Delightful dogfight as daring Peterborough United duel with determined Portsmouth

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Weston Homes Stadium (15314 seats)

The standings reveals that 1 points separate the two rivals in this League One match. Peterborough United have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. That game, against Fleetwood Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Portsmouth.

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Peterborough United form and stats

25 points is a decent return from 12 League One games here at Weston Homes Stadium for Peterborough United. The data says 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Happy days for Peterborough United in their previous game, a fixture away at Port Vale (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfielder Mason-Clarke was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Mason-Clarke scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Wycombe Wanderers (0-3).

From these home matches, Peterborough have conceded only 9 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Portsmouth form and stats

5-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Portsmouth in their League One matches away.

199 minutes! That's how long the Portsmouth goalkeeper Matt Macey and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Portsmouth play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Fleetwood Town (placed 17th). Towler was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.85. The defender Towler hit the woodwork once and won 5 of 8 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Exeter City.

We have checked recent matches where Portsmouth have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Low on goals? 10 of this team's last 13 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Portsmouth find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other previously this season; Portsmouth - Peterborough 2-1. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Peterborough United won four games, one match ended with a draw and Portsmouth have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

PeterboroughJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
13 goals
PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
11 goals
Peterborough UnitedE. Mason-Clark
E. Mason-Clark
4 goals

Peterborough United missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Peterborough United Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 4 12 25
12 8 2 Won W 0 5 9
2 1 0 Drew D 1 3 10
11 3 0 Lost L 3 4 6
41 24 7 Scored S 5 14 33
31 9 0 Conceded C 11 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
84% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 80%
60% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 33% 40%
28% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 28%
16% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 17% 12%
52% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 48%
28% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 36%
20% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 28%
 
6.2 7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.9 5.4
3.8 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.1 4.8
1.2 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14.8 17.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 12.2 12
4.6 5.1 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.4
36% 39% 54% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 34% 38%
 
10 7.4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.8 10.7
3.4 2.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 3.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Peterborough United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Peterborough United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 28 18 7 3 51 29 14 13 0 1 29 11 14 5 7 2 22 18 22 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 27 17 7 3 47 18 14 9 4 1 31 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 29 58
3 Ipswich Town 28 15 9 4 53 28 14 8 5 1 27 10 14 7 4 3 26 18 25 54
4 Derby County 27 14 8 5 40 21 13 9 2 2 25 11 14 5 6 3 15 10 19 50
5 Bolton Wanderers 28 13 8 7 35 22 15 9 4 2 20 8 13 4 4 5 15 14 13 47
6 Barnsley 25 13 4 8 33 24 13 8 1 4 20 14 12 5 3 4 13 10 9 43
7 Wycombe Wanderers 27 12 5 10 35 27 14 7 3 4 21 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 8 41
8 Peterborough United 25 12 2 11 41 31 12 8 1 3 24 9 13 4 1 8 17 22 10 38
9 Shrewsbury Town 27 11 5 11 33 30 14 6 2 6 18 18 13 5 3 5 15 12 3 38
10 Portsmouth 25 9 10 6 33 30 13 4 7 2 19 15 12 5 3 4 14 15 3 37
11 Bristol Rovers 27 10 7 10 42 45 13 5 4 4 21 22 14 5 3 6 21 23 -3 37
12 Oxford United 27 9 8 10 33 31 13 5 3 5 18 14 14 4 5 5 15 17 2 35
13 Exeter City 27 9 8 10 39 39 13 5 4 4 19 17 14 4 4 6 20 22 0 35
14 Port Vale 26 10 5 11 28 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 13 5 2 6 14 21 -8 35
15 Charlton Athletic 26 8 10 8 40 36 14 6 5 3 26 17 12 2 5 5 14 19 4 34
16 Lincoln City 25 6 12 7 24 30 12 2 10 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 30
17 Fleetwood Town 27 6 11 10 29 30 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 4 6 4 18 16 -1 29
18 Cheltenham Town 26 8 4 14 23 34 12 5 1 6 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 18 -11 28
19 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 25 38 14 2 3 9 10 21 13 5 1 7 15 17 -13 25
20 Accrington Stanley 25 6 7 12 24 41 12 3 5 4 16 18 13 3 2 8 8 23 -17 25
21 Morecambe 26 5 9 12 26 39 13 4 5 4 16 16 13 1 4 8 10 23 -13 24
22 Cambridge United 26 7 3 16 23 46 13 5 2 6 12 16 13 2 1 10 11 30 -23 24
23 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 54 13 3 4 6 14 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -22 22
24 Forest Green Rovers 28 5 6 17 23 53 14 4 0 10 11 25 14 1 6 7 12 28 -30 21

Read more about League One

The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.