Portsmouth meet Swansea at Fratton Park in round 14 of the Championship. The odds bookmakers offered on this match give Portsmouth a 35% win probability and Swansea a 36% probability, with little between the sides.
Current Form - Portsmouth
Portsmouth are 11th with 19 points from 13 matches, having won five, drawn four and lost four, with a 16-15 goal record. Their last league match ended in a 0-0 draw away to Burnley, while their last five brought three wins and two draws. Across that recent five-match window, Portsmouth scored 1.4 goals per match compared with 1.2 across the season, and conceded 0.8 compared with 1.2. Their expected-goals figure is 1.21, below the league average of 1.45, while their expected goals conceded stands at 1.19.
Current Form - Swansea
Swansea arrive second in the table with 26 points from 13 matches, recording eight wins, two draws and three losses alongside a 20-13 goal record. Their last league match was a 4-0 home win over Blackburn. The previous five matches produced three wins and two losses; in that spell, Swansea scored 1.4 goals per match against 1.5 for the season and conceded 1.4 against a season figure of 1.0. Their expected goals measure is 1.59, above the league average of 1.45, while their expected goals conceded figure is 1.27.
Head-to-Head Record
Portsmouth won one, drew two and lost two of their last five meetings with Swansea, with an average of 2.4 goals per match. Swansea won their last two meetings against Portsmouth. Last season, Swansea won 2-1 at Portsmouth, with Portsmouth at home.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
For Portsmouth, Terry Devlin is a midfielder with two goals, while Conor Shaughnessy is a defender with one goal. Ebou Adams, a midfielder, has two goals and one assist. Colby Bishop is unavailable with a knee injury, and Benjamin Arthur is unavailable with a back injury.
Swansea's Joseph Opoku, a forward, has three goals and two assists, while Ji-Sung Eom has two goals and three assists. Stephen Eustaquio, a midfielder, has two goals and one assist, with all two of his goals coming in his last five matches. Ronald is unavailable with a hamstring injury, and Moussa Kounfolo Yeo is unavailable with an injury.
Key Numbers
↔️ Big chance conversion: Portsmouth 30% vs Swansea 41%
Portsmouth
➖ Shot accuracy: 26% (3rd worst, league average 32%)
➖ Through passes: 0.3 per match (2nd worst, league average 0.8)
Swansea
➕ Shots on target conceded: 3.2 per match (2nd best, league average 4.3)
ℹ️ Tackles: 18.3 per match (most in the league)
Betting Insights
The odds give 48% for more than 2.5 goals and 53% for both teams to score.
Goals implied by the odds: 2.6
These figures come from the odds bookmakers offered on this match, read two days before kickoff.
This content was generated using AI.