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

Sat 7th Dec, 15:00 BST, Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Portsmouth and Bristol City take on one another at the Fratton Park on Saturday afternoon, with both John Mousinho and Liam Manning seeking a win in the Championship. You'll see stats supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but there are 16 other markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Championship performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds and bet smart.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals
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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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of Bristol C coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Portsmouth
31%
21/10
15%
2/1
11%
Draw
27%
12/5
3%
12/5
3%
Bristol C
42%
5/4
12%
13/10
12%
Draw 1-1
13%
11/25/1
Bristol C 1-0
11%
7/1
11%
13/2
6%
Portsmouth 1-0
9%
9/1
11%
15/2
6%
Bristol C 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
15/2
6%
Draw 0-0
8%
9/115/2
Bristol C 2-0
8%
10/1
15%
9/1
9%
Portsmouth 2-1
7%
10/1
10%
17/2
6%
Portsmouth 2-0
5%
14/1
15%
12/1
8%
Draw 2-2
5%
12/111/1
9%
Bristol C 3-1
4%
18/1
10%
14/1
Bristol C 3-0
3%
20/1
19%
16/1
11%
Portsmouth 3-1
3%
22/1
10%
18/1
12%
Bristol C 3-2
2%
25/1
10%
20/1
Portsmouth 3-0
2%
33/1
31%
22/1
10%
Portsmouth 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
10%
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
10/1110/11
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
10/114/5
3%
Home 1st Goal
45%
5/4
7%
-
Away 1st Goal
49%
8/11
5%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
9/1-
BTTS - Yes
51%
8/113/4
3%
BTTS - No
49%
1/119/20
5%
BTTS - Home Win
14%
5/1
9%
9/2
15%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/310/3
3%
BTTS - Away Win
18%
7/2
10%
17/5
4%
Home/draw
58%
8/13
8%
3/5
7%
Away/draw
69%
4/11
6%
4/11
6%
Home/away
73%
3/10
2%
3/10
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
3/103/10
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
5/29/4
2%
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
12/59/4
5%
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
1/33/10
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
11/25/1
4%
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
1/91/10
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
12/111/1
9%
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/251/40
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/161/18
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
9/115/2
6%
Home DNB
50%
6/5
20%
11/10
10%
Away DNB
61%
8/13
11%
13/20
8%
Portsmouth win to nil
17%
9/2
22%
-
Bristol C win to nil
24%
3/1
11%
-
Portsmouth / Portsmouth
17%
4/1
15%
18/5
6%
Portsmouth / Bristol C
3%
25/120/1
Portsmouth / Draw
6%
14/111/1
Draw / Portsmouth
12%
6/1
17%
11/2
8%
Draw / Bristol C
15%
9/2
8%
17/4
9%
Draw / Draw
16%
4/119/5
4%
Bristol C / Portsmouth
3%
28/122/1
10%
Bristol C / Bristol C
22%
11/4
13%
13/5
10%
Bristol C / Draw
6%
12/111/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Portsmouth have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

16 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Portsmouth have conceded 30 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Portsmouth have played 7 games at home, winning 1, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 10 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Bristol C lay in 11th place on 25 points in the Championship league table having played 18 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 1 game. They have scored 15 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bristol C have conceded 11 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Bristol C have played 9 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Portsmouth
Bristol C
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Sheff Utd1812421638 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
l
 
1-2F
Mar 12
2
Burnley1810621736 
Feb 1
l
 
2-1F
l
 
0-1A
Mar 29
3
Leeds1810531835 
Mar 8
d
 
3-3A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 26
4
Sunderland189631333 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 5
Apr 18
Dec 10
5
M'Boro189361130 
Jan 18
d
 
2-2F
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
6
Watford18936230 
Apr 21
Dec 26
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
7
West Brom186102728 
l
 
0-3A
Jan 25
Apr 8
Dec 22
8
Blackburn17845428 
Mar 29
-
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
9
Norwich18675825 
Dec 10
Apr 18
Mar 15
w
 
0-2F
10
Millwall17674525 
-
Apr 5
w
 
4-3F
Mar 1
11
Bristol C 18675325 
Dec 7
Dec 29
-
-
12
Sheff Wed18747-525 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 26
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 22
13
Swansea18657123 
Jan 1
d
 
2-2F
Feb 9
d
 
1-1A
14
Stoke18567-321 
Jan 22
l
 
6-1A
Feb 12
d
 
2-2A
15
Derby18558-220 
Apr 12
Dec 13
Jan 4
l
 
3-0A
16
Coventry18468-318 
Dec 21
Apr 9
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
17
Oxford Utd18468-818 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 15
w
 
2-1A
Feb 1
18
Preston18396-818 
w
 
3-1F
Mar 15
May 3
w
 
1-3F
19
Luton185310-1318 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
Dec 26
Apr 21
20
Cardiff18459-1117 
Feb 11
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
Feb 15
21
Plymouth18459-2017 
Mar 11
l
 
