The home team stadium regulars plan for a win and three points in this game, as the home advantage might do the trick versus a stumbling visitor. Accrington Stanley are in 10th spot while the guesting Portsmouth lose sleep at 17th.
- Accrington Stanley have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
Accrington Stanley have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Accrington in their previous game, a League One match away at Charlton Athletic (placed 22nd) that ended with a 3-2 victory. The talented striker Harry Pell bettered all the other footballers in that game and got a match rating of 9.45 out of 10. Pell scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cheltenham Town (0-1).The Accrington Stanley fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Accrington Stanley have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
There's been little loot from Portsmouth's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the League One. Portsmouth only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. Portsmouth has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Portsmouth failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Ipswich Town (placed 13th) that ended with defeat 0-4. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Ipswich Town was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind. Mahlon Romeo got a match rating of 6.83 in that game, top player of the team.
Prior to that match, the Portsmouth manager D. Cowley faced defeat when travelling to Rotherham United and losing 1-4.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portsmouth as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Accrington won three, Portsmouth were winners in three and we saw four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  H. Pell 4 goals |  M. Harness 4 goals | M. Nottingham 3 goals |
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| Accrington Stanley | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 23 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 92% |
| 69% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 62% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 31% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 23% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.9 | 11.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 25% | 27% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 37% |
- Accrington Stanley have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Accrington Stanley have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 17 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 14 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -15 | 7 |
- Accrington Stanley
- Lancashire Telegraph - (local newspaper)