Portsmouth vs Accrington Stanley preview: Visitors will have a difficult 90 minutes at Fratton Park

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Boasting a 27 point lead in the league standings, Portsmouth supporters hope to see their side win full points from this fixture against Accrington Stanley.

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in League One

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Portsmouth form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Portsmouth have managed 8 wins, 10 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 21 games. Portsmouth are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.

The Portsmouth coach Mousinho and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Oxford United (placed 20th). Midfield player Pack got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Pack scored one goal.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Shrewsbury Town the opponent.

Gamblers who prefer staking for low-scoring games might be interested to know that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with zero, one or two goals (under 2.5).

The Portsmouth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 31 in 21 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Portsmouth have only conceded 20 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

There's been little loot from Accrington Stanley's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 20 away games in the League One. Accrington Stanley only have 3 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 6 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Accrington Stanley failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Peterborough United (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Longelo was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Longelo served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-5 defeat against Fleetwood Town.

Goals galore? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all ending with at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Accrington Stanley manager Coleman as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bolton Wanderers.

Accrington Stanley are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {10 goals} from 20 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Accrington have conceded 36 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Accrington Stanley - Portsmouth 1-3 was the product when this pair of squads last met, earlier this season. Portsmouth-Accrington Stanley H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth three wins, Accrington Stanley three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
19 goals
Accrington StanleyT. Leigh
T. Leigh
7 goals
PortsmouthC. Ogilvie
C. Ogilvie
5 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 20 42
16 8 3 Won W 2 3 9
17 10 3 Drew D 3 6 11
10 3 1 Lost L 2 11 22
57 31 12 Scored S 4 10 36
47 20 6 Conceded C 10 36 73
88% 86% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 90% 93%
74% 71% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 70% 74%
40% 43% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 29% 45% 48%
30% 38% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 20% 24%
7% 5% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 10%
51% 57% 43% BTTS BTTS 29% 35% 40%
37% 33% 43% Clean Sheets C S 43% 25% 24%
23% 24% 29% Failed to Score F T 43% 50% 43%
 
5.1 5.3 5.1 Corners for (avg) C F 6.1 5.3 5
5 4.2 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.9 4.9 5.5
1.9 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
11.7 12.2 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.6 12
3.6 3.8 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 2.9 3.3
37% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 17% 26%
 
11.5 8.4 8.1 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 12.3 12.8
3.3 2.3 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.5 4.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals (10) away in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in League One
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Accrington Stanley have scored away.

  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 42 27 8 7 73 45 20 17 1 2 38 15 22 10 7 5 35 30 28 89
2 Ipswich Town 42 25 13 4 87 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 20 10 7 3 33 20 54 88
3 Sheffield Wednesday 43 25 12 6 75 36 21 14 6 1 46 15 22 11 6 5 29 21 39 87
4 Barnsley 42 25 7 10 74 38 20 15 1 4 43 19 22 10 6 6 31 19 36 82
5 Peterborough United 43 23 4 16 73 51 21 13 3 5 38 22 22 10 1 11 35 29 22 73
6 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 12 10 56 33 20 12 5 3 29 12 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 72
7 Derby County 43 20 12 11 65 44 21 12 5 4 38 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 21 72
8 Wycombe Wanderers 43 20 8 15 57 44 21 11 5 5 32 19 22 9 3 10 25 25 13 68
9 Portsmouth 43 16 17 10 57 47 21 8 10 3 31 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 10 65
10 Charlton Athletic 43 15 13 15 63 59 21 8 7 6 39 26 22 7 6 9 24 33 4 58
11 Lincoln City 42 12 20 10 42 43 21 6 14 1 21 16 21 6 6 9 21 27 -1 56
12 Shrewsbury Town 42 16 8 18 50 55 21 10 3 8 30 28 21 6 5 10 20 27 -5 56
13 Fleetwood Town 43 13 15 15 50 47 21 6 7 8 22 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 3 54
14 Exeter City 43 14 11 18 60 58 22 9 5 8 33 25 21 5 6 10 27 33 2 53
15 Bristol Rovers 41 14 10 17 55 64 22 6 7 9 25 33 19 8 3 8 30 31 -9 52
16 Burton Albion 41 13 10 18 55 77 21 8 6 7 27 33 20 5 4 11 28 44 -22 49
17 Cheltenham Town 42 12 11 19 37 54 21 7 7 7 20 24 21 5 4 12 17 30 -17 47
18 Port Vale 43 12 10 21 43 65 21 7 5 9 20 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -22 46
19 Milton Keynes Dons 43 11 10 22 40 61 22 4 6 12 16 29 21 7 4 10 24 32 -21 43
20 Oxford United 42 9 14 19 41 52 21 5 5 11 24 29 21 4 9 8 17 23 -11 41
21 Cambridge United 42 11 7 24 36 63 22 8 4 10 22 26 20 3 3 14 14 37 -27 40
22 Morecambe 43 8 14 21 39 71 22 7 8 7 27 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -32 38
23 Accrington Stanley 42 9 11 22 36 73 22 6 5 11 26 37 20 3 6 11 10 36 -37 38
24 Forest Green Rovers 43 6 9 28 30 81 22 5 2 15 15 39 21 1 7 13 15 42 -51 27

