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

Carrow Road, Norwich

Norwich City are in Championship action on Friday afternoon, as Johannes Hoff Thorup aims to beat John Mousinho and his Portsmouth side at the Carrow Road. Below there are predictions for 17 markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and the best odds. Access it all via the tabs below.

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Norwich City's next match is v Millwall at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
Portsmouth's next match is v Watford at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
The last English Championship meeting between Norwich and Portsmouth was on Friday 18th April 2025
English Championship
April 18th 2025
Norwich 3
5 Portsmouth
 
J. Sargent 21'15' C. Bishop
J. Stacey 64'39' M. Ritchie
E. Marcondes Camargo Hansen 90'45' C. Bishop
51' C. Bishop
71' R. Poole
 
NOR
POR
Shots On
6
10
Shots Off
1
4
Corners
6
5
Possession
60%
40%
Fouls
12
11
Yellow/red cards
1/0
3/0
 
NorwichPortsmouth
 
G. Long
K. Fisher (F. Amankwah 89')
J. Cordoba Chambers (J. Sørensen 67')
S. Duffy
J. Wright
A. Slimane
K. McLean
M. Nuñez (J. Stacey 46')
J. Sargentfootball icon (E. Marcondes Camargo Hansen 46')
O. Schwartau (C. Doyle 58')
B. Sainz Eguskiza
N. Schmid
J. Williams
(Z. Swanson 85') R. Atkinson
C. Ogilvie
football iconR. Poole
(T. Devlin 85') A. Aouchiche
F. Potts
(M. Pack 86') football iconM. Ritchie
(A. Dozzell 55') I. Hayden
(K. Yengi 75') football iconfootball iconfootball iconC. Bishop
J. Murphy

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Norwich or Portsmouth are in the sort of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The statistics tell us that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 76% chance of 2 goals or more.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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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
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Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Norwich are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 58% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.83.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Norwich
58%
10/11
10%
-
Draw
23%
11/4-
Portsmouth
19%
27/10
15%
-
Norwich 1-0
12%
7/1
7%
-
Draw 1-1
11%
6/1-
Norwich 2-0
11%
17/2
12%
-
Norwich 2-1
10%
15/2-
Norwich 3-0
6%
16/1
13%
-
Draw 0-0
6%
11/1-
Norwich 3-1
6%
14/1
15%
-
Portsmouth 1-0
6%
11/1
8%
-
Portsmouth 2-1
5%
12/1
13%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1-
Norwich 4-0
3%
33/1
17%
-
Norwich 3-2
3%
22/1-
Portsmouth 2-0
3%
20/1
9%
-
Norwich 4-1
3%
28/1-
Portsmouth 3-1
2%
28/1
15%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
4/5
6%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
1/1
5%
-
Home 1st Goal
56%
4/7
5%
-
Away 1st Goal
40%
6/4
9%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
11/1-
BTTS - Yes
51%
8/11-
BTTS - No
49%
1/1-
BTTS - Home Win
25%
11/4
4%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
15/4
5%
-
BTTS - Away Win
9%
6/1
13%
-
Home/draw
81%
2/7
8%
-
Away/draw
42%
5/6
9%
-
Home/away
77%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
1/4-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
2/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11/1-
Home DNB
74%
4/9
8%
-
Away DNB
35%
13/8
19%
-
Norwich win to nil
33%
12/5
13%
-
Portsmouth win to nil
10%
6/1
13%
-
Norwich / Norwich
28%
21/10
13%
-
Norwich / Portsmouth
2%
28/1
15%
-
Norwich / Draw
6%
12/1
13%
-
Draw / Norwich
18%
4/1
5%
-
Draw / Portsmouth
10%
7/1
16%
-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
8%
-
Portsmouth / Norwich
4%
20/1-
Portsmouth / Portsmouth
12%
11/2
13%
-
Portsmouth / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Norwich have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 7 and lost 7 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 5 fixtures. Norwich have outscored their opponents by 63 goals to 50 goals.

