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

Tue 21st Oct, 19:45 BST, Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Portsmouth and Coventry City meet at the Fratton Park on Tuesday evening, with both John Mousinho and Frank Lampard aiming for victory in the Championship. Form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and odds are all laid out below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed over 2.5 goals, but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This Championship clash, with Portsmouth and Coventry going head-to-head, offers plenty of value in the popular over market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Attackers on both sides will look to come out on the front foot and, having studied the relevant statistics and odds, we firmly believe that a bet on over 2.5 goals would be stronger than anything in the WDW market.

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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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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Portsmouth
20%
-12/5
3%
Draw
21%
-13/5
3%
Coventry
59%
-11/10
2%
Coventry 2-1
10%
-7/1
Draw 1-1
9%
-11/2
Coventry 2-0
9%
-17/2
Coventry 1-0
8%
-7/1
Coventry 3-1
7%
-12/1
Coventry 3-0
6%
-14/1
Draw 2-2
6%
-10/1
Portsmouth 2-1
5%
-9/1
Portsmouth 1-0
5%
-9/1
Draw 0-0
4%
-9/1
9%
Coventry 3-2
4%
-16/1
Coventry 4-1
4%
-22/1
Coventry 4-0
3%
-25/1
Portsmouth 2-0
3%
-14/1
Portsmouth 3-2
2%
-20/1
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
-7/10
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
-21/20
Home 1st Goal
43%
-5/4
Away 1st Goal
55%
-3/4
No 1st Goal
2%
-9/1
BTTS - Yes
60%
-8/13
2%
BTTS - No
40%
-23/20
BTTS - Home Win
12%
-9/2
BTTS - Draw
17%
-10/3
2%
BTTS - Away Win
31%
-13/5
3%
Home/draw
41%
-8/11
Away/draw
80%
-3/10
2%
Home/away
79%
-2/7
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
-2/9
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
-29/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
-17/10
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
-2/5
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
-19/5
4%
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
-2/13
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
-17/2
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
-1/20
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
-1/25
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
-9/1
9%
Home DNB
35%
-7/5
Away DNB
73%
-1/2
Portsmouth win to nil
9%
--
Coventry win to nil
28%
--
Portsmouth / Portsmouth
15%
-17/4
5%
Portsmouth / Coventry
4%
-18/1
Portsmouth / Draw
6%
-11/1
Draw / Portsmouth
11%
-6/1
Draw / Coventry
15%
-4/1
5%
Draw / Draw
15%
-17/4
Coventry / Portsmouth
3%
-22/1
Coventry / Coventry
24%
-11/5
3%
Coventry / Draw
6%
-11/1
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Portsmouth have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 2 and won 2. Portsmouth have conceded 5 goals, scored 6, scored in every game and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Portsmouth have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 fixtures. They have scored 5 goals, conceded 6 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Coventry lay in 1st place on 19 points in the Championship league table having played 9 matches. Coventry are unbeaten in 9 games against teams below them in the league and kept 5 clean sheets out of 9 games. Coventry are unbeaten away after 5 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 0 games. They have scored 27 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Coventry have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Coventry have played 5 away games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 3.2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Portsmouth
Coventry
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Coventry95402019 
Oct 21
Apr 21
-
-
2
M'Boro9531618 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 11
Feb 14
Nov 25
3
Leicester9441516 
Apr 18
Oct 18
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
4
Preston9441416 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 7
Mar 11
Dec 9
5
Stoke9432515 
Oct 25
Apr 25
Feb 28
Nov 8
6
QPR9432-115 
Dec 26
Mar 21
w
 
7-1F
Jan 31
7
West Brom9423-114 
Jan 31
d
 
1-1A
Nov 22
Feb 21
8
Millwall9423-314 
Nov 22
Feb 21
Jan 20
w
 
0-4F
9
Ipswich8341713 
Jan 4
l
 
2-1A
Dec 29
Dec 6
10
Bristol C9342513 
Nov 29
Jan 1
Dec 13
Mar 7
11
Watford9333012 
d
 
