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Bristol City v Portsmouth : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 1st Jan, 15:00 BST, Robins High Performance Centre, Somerset

Gerhard Struber's Bristol City side will have home backing in the Championship on Thursday afternoon, as John Mousinho's Portsmouth visit the Robins High Performance Centre. All of the important statistics for the encounter, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 markets are included in this betting preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Bristol C
52%
--
Draw
25%
--
Portsmouth
23%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Bristol C 1-0
12%
--
Bristol C 2-1
10%
--
Bristol C 2-0
10%
--
Portsmouth 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Portsmouth 2-1
6%
--
Bristol C 3-1
5%
--
Bristol C 3-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Portsmouth 2-0
4%
--
Bristol C 3-2
3%
--
Bristol C 4-1
2%
--
Bristol C 4-0
2%
--
Portsmouth 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
42%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
51%
--
BTTS - No
49%
--
BTTS - Home Win
23%
--
BTTS - Draw
17%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
--
Home/draw
77%
--
Away/draw
48%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
70%
--
Away DNB
40%
--
Bristol C win to nil
30%
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Portsmouth win to nil
12%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Bristol C have played 21 matches so far this season and lay in 11th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 3 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Bristol C have outscored their opponents by 28 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Bristol C have played 11 games at home winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 16 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 21st position in the Championship on 20 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Portsmouth have conceded 23 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 4 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol C
Portsmouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry2114523047 
Mar 7
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
Apr 21
2
M'Boro2112631142 
Dec 20
Mar 14
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
3
Preston21984735 
Jan 4
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Feb 7
4
Millwall211056-435 
l
 
0-1A
Dec 29
w
 
3-1F
Feb 21
5
Ipswich219751334 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 20
Jan 4
l
 
2-1A
6
Hull211047134 
w
 
4-2A
Feb 7
Feb 28
l
 
3-2F
7
Stoke211038833 
May 2
l
 
5-1A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 25
8
Leicester21876331 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 10
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
9
QPR21948-531 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 11
Dec 26
Mar 21
10
Southampton21867530 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 21
Jan 25
d
 
0-00-0
11
Bristol C21867430 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Jan 1
12
Derby21867130 
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
Mar 14
Dec 20
13
Birmingham21858429 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 25
May 2
l
 
4-0A
14
Watford21786229 
Feb 27
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2F
Jan 21
15
Wrexham216105128 
Feb 13
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 24
16
West Brom21849-328 
Mar 21
Dec 26
Jan 31
d
 
1-1A
17
Charlton20668-624 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 3
Dec 29
Dec 6
18
Sheff Utd217212-623 
Apr 6
w
 
1-4F
Feb 14
l
 
3-0A
19
Swansea216510-723 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 21
Mar 10
l
 
1-0A
20
Blackburn206410-622 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 24
w
 
2-1A
Mar 7
21
Portsmouth205510-1020 
Jan 1
w
 
0-1F
-
-
22
Oxford Utd214710-819 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
Apr 6
w
 
0-1F
23
Norwich214512-1017 
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 3
24
Sheff Wed201613-25-9 
Jan 24
w
 
0-3F
l
 
0-2A
Jan 17
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Bristol C 11TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol C2 - 2Leicester
Bristol C0 - 1Millwall
Bristol C3 - 0Swansea
Bristol C0 - 1Blackburn
Bristol C1 - 0Birmingham
Bristol C3 - 1Southampton
Bristol C1 - 2QPR
Bristol C1 - 1Ipswich
Bristol C1 - 3Oxford Utd
Bristol C4 - 2Hull
Bristol C0 - 0Charlton
Bristol C0 - 3Sheff Utd
Bristol C2 - 2Preston
Bristol C2 - 1Sunderland
Bristol C2 - 1West Brom
Bristol C2 - 1Watford
Bristol C2 - 1Norwich
Bristol C1 - 1Hull
Bristol C2 - 1M'Boro
Bristol C2 - 0Stoke
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol C0 - 1Coventry
HBristol C2 - 2Leicester
HBristol C0 - 1Millwall
ABristol C1 - 0Portsmouth
ABristol C0 - 2Wrexham
HBristol C3 - 0Swansea
ABristol C1 - 1Watford
HBristol C0 - 1Blackburn
ABristol C1 - 5Stoke
HBristol C1 - 0Birmingham
HBristol C3 - 1Southampton
ABristol C1 - 0Norwich
HBristol C1 - 2QPR
HBristol C1 - 1Ipswich
ABristol C0 - 0Preston
HBristol C1 - 3Oxford Utd
ABristol C3 - 0Sheff Wed
HBristol C4 - 2Hull
ABristol C1 - 1Derby
HBristol C0 - 0Charlton
Portsmouth 21ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swansea1 - 0Portsmouth
Sheff Utd3 - 0Portsmouth
Hull3 - 2Portsmouth
Birmingham4 - 0Portsmouth
Leicester1 - 1Portsmouth
Ipswich2 - 1Portsmouth
Southampton0 - 0Portsmouth
West Brom1 - 1Portsmouth
Oxford Utd0 - 1Portsmouth
Sheff Wed1 - 1Portsmouth
Norwich3 - 5Portsmouth
Coventry1 - 0Portsmouth
Millwall2 - 1Portsmouth
Preston2 - 1Portsmouth
Luton1 - 0Portsmouth
Oxford Utd0 - 2Portsmouth
Sheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
West Brom5 - 1Portsmouth
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Sunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPortsmouth2 - 1Blackburn
APortsmouth0 - 1Swansea
HPortsmouth0 - 1Bristol C
APortsmouth0 - 3Sheff Utd
HPortsmouth3 - 1Millwall
APortsmouth2 - 3Hull
HPortsmouth0 - 0Wrexham
APortsmouth0 - 4Birmingham
HPortsmouth0 - 1Stoke
HPortsmouth1 - 2Coventry
APortsmouth1 - 1Leicester
HPortsmouth1 - 0M'Boro
HPortsmouth2 - 2Watford
APortsmouth1 - 2Ipswich
HPortsmouth0 - 2Sheff Wed
APortsmouth0 - 0Southampton
HPortsmouth1 - 0Preston
APortsmouth1 - 1West Brom
HPortsmouth1 - 2Norwich
APortsmouth1 - 0Oxford Utd
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Bristol C since 1998
Bristol C
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
7
3
Games: Scored
3 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
1 / 4
BCY
2
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Bristol C3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bristol C2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Portsmouth since 1999
Portsmouth
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
6
3
Games: Scored
2 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
3 / 5
BCY
2
D
1
POR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
0 - 1Bristol C
Portsmouth3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Portsmouth3 - 1
0 - 1Bristol C
Goal Statistics