1-0A
w
 
4-0F
Jan 1
22
Hull18369-915 
May 3
d
 
1-1A
Mar 8
d
 
1-1F
23
QPR18297-1115 
Feb 22
w
 
1-2A
Dec 14
Apr 12
24
Portsmouth 16277-1213 
-
-
Dec 29
Dec 7
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Win / draw / win form
Portsmouth 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth3 - 1Preston
Portsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
Portsmouth1 - 1Oxford Utd
Portsmouth0 - 0Sheff Utd
Portsmouth0 - 3West Brom
Portsmouth1 - 3Sunderland
Portsmouth0 - 0Luton
Portsmouth1 - 2Wigan
Portsmouth3 - 2Barnsley
Portsmouth3 - 1Shrewsbury
Portsmouth2 - 2Derby
Portsmouth2 - 1Burton
Portsmouth2 - 1Oxford Utd
Portsmouth4 - 1Reading
Portsmouth3 - 1Cambridge
Portsmouth4 - 1Northampton
Portsmouth0 - 3L Orient
Portsmouth2 - 1Stevenage
Portsmouth1 - 1Fleetwood
Portsmouth2 - 0Bolton
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APortsmouth2 - 2Swansea
HPortsmouth3 - 1Preston
APortsmouth0 - 1Plymouth
APortsmouth1 - 1Hull
HPortsmouth1 - 2Sheff Wed
APortsmouth0 - 2Cardiff
APortsmouth2 - 1QPR
HPortsmouth1 - 1Oxford Utd
APortsmouth1 - 6Stoke
HPortsmouth0 - 0Sheff Utd
APortsmouth1 - 2Burnley
HPortsmouth0 - 3West Brom
HPortsmouth1 - 3Sunderland
APortsmouth2 - 2M'Boro
HPortsmouth0 - 0Luton
APortsmouth3 - 3Leeds
APortsmouth2 - 0Lincoln
HPortsmouth1 - 2Wigan
HPortsmouth3 - 2Barnsley
APortsmouth1 - 1Bolton
Bristol C 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Watford1 - 0Bristol C
Norwich0 - 2Bristol C
Preston1 - 3Bristol C
Stoke2 - 2Bristol C
M'Boro0 - 2Bristol C
Swansea1 - 1Bristol C
Blackburn3 - 0Bristol C
Derby3 - 0Bristol C
Hull1 - 1Bristol C
Stoke4 - 0Bristol C
Norwich1 - 1Bristol C
Sunderland0 - 0Bristol C
Plymouth0 - 1Bristol C
West Brom2 - 0Bristol C
Ipswich3 - 2Bristol C
Sheff Wed2 - 1Bristol C
M'Boro1 - 2Bristol C
Coventry2 - 2Bristol C
Preston2 - 0Bristol C
Birmingham0 - 0Bristol C
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol C4 - 0Plymouth
ABristol C0 - 1Watford
HBristol C0 - 1Burnley
ABristol C2 - 0Norwich
HBristol C1 - 2Sheff Utd
ABristol C3 - 1Preston
HBristol C0 - 0Leeds
ABristol C2 - 2Stoke
ABristol C2 - 0M'Boro
HBristol C1 - 1Cardiff
HBristol C0 - 0Sheff Wed
ABristol C1 - 1Swansea
HBristol C2 - 1Oxford Utd
ABristol C0 - 3Blackburn
ABristol C0 - 3Derby
HBristol C1 - 1Coventry
HBristol C4 - 3Millwall
ABristol C1 - 1Hull
ABristol C0 - 4Stoke
HBristol C2 - 0Rotherham
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Portsmouth since 1999
Portsmouth
Bristol C
Goals: Scored
3
2
Games: Scored
1 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
2 / 3
POR
1
D
1
BCY
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Draw0 - 0Draw
Portsmouth3 - 1
0 - 1Bristol C
League games at Bristol C since 1998
Bristol C
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
D
2
BCY
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol C
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bristol C2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Goal Statistics
Portsmouth 24th Bristol C 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Portsmouth will score no more than 1 goal
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Bristol C will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Portsmouth have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-13
Bristol C have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
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Portsmouth
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol C
1.1
1.4
Attack rating
POR
BCY
5%
better
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Games scored11
12
Failed to score5
6
Scored first6
8
Goals scored18
24
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.3
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
14
Avg. XG for1.2
1.3
KickOff rating
+5%
Defence rating
POR
BCY
22%
better
view stats
Games conceded14
13
Clean sheets2
5
Conceded first8
8
Goals conceded30
21
Avg. goals conceded1.9
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against18%
15%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.1
KickOff rating
+22%

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

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17434
C OgilvieC Lang J MurphyC Lang 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ogilvie DEF172
2
-
M Pack MID161
3
-
C Saydee FWD152
2
-
C Lang  FWD1542
4
-
R Poole DEF14
1
-
J Murphy FWD1433
2
-
F Potts MID131
2
-
M Ritchie MID131
2
-
A Dozzell MID13
4
-
P Lane FWD131
1
-
J Williams DEF12
4
-
T Devlin MID11
-
T Mcintyre DEF10
2
-
S Silvera FWD10
-
N Schmid GLK9
-
K Yengi FWD9
2
-
M O’Mahony FWD92
-
W Norris GLK8
2
-
H Blair FWD8
3
-
Z Swanson DEF7
1
-
E Sørensen FWD61
-
O Moxon MID5
1
-
R Towler DEF4
2
-
A Kamara MID3
1
-
C Bishop FWD31
-
J Archer GLK2
-
C Shaughnessy DEF2
1
-
J. Farrell DEF1
-
B Stevenson MID1
-
Bristol C Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18655
M O'LearyA MehmetiJ KnightJ Williams
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M O'Leary GLK18
-
Z Vyner DEF18
-
J Knight MID1815
1
-
M Bird MID1813
-
A Mehmeti FWD1761
2
-
S Armstrong FWD163
-
Y Hirakawa FWD1521
-
N Wells FWD1551
3
-
C Pring DEF14
1
-
L McNally DEF131
3
-
G Tanner DEF131
1
-
J Williams MID122
5
-
M Sykes MID121
5
-
S Twine MID1121
2
-
G. Earthy MID11
1
-
F Mayulu FWD102
-
H Roberts DEF81
1
-
R Dickie DEF8
1
1
M McGuane MID7
-
K Naismith DEF6
-
R McCrorie DEF4
2
-
S Bell FWD2
-
H Cornick FWD1
-