2-2F
Jan 21
Oct 25
May 2
12
Swansea9333012 
Mar 10
Dec 9
Dec 26
Mar 21
13
Charlton9333012 
Dec 29
Dec 6
Nov 29
Jan 1
14
Portsmouth9333-112 
-
-
Apr 21
Oct 21
15
Hull9333-212 
Feb 28
Nov 8
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 6
16
Birmingham9333-312 
May 2
Nov 1
w
 
3-0F
Jan 4
17
Southampton9252-111 
Jan 25
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 14
Dec 20
18
Wrexham9243-110 
Nov 5
Feb 24
Apr 25
Oct 31
19
Norwich9225-38 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 3
d
 
1-1A
Jan 24
20
Derby9153-48 
Mar 14
Dec 20
Apr 3
w
 
3-5F
21
Blackburn8215-47 
Dec 13
Mar 7
Oct 18
Apr 18
22
Oxford Utd9135-36 
Apr 6
w
 
0-1F
Feb 7
d
 
2-2F
23
Sheff Wed9135-126 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 17
Apr 11
w
 
0-5F
24
Sheff Utd9108-133 
Feb 14
Nov 26
Nov 4
Feb 25
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
6
Coventry have not lost in 6 consecutive away league games
3
Coventry have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive away league games
Portsmouth 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth1 - 0M'Boro
Portsmouth2 - 2Watford
Portsmouth0 - 2Sheff Wed
Portsmouth1 - 0Preston
Portsmouth1 - 2Norwich
Portsmouth1 - 1Hull
Portsmouth1 - 0Watford
Portsmouth2 - 2Derby
Portsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
Portsmouth1 - 2Plymouth
Portsmouth1 - 0Leeds
Portsmouth2 - 1QPR
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth0 - 0Burnley
Portsmouth0 - 1Millwall
Portsmouth3 - 1Stoke
Portsmouth2 - 1M'Boro
Portsmouth4 - 0Swansea
Portsmouth4 - 1Coventry
Portsmouth0 - 0Norwich
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HPortsmouth1 - 0M'Boro
HPortsmouth2 - 2Watford
APortsmouth1 - 2Ipswich
HPortsmouth0 - 2Sheff Wed
APortsmouth0 - 0Southampton
HPortsmouth1 - 0Preston
APortsmouth1 - 1West Brom
HPortsmouth1 - 2Norwich
APortsmouth1 - 0Oxford Utd
HPortsmouth1 - 1Hull
APortsmouth1 - 1Sheff Wed
HPortsmouth1 - 0Watford
APortsmouth5 - 3Norwich
HPortsmouth2 - 2Derby
APortsmouth0 - 1Coventry
APortsmouth1 - 2Millwall
HPortsmouth1 - 0Blackburn
APortsmouth1 - 2Preston
HPortsmouth1 - 2Plymouth
HPortsmouth1 - 0Leeds
Coventry 1ST
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sheff Wed0 - 5Coventry
Millwall0 - 4Coventry
Leicester0 - 0Coventry
Oxford Utd2 - 2Coventry
Derby3 - 5Coventry
Sunderland0 - 1Coventry
Luton1 - 0Coventry
Plymouth3 - 1Coventry
Hull1 - 1Coventry
Sheff Utd3 - 1Coventry
Derby2 - 0Coventry
Oxford Utd2 - 3Coventry
Sheff Wed1 - 2Coventry
Swansea0 - 2Coventry
Blackburn0 - 2Coventry
Norwich2 - 1Coventry
Cardiff1 - 1Coventry
Portsmouth4 - 1Coventry
West Brom2 - 0Coventry
Millwall0 - 1Coventry
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACoventry5 - 0Sheff Wed
ACoventry4 - 0Millwall
HCoventry3 - 0Birmingham
ACoventry0 - 0Leicester
HCoventry1 - 1Norwich
ACoventry2 - 2Oxford Utd
HCoventry7 - 1QPR
ACoventry5 - 3Derby
HCoventry0 - 0Hull
ACoventry1 - 0Sunderland
HCoventry1 - 2Sunderland
HCoventry2 - 0M'Boro
ACoventry0 - 1Luton
ACoventry1 - 3Plymouth
HCoventry2 - 0West Brom
ACoventry1 - 1Hull
HCoventry1 - 0Portsmouth
HCoventry1 - 2Burnley
ACoventry1 - 3Sheff Utd
HCoventry3 - 0Sunderland
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Portsmouth have not lost to Coventry in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Portsmouth since 2002
Portsmouth
Coventry
Goals: Scored
15
10
Games: Scored
7 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
1 / 8
POR
5
D
2
COV
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
Portsmouth4 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
Portsmouth2 - 1
Portsmouth2 - 0
Portsmouth2 - 1
0 - 3Coventry
Draw1 - 1Draw
Portsmouth1 - 0
League games at Coventry since 2001
Coventry
Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
6 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
2 / 8
POR
2
D
1
COV
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Coventry
Coventry1 - 0
Coventry1 - 0
0 - 1Portsmouth
Draw1 - 1Draw
Coventry2 - 0
Coventry2 - 0
0 - 4Portsmouth
Coventry2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Coventry City's defensive record is to be admired, Frank Lampard's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Championship matches. An average PG rating of 1.1 for Portsmouth makes sense in this context.

