This could be an interesting match as Peterborough United have their presumed home advantage while Portsmouth are ahead 3 points in the League One table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Peterborough United form and stats
36 points is a decent return from 16 League One games here at London Road Stadium for Peterborough United. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Peterborough United has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at London Road Stadium. We remember; it was Gillingham.
Peterborough United travelled for their previous game, a trip to Burton Albion that ended 1-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Fleetwood Town.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Peterborough United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost three.
Goals decide football matches and Peterborough United are scoring many of them at home; 39 on target from 16 league matches. Peterborough United have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Portsmouth form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Portsmouth have produced an overall stat of 5-3-8 so far. 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 FA Cup home match vs Arsenal that ended with defeat 0-2. Before that, Portsmouth secured a home win against Rochdale with the score 3-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Portsmouth in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Portsmouth, three draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fleetwood Town in just three days.
Portsmouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Portsmouth have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Portsmouth - Peterborough United 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Peterborough United won three games, one match ended with a draw and Portsmouth has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / threeTop Goalscorers
 I. Toney 23 goals | M. Eisa 14 goals |  R. Curtis 11 goals |
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| Peterborough United | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 16 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 66 | 39 | 16 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 51 |
| 40 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 79% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 62% | 70% |
| 65% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 38% | 42% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 19% | 27% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 12% |
| 41% | 31% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 44% | 45% |
| 41% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 31% | 18% |
| 5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 455 | 240 | 90 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 205 | 480 |
| 187 | 109 | 43 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 61 | 161 |
| 35% | 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | 32% |
- Peterborough United has the most matches over the total-line (22)
- Peterborough United has the most scored goals (39) at home
- Peterborough United has the most scored goals (66)
- Peterborough United has the most scored goals in the second half (40)
- Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+26)
- Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+26) at home
- Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portsmouth have scored away.
- Portsmouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Coventry City | 33 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 47 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 64 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 25 | 62 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 32 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 59 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 58 |
| 6 | Fleetwood Town | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 58 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 57 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 56 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 52 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 51 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 50 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 1 | 47 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 44 |
| 14 | Bristol Rovers | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 46 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -11 | 42 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -10 | 41 |
| 16 | Accrington Stanley | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -5 | 40 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 28 | -3 | 39 |
| 18 | Milton Keynes Dons | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 37 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 34 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -20 | 33 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 32 | -26 | 26 |
| 22 | Southend United | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 36 | 84 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | -48 | 16 |
| 23 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 64 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 41 | -39 | 12 |