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Table
  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 42 27 8 7 73 45 20 17 1 2 38 15 22 10 7 5 35 30 28 89
2 Ipswich Town 42 25 13 4 87 33 22 15 6 1 54 13 20 10 7 3 33 20 54 88
3 Sheffield Wednesday 43 25 12 6 75 36 21 14 6 1 46 15 22 11 6 5 29 21 39 87
4 Barnsley 42 25 7 10 74 38 20 15 1 4 43 19 22 10 6 6 31 19 36 82
5 Peterborough United 43 23 4 16 73 51 21 13 3 5 38 22 22 10 1 11 35 29 22 73
6 Bolton Wanderers 42 20 12 10 56 33 20 12 5 3 29 12 22 8 7 7 27 21 23 72
7 Derby County 43 20 12 11 65 44 21 12 5 4 38 19 22 8 7 7 27 25 21 72
8 Wycombe Wanderers 43 20 8 15 57 44 21 11 5 5 32 19 22 9 3 10 25 25 13 68
9 Portsmouth 43 16 17 10 57 47 21 8 10 3 31 20 22 8 7 7 26 27 10 65
10 Charlton Athletic 43 15 13 15 63 59 21 8 7 6 39 26 22 7 6 9 24 33 4 58
11 Lincoln City 42 12 20 10 42 43 21 6 14 1 21 16 21 6 6 9 21 27 -1 56
12 Shrewsbury Town 42 16 8 18 50 55 21 10 3 8 30 28 21 6 5 10 20 27 -5 56
13 Fleetwood Town 43 13 15 15 50 47 21 6 7 8 22 23 22 7 8 7 28 24 3 54
14 Exeter City 43 14 11 18 60 58 22 9 5 8 33 25 21 5 6 10 27 33 2 53
15 Bristol Rovers 41 14 10 17 55 64 22 6 7 9 25 33 19 8 3 8 30 31 -9 52
16 Burton Albion 41 13 10 18 55 77 21 8 6 7 27 33 20 5 4 11 28 44 -22 49
17 Cheltenham Town 42 12 11 19 37 54 21 7 7 7 20 24 21 5 4 12 17 30 -17 47
18 Port Vale 43 12 10 21 43 65 21 7 5 9 20 27 22 5 5 12 23 38 -22 46
19 Milton Keynes Dons 43 11 10 22 40 61 22 4 6 12 16 29 21 7 4 10 24 32 -21 43
20 Oxford United 42 9 14 19 41 52 21 5 5 11 24 29 21 4 9 8 17 23 -11 41
21 Cambridge United 42 11 7 24 36 63 22 8 4 10 22 26 20 3 3 14 14 37 -27 40
22 Morecambe 43 8 14 21 39 71 22 7 8 7 27 29 21 1 6 14 12 42 -32 38
23 Accrington Stanley 42 9 11 22 36 73 22 6 5 11 26 37 20 3 6 11 10 36 -37 38
24 Forest Green Rovers 43 6 9 28 30 81 22 5 2 15 15 39 21 1 7 13 15 42 -51 27

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