Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Portsmouth & Stevenage face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a League Two game only three days ago.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth have reached this EFL Trophy stage through battling and winning against AFC Wimbledon, Ipswich Town, Crawley Town and Aston Villa U21. Last season, Portsmouth's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 3rd round.When playing at home in the League One, Portsmouth have managed 3 wins, 6 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 9 games.
Portsmouth are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 203 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Bishop).
No payout for Portsmouth in their previous match, an away game at Wycombe Wanderers that ended in defeat 0-2. Morrison was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.15 out of 10. The defender Morrison hit one key pass and won 3 of 7 duels.
Ahead of that game, a home victory against Milton Keynes Dons in the FA Cup. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portsmouth handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Portsmouth as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Milton Keynes Dons are visiting.
A decent goal production from Portsmouth in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Portsmouth have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Stevenage form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wycombe Wanderers, Arsenal U21, Tottenham U21 and Peterborough United in order to reach 3rd round of EFL Trophy. Stevenage's mission in EFL Trophy last season failed in the 2nd round.4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Stevenage playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
The Stevenage goalkeeper Aaron Chapman is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Stevenage's last game was the home draw against Mansfield Town (0-0). Earley, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.01. Earley won 12 of 19 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Barrow in the League Two.Stevenage are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Stevenage have another match away from home in just four days, a League Two match against AFC Wimbledon. A rough itinerary for the visiting team!
Stevenage find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Stevenage have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Portsmouth-Stevenage H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth three wins, Stevenage five wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Bishop 9 goals |  L. Norris 'Hacker' 5 goals | J. Roberts 5 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Stevenage missing players
| Portsmouth | Stevenage | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 44 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 26 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 12 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 47% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 8.8 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| 6 | Derby County | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| 7 | Barnsley | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 10 | Lincoln City | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 26 |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Exeter City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 24 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 25 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 21 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leyton Orient | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 43 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Barrow | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 34 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Salford City | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 16 | Sutton United | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -4 | 25 |
| 18 | Newport County | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 19 |
| 21 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 12 |
| 22 | Rochdale | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 15 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | -18 | 14 |
| 24 | Colchester United | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