Home League Performance

Norwich have played 21 games at home winning 9, drawing 8 and losing 4 games. They have scored 45 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 27 goals at home.

Portsmouth are in 19th position in the Championship on 46 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

15 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 46 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 19 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

33 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 7 and won 11. Portsmouth have conceded 52 goals, scored 44, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 8 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Norwich
Portsmouth
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Leeds43261345491 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
3-3A
2
Burnley43251624591 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
3
Sheff Utd4327792686 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
4
Sunderland43211391876 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
5
Bristol C431716101067 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
6
Coventry4319915766 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-1A
l
 
1-0A
7
M'Boro43189161163 
d
 
3-3F
Apr 26
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2F
8
West Brom431418111060 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
5-1A
9
Millwall43161215-360 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
10
Blackburn4317818359 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
11
Swansea4316918-557 
w
 
5-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
d
 
2-2F
12
Watford4316819-656 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 21
l
 
2-1F
13
Norwich Home43131416353 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-5F
14
QPR43131416-553 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2A
15
Sheff Wed43141118-1053 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 26
16
Stoke43121417-950 
w
 
4-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
6-1A
17
Preston43101914-949 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
2-1A
18
Portsmouth Away43131020-1449 
l
 
3-5A
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
19
Oxford Utd43121219-1848 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
0-2F
20
Hull43111220-1045 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1A
May 3
d
 
1-1A
21
Derby43111022-1143 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-3F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
4-0A
22
Luton43111022-2543 
w
 
4-2A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
23
Cardiff4391519-2342 
May 3
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
24
Plymouth4391321-3940 
w
 
