Delightful dogfight as daring Portsmouth duel with determined Accrington Stanley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, both rise and fall leading to mid-table spots so far. Let's get ready for Portsmouth - Accrington Stanley!

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

The hosts Portsmouth saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. Thankfully the previous game, versus Oxford United, was also a home game here at Fratton Park. The away team is better rested.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth have collected 31 points from their League One home games so far after 9-4-4.

Portsmouth's last game was hosting Oxford United (placed 4th) and winning 3-2. Defender Carter got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Carter scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fleetwood Town that ended 3-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portsmouth handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and six defeats.

The manager Cowley will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Crewe Alexandra in only three days.

A decent goal production from Portsmouth in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 17 league matches. Portsmouth have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

Accrington Stanley have only collected 12 points from their away games in the League One, after 3-3-10 (16 played). Bitter travels for Accrington Stanley as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Shrewsbury Town match.

The club members enjoyed Accrington Stanley's previous match versus Wycombe Wanderers (placed 7th), a 3-2 win played at home. Midfield player Pell was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.21/10. Pell scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Doncaster Rovers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Accrington have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 17 games were five victories, four draws and eight defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Accrington Stanley as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Accrington have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Accrington Stanley - Portsmouth 2-2 was the end result in these squads' last H2H match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Portsmouth victories, four draws and three Accrington Stanley wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
10 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
8 goals
Accrington StanleyH. Pell
H. Pell
6 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 5 16 34
14 9 2 Won W 1 3 13
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
10 4 3 Lost L 4 10 14
46 30 6 Scored S 4 12 44
37 20 10 Conceded C 11 28 53
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
64% 82% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 71%
55% 65% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 50%
30% 35% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 25% 35%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 26%
45% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 53%
42% 41% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 26%
24% 12% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 26%
 
5.2 5.6 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 5.4 5.2
5 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.1 5.6
1.8 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
13.2 14.4 14 Shots (avg) S ( 13 14.9 14.8
3.7 4.3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.4 4.8
38% 41% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 17% 27%
 
11.1 10.2 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 13.1 12.2
3.7 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.4 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • 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 Rotherham United 35 23 7 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 18 11 4 3 24 5 42 76
2 Wigan Athletic 33 21 6 6 58 32 17 10 3 4 25 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 26 69
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 36 18 8 10 67 46 18 11 4 3 39 22 18 7 4 7 28 24 21 62
5 Sheffield Wednesday 34 17 10 7 52 37 17 11 4 2 30 14 17 6 6 5 22 23 15 61
6 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 16 10 9 58 46 18 10 4 4 33 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 12 58
8 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Portsmouth 33 14 9 10 46 37 17 9 4 4 30 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 51
11 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 35 11 11 13 46 52 17 7 6 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 44
14 Burton Albion 36 12 8 16 44 52 18 8 4 6 28 22 18 4 4 10 16 30 -8 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 35 9 11 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 38
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 33 7 12 14 47 58 16 5 5 6 26 25 17 2 7 8 21 33 -11 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

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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 Rotherham United 35 23 7 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 18 11 4 3 24 5 42 76
2 Wigan Athletic 33 21 6 6 58 32 17 10 3 4 25 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 26 69
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 36 18 8 10 67 46 18 11 4 3 39 22 18 7 4 7 28 24 21 62
5 Sheffield Wednesday 34 17 10 7 52 37 17 11 4 2 30 14 17 6 6 5 22 23 15 61
6 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 16 10 9 58 46 18 10 4 4 33 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 12 58
8 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Portsmouth 33 14 9 10 46 37 17 9 4 4 30 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 51
11 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 35 11 11 13 46 52 17 7 6 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 44
14 Burton Albion 36 12 8 16 44 52 18 8 4 6 28 22 18 4 4 10 16 30 -8 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 35 9 11 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 38
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 33 7 12 14 47 58 16 5 5 6 26 25 17 2 7 8 21 33 -11 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.