Coventry City's forwards have been in fine form of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive Championship games. A PG of 2.1 suggests that run should continue on Tuesday evening.

Portsmouth 14th Coventry 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
2.1
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
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 61% probability that Coventry will score 2 or more goals in this match
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Portsmouth’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+22
Coventry have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
1.5
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
Portsmouth
PG (predicted goals)
Coventry
1.1
2.1
Attack rating
POR
COV
35%
better
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Games scored7
7
Failed to score2
2
Scored first4
6
Goals scored8
27
Avg. goals scored0.9
3
Avg. shots per game8
12
Avg. shots per goal9
4
Conversion rate for11
24
Avg. XG for1.2
2.7
KickOff rating
+35%
Defence rating
POR
COV
24%
better
view stats
Games conceded5
4
Clean sheets4
5
Conceded first4
1
Goals conceded9
7
Avg. goals conceded1
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
10
Conversion rate against11%
10%
Avg. XG against1.3
1
KickOff rating
+24%

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

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9324
C OgilvieA SegecicJ SwiftJ Swift
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Ogilvie DEF9
2
-
R Poole DEF9
2
-
J Swift MID92
4
-
A Segecic MID93
-
A Dozzell MID91
2
-
C Bishop FWD91
1
-
Z Swanson DEF7
2
-
T Devlin DEF6
-
C Shaughnessy DEF6
-
J Williams DEF61
-
F Bianchini FWD61
-
N Schmid GLK5
-
J Knight DEF5
-
L Roux MID5
2
-
M Kosznovszky MID4
-
C Chaplin FWD4
-
M. Yang FWD42
1
-
J Murphy FWD41
-
T. Waddingham FWD4
1
-
J Bursik GLK3
1
-
M Pack MID31
2
-
B Killip GLK2
-
H. Matthews DEF2
-
M Kirk FWD2
-
H Blair FWD2
-
C Lang  FWD2
-
Coventry Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9853
C RushworthH WrightM EwijkJ Dasilva
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Rushworth GLK9
2
-
J Dasilva DEF9
3
-
L Kitching DEF9
2
-
M Ewijk DEF95
3
-
B Thomas DEF912
2
-
M Grimes MID91
1
-
H Wright FWD98
3
-
B Thomas-Asante FWD953
-
V Torp MID85
1
-
T Sakamoto MID71
-
J Allen MID71
-
E Simms FWD72
-
J Rudoni MID621
-
E Mason-Clark FWD611
-
K Kesler-Hayden DEF511
-
M Brau DEF4
-
K. Andrews MID3
-
J Eccles MID3
1
-
L Woolfenden DEF2
-
J Bidwell DEF2
1
-