6-1F
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
1-0A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Norwich 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
Draw
7
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Norwich0 - 0Sunderland
Norwich1 - 0West Brom
Norwich2 - 3Sheff Wed
Norwich1 - 1Oxford Utd
Norwich4 - 2Stoke
Norwich0 - 1Preston
Norwich1 - 1Derby
Norwich5 - 1Swansea
Norwich2 - 1Coventry
Norwich1 - 1QPR
Norwich2 - 1Millwall
Norwich1 - 2Burnley
Norwich4 - 2Luton
Norwich6 - 1Plymouth
Norwich0 - 2Bristol C
Norwich3 - 3M'Boro
Norwich4 - 0Hull
Norwich1 - 1Leeds
Norwich4 - 1Watford
Norwich1 - 1Sheff Utd
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANorwich1 - 2Burnley
HNorwich0 - 0Sunderland
ANorwich1 - 2Plymouth
HNorwich1 - 0West Brom
ANorwich1 - 2Bristol C
HNorwich2 - 3Sheff Wed
HNorwich1 - 1Oxford Utd
ANorwich1 - 1Blackburn
HNorwich4 - 2Stoke
ANorwich1 - 1Hull
HNorwich0 - 1Preston
HNorwich1 - 1Derby
ANorwich1 - 0Watford
HNorwich5 - 1Swansea
ANorwich0 - 2Leeds
ANorwich0 - 2Sheff Utd
HNorwich2 - 1Coventry
ANorwich1 - 0Luton
HNorwich1 - 1QPR
HNorwich2 - 1Millwall
Portsmouth 18TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
D
3
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Coventry1 - 0Portsmouth
Millwall2 - 1Portsmouth
Preston2 - 1Portsmouth
Luton1 - 0Portsmouth
Oxford Utd0 - 2Portsmouth
Sheff Utd2 - 1Portsmouth
West Brom5 - 1Portsmouth
Blackburn3 - 0Portsmouth
Sunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
Bristol C3 - 0Portsmouth
Watford2 - 1Portsmouth
Derby4 - 0Portsmouth
Swansea2 - 2Portsmouth
Plymouth1 - 0Portsmouth
Hull1 - 1Portsmouth
Cardiff2 - 0Portsmouth
QPR1 - 2Portsmouth
Stoke6 - 1Portsmouth
Burnley2 - 1Portsmouth
M'Boro2 - 2Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPortsmouth2 - 2Derby
APortsmouth0 - 1Coventry
APortsmouth1 - 2Millwall
HPortsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
APortsmouth1 - 2Preston
HPortsmouth1 - 2Plymouth
HPortsmouth1 - 0Leeds
APortsmouth0 - 1Luton
HPortsmouth2 - 1QPR
APortsmouth2 - 0Oxford Utd
HPortsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
APortsmouth1 - 2Sheff Utd
HPortsmouth0 - 0Burnley
HPortsmouth0 - 1Millwall
APortsmouth1 - 5West Brom
HPortsmouth3 - 1Stoke
HPortsmouth2 - 1M'Boro
APortsmouth0 - 3Blackburn
APortsmouth0 - 1Sunderland
HPortsmouth4 - 0Swansea
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Norwich since 1997
Norwich
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
7
5
Games: Scored
4 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
4 / 8
NOR
3
D
4
POR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Norwich
0 - 2Portsmouth
Draw2 - 2Draw
Norwich1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Norwich2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Norwich2 - 0
League games at Portsmouth since 1997
Portsmouth
Norwich
Goals: Scored
11
10
Games: Scored
7 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
2 / 9
NOR
3
D
3
POR
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Norwich
Draw1 - 1Draw
Portsmouth3 - 2
1 - 2Norwich
Portsmouth2 - 0
Portsmouth2 - 1
1 - 2Norwich
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Norwich 13th Portsmouth 18th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that Norwich will score 1 or more goals
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Portsmouth scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+22
Norwich have scored 22% more goals at home than predicted
-20
Portsmouth have scored 20% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.2
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Norwich
PG (predicted goals)
Portsmouth
1.8
0.9
Attack rating
18%
better
NOR
POR
view stats
Games scored32
28
Failed to score10
14
Scored first22
15
Goals scored63
50
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for18
15
Avg. XG for1.4
1.3
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
2%
better
NOR
POR
view stats
Games conceded35
33
Clean sheets7
9
Conceded first18
23
Goals conceded58
66
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against18%
17%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.5
KickOff rating
+2%

Norwich v Portsmouth Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Norwich Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3917713
S DuffyB SainzC DoyleC Doyle
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Long GLK8
-
K. Fisher DEF354
9
-
S Duffy DEF392
4
-
J Córdoba DEF281
4
2
K McLean DEF283
4
1
A Slimane MID2822
7
-
J. Wright MID9
1
-
M Espinoza MID2643
6
-
O Schwartau FWD341
4
-
J Sargent FWD26145
2
-
B Sainz FWD35174
5
-
Subs
V Nuñez GLK2
-
J Stacey DEF355
3
-
C Doyle DEF3617
13
-
R. McConville DEF4
-
L Gibbs MID7
-
E Marcondes MID2946
5
-
A Forson MID1722
1
-
J Sörensen MID21
2
-
O Hernández FWD213
1
-
Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3971011
C OgilvieJ MurphyJ MurphyM Pack
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Schmid GLK321
2
-
J Williams DEF17
6
-
R Poole DEF22
5
-
R Atkinson DEF91
3
-
C Ogilvie DEF3941
5
-
F Potts MID3214
6
-
I Hayden MID12
-
M Ritchie MID344
6
-
A Aouchiche MID101
1
-
J Murphy MID37710
7
-
C Bishop FWD2773
1
-
Subs
J Archer GLK2
-
C Bramall DEF11
2
-
Z Swanson DEF2811
4
-
M Pack MID361
10
1
A Dozzell MID3421
9
-
T Devlin MID291
2
-
K Yengi FWD11
2
-
C Saydee FWD252
4
-
H Blair FWD9
3
-