Bristol City's fans will be hoping for goals on Thursday afternoon, not least because Portsmouth have conceded in each of their last 6 Championship outings. A PG of 1.6 for G. Struber's side suggests that run should continue.

Bristol C 11th Portsmouth 21st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Bristol C will score 1 or more goals
0
37%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability that Portsmouth will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Bristol C’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
Portsmouth’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Bristol C
PG (predicted goals)
Portsmouth
1.6
1
Attack rating
27%
better
BCY
POR
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Games scored15
12
Failed to score6
8
Scored first9
6
Goals scored28
17
Avg. goals scored1.3
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal7
10
Conversion rate for14
10
Avg. XG for1.4
1.2
KickOff rating
+27%
Defence rating
13%
better
BCY
POR
view stats
Games conceded14
15
Clean sheets7
5
Conceded first10
12
Goals conceded24
27
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded9
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.5
KickOff rating
+13%

Bristol C v Portsmouth Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
21665
R VítekA MehmetiA MehmetiA Mehmeti
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Vítek GLK21
2
-
R McCrorie DEF2114
3
-
A Randell MID211
2
-
A Mehmeti MID2166
5
-
Z Vyner DEF20
4
-
R Dickie DEF201
1
-
S Twine MID2062
2
-
M Sykes MID2031
1
-
E Riis FWD2061
1
-
S Armstrong FWD201
2
-
G Tanner DEF19
-
Y Hirakawa FWD1811
2
-
N Borges DEF152
1
-
R Atkinson DEF1311
1
-
J Knight MID12
2
-
H Roberts DEF9
1
-
F Mayulu FWD9
-
C Pring DEF4
1
-
M Bird MID41
-
H Cornick FWD1
-
Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19456
A DozzellA SegecicJ MurphyJ Swift
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Bishop FWD201
2
-
A Dozzell MID191
5
-
R Poole DEF18
4
-
Z Swanson DEF161
3
-
J Williams DEF1611
3
-
T Devlin DEF1521
1
1
A Segecic MID154
-
J Swift MID1512
6
-
C Chaplin FWD151
-
J Knight DEF14
-
C Ogilvie DEF13
2
-
M Pack MID131
5
-
M. Yang FWD1321
2
-
J Murphy FWD135
3
-
M Kosznovszky MID12
1
-
N Schmid GLK10
-
F Bianchini FWD101
-
J Bursik GLK9
1
-
M Kirk FWD91
1
-
H. Matthews DEF7
1
-
L Roux MID7
2
-
C Shaughnessy DEF6
-
C Lang  FWD61
1
-
I Bowat DEF51
-
T. Waddingham FWD4
1
-
H Blair FWD3
-
B Killip GLK2
-
English Championship match betting previews, predictions and odds
Swansea v Wrexham
Fri 19th Dec, 20:00
Southampton v Coventry
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Preston v Norwich
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Blackburn v Millwall
Sat 20th Dec, 12:30
Watford v Stoke
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Hull v West Brom
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
QPR v Leicester
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Derby v Portsmouth
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Charlton v Oxford Utd
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Birmingham
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Ipswich v Sheff Wed
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Bristol C v M'Boro
Sat 20th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Derby
Fri 26th Dec, 12:30
Millwall v Ipswich
Fri 26th Dec, 13:00
M'Boro v Blackburn
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Hull
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Portsmouth v QPR
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
West Brom v Bristol C
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Stoke v Preston
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Coventry v Swansea
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Oxford Utd v Southampton
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Norwich v Charlton
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Leicester v Watford
Fri 26th Dec, 15:00
Wrexham v Sheff Utd
Fri 26th Dec, 17:30
Coventry v Ipswich
Mon 29th Dec, 18:00
Portsmouth v Charlton
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Sheff Wed v Blackburn
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
West Brom v QPR
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Wrexham v Preston
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Oxford Utd v Swansea
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Norwich v Watford
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Millwall v Bristol C
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
M'Boro v Hull
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Leicester v Derby
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Stoke v Sheff Utd
Mon 29th Dec, 19:45
Birmingham v Southampton
Mon 29th Dec, 20:15
Blackburn v Wrexham
Thu 1st Jan, 12:30
Southampton v Millwall
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Swansea v West Brom
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Derby v M'Boro
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
QPR v Norwich
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Preston v Sheff Wed
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Ipswich v Oxford Utd
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Watford v Birmingham
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Hull v Stoke
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Charlton v Coventry
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Bristol C v Portsmouth
Thu 1st Jan, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Leicester
Thu 1st Jan, 17:30