The home coach Cowley wants to inspire Portsmouth triumph against Gillingham

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Portsmouth in this fixture versus Gillingham, but the visitors will resist to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (18) in League One

Gillingham are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

This looks to be an interesting game with lots of spark and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Portsmouth form and stats

Overall League One statistics at home this season for Portsmouth are 12-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Fratton Park.

Portsmouth shared the glory with Morecambe in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Robertson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.85 out of 10. The defender Robertson hit one key pass and won 8 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Lincoln City.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Portsmouth's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played seven games, won one match, drawn three and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wigan Athletic are coming to town in three days.

The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 40 goals in 21 league matches. Portsmouth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gillingham form and stats

There's been little loot from Gillingham's travels as they have only collected 20 points from 22 away games in the League One. Gillingham only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 8 draws. Gillingham have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Gillingham's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fleetwood Town that finished 0-0. Jackson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Jackson hit five key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Cheltenham Town.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gillingham playing away, we found seven games. Results were zero away wins, four draws and three home wins.

The visitors have scored 21 goals from 22 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Gillingham have conceded 30 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth and Gillingham have faced off already this season: Gillingham - Portsmouth 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Portsmouth four wins, three draws and Gillingham three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
11 goals
PortsmouthG. Hirst
G. Hirst
10 goals
GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
10 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 22 44
18 12 6 Won W 2 4 8
13 5 1 Drew D 2 8 16
12 4 0 Lost L 3 10 20
61 40 18 Scored S 9 21 34
44 22 7 Conceded C 9 30 64
86% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 86%
63% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 73% 66%
51% 67% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 57% 32% 32%
30% 38% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 18% 18%
12% 14% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
44% 48% 57% BTTS BTTS 57% 55% 45%
42% 48% 43% Clean Sheets C S 14% 18% 27%
28% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 29% 32% 41%
 
5.2 5.4 5.9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 3.9 4.5
5.4 5 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.2 4.9
1.7 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 7
 
12.8 13.8 17.9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 8.7 10.5
3.4 4 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.7 3.1
41% 47% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 35% 25%
 
12.6 11.8 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 15.9 17.3 14.9
3.8 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.9 5.9 4.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (18) in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (23) in League One
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Wigan Athletic 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
5 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
6 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
7 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
14 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
17 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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 Wigan Athletic 42 26 9 7 74 38 22 13 4 5 35 21 20 13 5 2 39 17 36 87
2 Rotherham United 42 25 8 9 65 29 22 14 3 5 41 21 20 11 5 4 24 8 36 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 24 11 8 71 43 22 12 5 5 32 21 21 12 6 3 39 22 28 83
4 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
5 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
6 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
7 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 13 8 70 46 21 14 5 2 43 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 24 76
8 Oxford United 43 21 9 13 79 56 21 12 5 4 45 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 23 72
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 43 17 14 12 60 43 21 10 8 3 32 20 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 65
12 Cambridge United 43 15 12 16 53 65 21 8 7 6 26 25 22 7 5 10 27 40 -12 57
13 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
14 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
15 Charlton Athletic 43 15 8 20 51 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 21 6 4 11 21 27 -4 53
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
17 Burton Albion 43 13 11 19 48 63 21 9 6 6 31 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -15 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 43 7 7 29 35 79 22 5 4 13 21 39 21 2 3 16 14 40 -44 28

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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.