Portsmouth — Sheffield United 3:2, 14 October: match result

match finished Championship · Matchday 10 Wednesday 14 October · 18:45 UTC

Portsmouth 13th · 15 pts WDWWL

3 : 2 1st half 1:0

Sheffield United 11th · 15 pts DWLWL

Fratton Park · referee O. Langford

Match predictionValue

No show from Sheffield United: under three

90% · Sheffield United games average 2.6 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “No show from Sheffield United: under three”, and the match finished 3:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Portsmouth 39% draw 26% Sheffield United 35%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Portsmouth win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed Portsmouth win — they got it right.

fans 71 votes

Portsmouth 48% draw 15% Sheffield United 37%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. Meghoma 27'

H. Choudhury 35'

Z. Swanson 1-0 41'

H. Choudhury 44'

M. McGuinness for P. Bamford 46'

K. Phillips for B. Brereton Diaz 46'

A. Segecic assist: R. Kavuma McQueen 2-0 54'

J. Tanganga assist: T. Chong 2-1 59'

N. Schmid 60'

S. McCallum 60'

O. Arblaster for J. Rothwell 60'

C. Bishop for Marezi 62'

T. Cannon assist: K. Phillips 2-2 67'

K. Anderson for A. Kamara 68'

T. Devlin for Z. Swanson 69'

E. Adams for I. Mohamed 69'

R. Donovan for T. Chong 79'

T. Campbell for T. Cannon 79'

E. Adams 82'

O. Bailey for K. Anderson 87'

E. Adams 3-2 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Portsmouth 4-2-3-1 4-4-2 Sheffield United

Nicolas Schmid  
Zak Swanson  5 Regan Poole  55 Madiodio Dia  16 Jayden Meghoma  
Marlon Pack  37 Iyad Mohamed  
Abu Kamara  10 Adrian Segečić  25 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen  
Marko Milovanović  

Thomas Cannon  45 Patrick Bamford  
Tahith Chong  42 Sydie Peck  7 Joe Rothwell  22 Ben Brereton Díaz  
Hamza Choudhury  5 Japhet Tanganga  15 Liam Kitching  3 Sam McCallum  
Michael Cooper  

Portsmouth bench

30Ben Killip
9Colby Bishop
31Daniel Bielica
38Ebou Adams
32Eoin Kenny
21Keshi Anderson
27Odin Bailey
19Rocco Robert Shein
24Terry Devlin

Sheffield United bench

17Adam Davies
14Harrison Burrows
44Jaïro Riedewald
10Jordan Ayew
27Kalvin Phillips
25Mark McGuinness
4Oliver Arblaster
11Romelle Donovan
23Tyrese Campbell

Match stats

21 metrics for the full match

67%Possession33%

24Shots11

7Shots on target4

8Shots off target3

9Blocked shots4

15Shots inside box8

9Shots outside box3

99Attacks68

69Dangerous attacks43

10Corners6

4Offsides1

6Fouls7

3Yellow cards3

0Red cards1

2Saves4

483Passes232

404Accurate passes157

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Portsmouth

Sheffield UnitedThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Portsmouth and Sheffield United met on matchday 10 of the Championship on 14 October at Fratton Park. Final score — 3:2.

Portsmouth sit 13th on 15 points after 7 matches (3 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss), unbeaten in 4 matches. Sheffield United sit 11th on 15 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses).

Season form

all competitions of the season

Portsmouth last five Sheffield United

WDWWL form DWLWL

7 Matches 6

3 — 3 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 3

9 — 7 Scored — conceded 8 — 7

1.71 Points per game 1.17

1.29 Goals scored per game 1.33

2 Clean sheets 2

2 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 4 Current streak unbeaten in 2

Portsmouth at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 7—5, 2.33 points per match.

Sheffield United away: 3 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 4—5, 1 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	3	3	19—16	18
8	Portsmouth	12	5	3	4	16—15	18
9	Southampton	11	6	3	2	21—10	17
10	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	5	2	15—12	17
11	Sheffield United	12	4	4	4	16—15	16
12	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	3	4	17—16	15

Full Championship table