Early betting lines indicate Portsmouth advantage hosting Accrington Stanley at Fratton Park

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Portsmouth supporters in this Fratton Park clash with Accrington Stanley, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the League One table.

Portsmouth have less rest than Accrington Stanley in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fleetwood Town, was also a home game here at Fratton Park. The away team is better rested.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Fratton Park as Portsmouth have scored 36 goals to get 42 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the League One are 12-6-0 (wins-draws-losses).

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Portsmouth, who played 2-2 against Fleetwood Town. That match was also played at this venue (Fratton Park). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Peterborough United (0-2).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Portsmouth as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Doncaster Rovers are visiting.

Goals decide football matches and Portsmouth are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 18 league matches. Portsmouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fratton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 18 matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

There's been little loot from Accrington Stanley's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the League One. Accrington Stanley only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 8 draws.

Accrington Stanley failed to get anything from their last game, a League One home match vs Tranmere Rovers (placed 21st) that ended with defeat 1-2. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Bolton Wanderers.

The attacking power of Accrington Stanley when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 18 league matches away. As opposed to that, Accrington Stanley have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Accrington Stanley - Portsmouth 4-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Portsmouth wins - draws - Accrington Stanley wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
11 goals
Accrington StanleyC. Bishop
C. Bishop
10 goals
Portsmouth
J. Marquis
8 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Portsmouth Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 7 Played P 5 18 35
17 12 7 Won W 0 3 10
9 6 0 Drew D 1 8 10
9 0 0 Lost L 4 7 15
53 36 17 Scored S 0 14 47
36 15 3 Conceded C 10 26 53
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 94%
71% 78% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 83%
43% 50% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 28% 49%
29% 39% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 26%
11% 17% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
46% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 60%
37% 50% 57% Clean Sheets C S 20% 28% 20%
20% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 39% 26%
 
4.9 4.9 4.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.3
4.6 4.2 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 5.2 4.9
2.1 1.7 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
498 285 122 Total Shots T S 47 214 480
167 103 43 Shots on Target S O 9 65 155
32% 35% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Coventry City 34 18 13 3 48 30 17 11 5 1 22 11 17 7 8 2 26 19 18 67
2 Rotherham United 35 18 8 9 61 38 17 8 5 4 31 16 18 10 3 5 30 22 23 62
3 Oxford United 35 17 9 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 33 13 18 6 6 6 28 24 24 60
4 Portsmouth 35 17 9 9 53 36 18 12 6 0 36 15 17 5 3 9 17 21 17 60
5 Fleetwood Town 35 16 12 7 51 38 18 10 7 1 25 13 17 6 5 6 26 25 13 60
6 Peterborough United 35 17 8 10 68 40 17 12 3 2 41 13 18 5 5 8 27 27 28 59
7 Sunderland 36 16 11 9 48 32 19 10 8 1 35 13 17 6 3 8 13 19 16 59
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 17 8 9 45 40 18 13 3 2 34 20 16 4 5 7 11 20 5 59
9 Doncaster Rovers 34 15 9 10 51 33 19 10 5 4 30 19 15 5 4 6 21 14 18 54
10 Ipswich Town 36 14 10 12 46 36 17 6 5 6 23 18 19 8 5 6 23 18 10 52
11 Gillingham 35 12 15 8 42 34 17 9 3 5 27 17 18 3 12 3 15 17 8 51
12 Burton Albion 35 12 12 11 50 50 17 6 8 3 19 14 18 6 4 8 31 36 0 48
13 Blackpool 35 11 12 12 44 43 17 9 2 6 27 23 18 2 10 6 17 20 1 45
14 Bristol Rovers 35 12 9 14 38 49 18 7 6 5 23 19 17 5 3 9 15 30 -11 45
15 Lincoln City 35 12 6 17 44 46 17 10 3 4 28 18 18 2 3 13 16 28 -2 42
16 Shrewsbury Town 34 10 11 13 31 42 17 6 5 6 21 24 17 4 6 7 10 18 -11 41
17 Accrington Stanley 35 10 10 15 47 53 17 7 2 8 33 27 18 3 8 7 14 26 -6 40
18 Milton Keynes Dons 35 10 7 18 36 47 18 9 1 8 20 21 17 1 6 10 16 26 -11 37
19 Rochdale 34 10 6 18 39 57 16 5 4 7 19 22 18 5 2 11 20 35 -18 36
20 AFC Wimbledon 35 8 11 16 39 52 18 5 9 4 18 18 17 3 2 12 21 34 -13 35
21 Tranmere Rovers 34 8 8 18 36 60 17 3 6 8 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 34 -24 32
22 Southend United 35 4 7 24 39 85 17 2 4 11 18 42 18 2 3 13 21 43 -46 19
23 Bolton Wanderers 34 5 11 18 27 66 17 4 8 5 17 23 17 1 3 13 10 43 -39 14

Read more about League One

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.