Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Portsmouth & Harrow Borough face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the FA Cup.The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Portsmouth's previous game was a FA Cup match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Harrow Borough. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfield player Marcus Harness got a match rating of 7.92 in that game, the max score being 10. Harness scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Portsmouth hosted Cheltenham Town and drew the League One game 1-1.The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Portsmouth have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Harrow Borough form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Borough hope to make it five in this match.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Borough, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Portsmouth. Goalkeeper Joshua Strizovic got the top player rating of the team with 7.35/10. Strizovic stopped the opponent with five saves.
Prior to that result Borough won their away game at South Park in the Fa Trophy. The scoreline was 1-0.Nobody expects Harrow Borough to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath ten times before, with the overall statistics of won two, draw three and lost five. When defeated, four matches have been lost by two or more goals.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other already this season, with the match result Portsmouth - Harrow Borough 1-0 written in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Harness 5 goals | J. Marquis 4 goals | L. Brown 3 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Harrow Borough missing players
| Portsmouth | Harrow Borough | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Scored | S | 20 | 42 | ||
| 38 | 11 | Conceded | C | 14 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 39% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 76% | ||
| 10.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |