Championship
— Matchday 3
Bristol City
2 – 1
Portsmouth
1X2
Bristol City
42.3%
Draw
28.4%
Portsmouth
29.3%
Over/Under 2.5
Over 2.5
50.8%
Under 2.5
49.2%
BTTS
Both Score
55.9%
No
44.1%
Model Reasoning
Bristol City favoured (42%)
Key factors:
• Bristol City's defence is weakened with 3 defender(s) out.
• A slight edge in expected goals for Bristol City (1.5 vs 1.2).
• Playing at home is a factor in Bristol City's favour.
• Portsmouth are missing key defender Jacob Farrell (Groin injury).
Most likely scoreline: 1-1.
Model: dixon-coles-v6-reg
Recent Form
Bristol City
W
W
L
L
W
Portsmouth
L
L
W
D
D
Squad News
Bristol City
- Injured Cameron Pring Defender · Ankle injury
- Injured Luke McNally Defender · Cruciate ligament injury
Portsmouth
- Injured Franco Umeh Attacker · Tendon irritation
- Injured Márk Kosznovszky Midfielder · Knee injury
Confirmed Lineups
Bristol City
4-2-3-1
- Sam Tickle
- Rob Dickie
- Lisav Naif Eissat
- Rio Cardines
- George Tanner
- Jason Knight
- Joe Williams
- Jed Wallace
- Yu Hirakawa
- Scott Twine
- Lorent Tolaj
Substitutes
- Dom Ballard
- Noah Eile
- Tomi Horvat
- Sam Greenwood
- Adam Randell
- Gibson Yah
- Brad Collins
Portsmouth
4-2-3-1
- Nicolas Schmid
- Conor Shaughnessy
- Benjamin Arthur
- Zak Swanson
- Terry Devlin
- Rocco Shein
- Marlon Pack
- Abu Kamara
- Ryan Kavuma-McQueen
- Adrian Segečić
- Colby Bishop
Substitutes
- John Swift
- Regan Poole
- Marko Milovanović
- Daniel Bielica
- Ebou Adams
- Madiodio Dia
- Harvey Blair
Season Stats
8
Played
7
13
Points
8
11
Goals Scored
9
12
Goals Conceded
10
-1
Goal Diff
-1
1
Clean Sheets
2
Head to Head
1 match played
Bristol City
Draws
Portsmouth
Last meeting (1 Jan 2026): 5-0
Prediction vs Result
1X2
1 (42%)
1
✓
Over/Under 2.5
Over (51%)
Over
✓
BTTS
Yes (56%)
Yes
✓
Match Statistics
1
HT Score
0