmouth FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 42' Connor Ogilvie is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sunderland AFC so far.
  • 46' The Sunderland AFC bench stirs into life. Aji Alese is withdrawn and Dennis Cirkin gets his opportunity.
  • 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 56' 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.
  • 58' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ryley Towler on 58.
  • 63' It looks like no one’s ball. Sunderland AFC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 64' That is a card for Portsmouth FC. Zak Swanson will be fuming at that decision.
  • 67' That is a card for Portsmouth FC. Marlon Pack will be fuming at that decision.
  • 69' Fresh legs for Portsmouth FC! Terry Devlin comes on to replace Zak Swanson.
  • 74' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portsmouth FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 79' 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.
  • 80' Sunderland AFC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Milan Aleksic is hanging Adil Aouchiche on the field on 80 minute.
  • 85' Anthony Patterson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 4 Yellow cards this season.
  • 87' A tactical swap from Portsmouth FC — Christian Saydee on, Andre Dozzell off on 87 minutes.
  • 90' Sunderland AFC receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
  • 90' Time for substitution for Sunderland AFC. Eliezer Mayenda is replaced by Nazarii Rusyn.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sunderland AFC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Regis Le Bris

Portsmouth FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Mousinho

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
John Marquis 4
Marcus Harness 3
Charlie Wyke 2
Chris Maguire 2
Ben Thompson 1
Gareth Evans 1
Jordan Jones 1
Ronan Curtis 1

Head to Head

2025-01-05 Sunderland AFC 1–0 Portsmouth FC 2024-08-31 Portsmouth FC 1–3 Sunderland AFC 2021-10-02 Portsmouth FC 4–0 Sunderland AFC 2021-03-09 Portsmouth FC 0–2 Sunderland AFC 2020-10-24 Sunderland AFC 1–3 Portsmouth FC

Sunderland AFC Form

2025-01-05 Sunderland AFC 1–0 Portsmouth FC W 2025-01-01 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Sheffield United FC W 2024-12-29 Stoke City FC 1–0 Sunderland AFC L 2024-12-26 Blackburn Rovers FC 2–2 Sunderland AFC D 2024-12-21 Sunderland AFC 2–1 Norwich City FC W 2024-12-14 Swansea City AFC 2–3 Sunderland AFC W

Portsmouth FC Form

2025-01-05 Sunderland AFC 1–0 Portsmouth FC L 2025-01-01 Portsmouth FC 4–0 Swansea City AFC W 2024-12-29 Bristol City FC 3–0 Portsmouth FC L 2024-12-26 Watford FC 2–1 Portsmouth FC L 2024-12-21 Portsmouth FC 4–1 Coventry City FC W 2024-12-13 Derby County FC 4–0 Portsmouth FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.54 Sunderland AFC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.98 Portsmouth FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sunderland AFC53% Draw26% Portsmouth FC21%
Actual: Sunderland AFC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes50% 0% No50%
Avg goals/match: 2.52
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 72%
28%
± 2.5 46%
54%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Sunderland AFC or Draw
79%
Draw or Portsmouth FC
47%
Sunderland AFC or Portsmouth FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sunderland AFC34% Draw48% Portsmouth FC18%
Actual: Sunderland AFC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
10.1%
2 – 0
9.3%
2 – 1
9%
0 – 1
6.8%
1 – 2
5.7%
3 – 0
4.7%
3 – 1
4.7%
2 – 2
4.5%
0 – 2
3.7%
3 – 2
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Sunderland AFC

Handicap Sunderland AFC covers Push Portsmouth FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 15% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 23% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 14% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet
38% ✗
Portsmouth FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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